The Home & Youth Affairs Bureau today announced that a new round of Thematic Youth Internship Programmes to the Mainland is now open for applications.

The programmes will begin from June to August, providing young people with internship opportunities in cultural, nature conservation and scientific research institutions in the Mainland.

Five internship programmes are launched by the bureau in collaboration with relevant Mainland institutions.

They include the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Youth Internship Programme at Palace Museum; Youth Internship Programme at Wolong National Nature Reserve, Sichuan; Youth Internship Programme at Chinese Academy of Sciences; Youth Internship Programme at Dunhuang; and Youth Internship Programme at Shandong on Marine Sciences.

Lasting for four to six weeks, the programmes will provide more than 80 internship positions, with each of them offering tailor-made internship arrangements and unique experiences for participants to acquire a good understanding of the work of the institutions and play a part in them.

Under the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Youth Internship Programme at Palace Museum, Hong Kong participants will also work with their counterparts from Guangdong and Macau at the Palace Museum in Beijing to facilitate youth exchanges among the three places.

Applicants should be Hong Kong permanent residents who are full-time post-secondary students, including sub-degree, undergraduate and post-graduate students.

Secretary for Home & Youth Affairs Alice Mak said given that travel between Hong Kong and the Mainland is back to normal, she looks forwards to resuming the Thematic Youth Internship Programmes this summer to provide Hong Kong youth with diversified, unique and in-depth internship opportunities again. 

“The thematic programmes will help our young people gain a deeper understanding of our country's development in various aspects and enhance their aspiration and passion in pursuing a career in relevant areas.”