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Dreams Come True Series──Mainland Exchange Programmes for Secondary Students (2025/26)
Summary
This circular memorandum invites secondary schools (including special schools) to nominate Secondary 1 to 6 students and teaching staffs (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 “Dreams Come True Series──Mainland Exchange Programmes for Secondary Students (2025/26)” (the Programmes). In line with the school curriculum, the Programmes aim at providing different learning experiences for students to enhance their understanding of the history, culture, natural ecology, intangible cultural heritage, national defense and security, as well as innovative technology, etc. in the Mainland (including Guangzhou, Foshan, Shenzhen, Zhongshan, Zhuhai and Zhaoqing), thereby enhancing their sense of national identity.
The EDB has commissioned service providers to organise 6 tours in Guangdong Province, lasting three days, for Secondary 1 to 6 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 itinerary of respective tours.
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 2025/26 school year. Schools intending to nonimate students and teaching staffs to participate in the Programme(s) ZQN, SZT, GFC, GFI, FGC and SZZ may download the application form from the websites of the respective service providers from 24 September 2025. The completed application form should be returned to the service providers by email or fax 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 enquiries about the enrolment and itineraries, please contact the service providers. For general enquiries of the Programmes, please contact the Life-wide Learning and Mainland Exchange Section 2 at 2892 6475. 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. 152/2025. (Download)