Secretary for Home & Youth Affairs Alice Mak today met Hong Kong & Macao Affairs Office of the Hubei Provincial People's Government Director-General Zhang Xiaomei to discuss enhancing youth exchanges between Hubei and Hong Kong.

Welcoming the delegation led by Ms Zhang to Hong Kong, Miss Mak said Hong Kong and Hubei have frequent contact and close ties in areas including finance, innovation and technology, and tourism.

Both places established a high-level government co-operation mechanism in 2021 to support Hong Kong youths to join exchange activities in Hubei, which has rich historical and cultural resources, so as to deepen their understanding of national affairs and history as well as to cultivate their sense of national identity.

The home affairs chief said she looks forward to exploring proposals to jointly promote youth exchanges with Hubei to provide more opportunities for Hong Kong youngsters to travel there and see for themselves the country’s latest developments.