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Promoting Chinese Culture Series
Summary
This circular memorandum invites primary and secondary schools (including special schools) to nominate Primary 4 to Secondary 4 students and teaching staff (including principals) to participate in the captioned programmes. Relevant information will also be sent to schools via the “Fast Information Transmission System - School Messaging Module” (SMM).
Details
The Education Bureau (EDB) organises Promoting Chinese Culture Series ── Mainland Exchange Programmes for Primary and Secondary School Students (2026/27) (the Programmes) in line with the school curriculum. The Programmes aim at promoting Chinese culture, enhancing students’ understanding of national history and traditions, and deepening their knowledge of how the country preserves and passes on its cultural heritage. They also aim at providing different learning experiences for students to enhance their understanding of the history, culture and traditional Chinese medicine etc. in the Mainland (including Jiangmen, Foshan, Shanghai, Zhuhai, Guangzhou, Dongying, Zibo, Jinan, Chaozhou, and Shantou), thereby enhancing their sense of national identity.
The EDB has commissioned service providers to organise five tours in Guangdong Province and two tours outside Guangdong Province, ranging from one to five days, for Primary 4 to Secondary 4 students. Please refer to Annex 1 (Chinese version only) for details of the Programmes and application procedures, and Annex 2 (Chinese version only) for the itineraries of respective tours and examples of their linkages with the curriculum..
Schools should proactively encourage students who have not joined any Mainland exchange programmes to participate in at least one subsidised Mainland exchange programme (MEP) in their primary and secondary stages. In addition, starting from 10 July 2024, non-Chinese citizens who are permanent residents of Hong Kong may apply for the “Mainland Travel Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Permanent Residents (Non-Chinese Citizens)” from the China Travel Service Entry Permit Service Hong Kong Limited. Schools should remind eligible students to complete the application procedures soon so that they can use the E-channels at ports of entry for immigration clearance and need not fill in the Arrival Card when entering the Mainland, thus enhancing clearance efficiency. For details, please refer to the respective webpage (https://www.ctshk.com/mep/zh/nrep_notice_mep/).
Schools may apply for more than one tour in the 2026/27 school year. Schools interested to participate in the Programme(s) may refer to the application procedures from the websites of the respective service providers from 21 September 2026. The completed application form should be returned to the service providers within the specified period (Please refer to Annex 2) before the planned departure date of the tour.
Starting from the 2024/25 school year, schools will receive the latest itinerary information and application details of MEPs for students via the SMM. The EDB will continue to issue individual Circular Memoranda on MEPs and adjust relevant arrangements based on actual circumstances.
Enquiries
For general enquiries of the Programmes, please contact the Life-wide Learning and Mainland Exchange Section 2 of the EDB on 2892 5762(for the trip of JM)、2892 6304(for the trip of FSI)、2892 6472(for the trip of SHI)、2892 6462(for the trips of HQM and DZJ)、2892 5734(for the trip of GZM) or 2892 6103(for the trip of CSH). For more information about MEPs, please visit the “Passing on the Torch” website (https://www.passontorch.org.hk/en/index.html).
For further details of the Scheme, please refer to the Education Bureau Circular Memorandum No. 133/2026. (Download)