Mainland Student in Hong Kong
Mainland Students in Hong Kong
By now, it's been 13 years since Hong Kong was handed over to China. Since 2002, Hong Kong universities began to recruit students in mainland China. Since then, there have been more and more mainland students rushing to Hong Kong to pursue undergraduate or postgraduate studies. According to the statistics of Hong Kong's government, there are more than 25,000 mainland students studying or working in Hong Kong in 2008, and getting a satisfying job and remaining in Hong Kong after graduation is the aim of the majority of mainland students.
However, relative to the large amount of mainland graduates, the actual employment rate of mainland graduates in Hong Kong is small, less than 18%, which accounts for less than 7% of the overall number of talented migrants.
As the minority in Hong Kong, they have to face many more challenges such as study pressure, a language barrier, and lack of support, unlike local students in order to manage their lives and studies, and realize their Hong Kong dreams.
What are the difficulties that mainland students come across? How can they deal with them and become successful students to finally achieve their goals in Hong Kong?
This article reveals three different stories of successful mainland students in Hong Kong. Their stories may not be as incredible as many more well known people’s stories’ but are also intriguing, touching and inspiring.
Turning Obstacles to Opportunities -----Zhang Yu’s story
“If you treat every challenge as opportunity, you will never be afraid whatever difficulties you come across.”
His name is Zhang Yu, a mainland graduate from City University of Hong Kong from the class of 2008. Despite the financial tsunami, he has become a successful equity trader working in Central with a satisfying salary at a time when unemployment has risen
By now, it's been 13 years since Hong Kong was handed over to China. Since 2002, Hong Kong universities began to recruit students in mainland China. Since then, there have been more and more mainland students rushing to Hong Kong to pursue undergraduate or postgraduate studies. According to the statistics of Hong Kong's government, there are more than 25,000 mainland students studying or working in Hong Kong in 2008, and getting a satisfying job and remaining in Hong Kong after graduation is the aim of the majority of mainland students.
However, relative to the large amount of mainland graduates, the actual employment rate of mainland graduates in Hong Kong is small, less than 18%, which accounts for less than 7% of the overall number of talented migrants.
As the minority in Hong Kong, they have to face many more challenges such as study pressure, a language barrier, and lack of support, unlike local students in order to manage their lives and studies, and realize their Hong Kong dreams.
What are the difficulties that mainland students come across? How can they deal with them and become successful students to finally achieve their goals in Hong Kong?
This article reveals three different stories of successful mainland students in Hong Kong. Their stories may not be as incredible as many more well known people’s stories’ but are also intriguing, touching and inspiring.
Turning Obstacles to Opportunities -----Zhang Yu’s story
“If you treat every challenge as opportunity, you will never be afraid whatever difficulties you come across.”
His name is Zhang Yu, a mainland graduate from City University of Hong Kong from the class of 2008. Despite the financial tsunami, he has become a successful equity trader working in Central with a satisfying salary at a time when unemployment has risen