Shanghai, China

To deepen educational exchanges between Shanghai and Hong Kong, around 30 teachers and students from our school conducted a technology-themed study program in Shanghai from April 16th to 20th. During the trip, students explored top universities to experience academic excellence, participated in interactive classes at secondary schools, and engaged in diverse activities to appreciate the cultural heritage and vitality of this sci-tech innovation hub. 

On the third day of the technology study exchange program, we visited Fudan University, known as “the top university in Jiangnan.” Strolling along the plane tree-lined Guanghua Road, students immersed themselves in the scholarly ambiance of this century-old institution. At an exchange session with Hong Kong and Macau students, Fudan teachers and students warmly shared their academic journeys in Cantonese, recounting their efforts to gain admission to the university. 

In the afternoon, the group went to Shanghai Xin Fuxing Junior Middle School, where students from both cities collaborated in science workshops. Through fun experiments explaining Bernoulli’s principle, followed by a cross-regional volleyball friendly match described as a “youthful symphony,” lasting friendships were forged. 

On the fourth day, accompanied by the morning breeze along the Huangpu River, the group visited Shanghai Jiao Tong University, one of China’s “Twin Stars of Higher Education.” Walking through the “Tunnel of Time and Space” in the university’s history museum, students traced the institution’s legacy from its founding in 1896 as Nanyang Public School—established to revitalize the nation through industry—to viewing the manuscripts of Qian Xuesen’s “Two Bombs, One Satellite” project in the library. This journey through three centuries of scientific and educational patriotism broadened their perspectives.