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Since the 1990s, higher education has increasingly become a sector involving global competition and an engine for the formation of a knowledge economy and society. This competitive environment awoke Hong Kong’s higher education institutions and government to the need to take an active role in formulating and implementing policies aimed at recruiting non-local students, particularly those from mainland China. Growing numbers of mainland students, including undergraduates and postgraduates, either fee-paying or scholarship, are crossing the border to secure higher education and professional opportunities in Hong Kong. This chapter examines relevant policies at both governmental and institutional levels in Hong Kong. The examination is presented within a market-based context wherein mainland Chinese students (the consumers) seek out higher education and Hong Kong higher education institutions (the suppliers) offer that provision.
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Li, M. (2010). Border Crossing and Market Integration:Mainland Consumers Meet Hong Kong Suppliers. In: Chapman, D.W., Cummings, W.K., Postiglione, G.A. (eds) Crossing Borders in East Asian Higher Education. CERC Studies in Comparative Education, vol 27. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0446-6_14
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