Secretary for Labour & Welfare Chris Sun began his visit to Shanghai today by paying a courtesy call on CPC Fudan University Committee Standing Committee Member Xu Jun and the university's management.

Accompanied by Hong Kong Talent Engage (HKTE) Director Anthony Lau, Mr Sun met Mr Xu and Fudan University's management this afternoon to exchange views on issues including nurturing talent, building an education and talent hub as well as the way forward for deepening talent exchange and co-operation between Shanghai and Hong Kong.

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government is implementing a number of talent admission schemes to proactively attract talent from different sectors and professional backgrounds to Hong Kong.

Mr Sun pointed out that one of the major targets of the Top Talent Pass Scheme (TTPS) is graduates of top universities around the world, including the Mainland.

Of the 185 eligible universities or institutions, there are now 13 Mainland universities including Fudan University, he added.

By the end of 2023, the TTPS received some 65,000 applications and approved nearly 51,000, with nearly 2,000 approved applicants being Fudan University graduates.

Mr Sun welcomed Mainland youths to develop their careers in Hong Kong via suitable talent admission schemes, adding that the recently established HKTE will provide the necessary information and support services for talent interested in coming to Hong Kong and those who have arrived.

The labour chief then visited ShanghaiRanking Consultancy and met its founder Cheng Ying, to learn more about the ranking agency's work for the Shanghai Jiao Tong University Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU).

They also discussed how various economies adopt the ARWU in formulating talent recruitment policies to meet their social development needs.

The TTPS’s aggregate list of eligible universities also comprises four world university rankings, including the ARWU.

In the evening, Mr Sun called on Shanghai Municipal People's Government Hong Kong & Macao Affairs Office Director General Kong Fuan at a dinner gathering and updated him on the latest situation of Hong Kong's endeavours in attracting talent and the local labour market.