Immigration Department officials and members of the department's Youth Leaders Corps pose for a group photo at the Express Rail Link West Kowloon station before the starting of their summer exchange tour to the Greater Bay Area on July 24, 2023. (PHOTO / HKSAR GOVERNMENT)

Hong Kong’s Immigration Department led 34 young Hong Kong people on a three-day exchange tour of three mainland cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, with the aim of better promoting the nation’s history, culture and technology.

The exchange party was split into two groups, with one group heading to Dongshen Water Supply Project Memorial Park in Dongguan, which features the landmark project for supplying Dongjiang water to Hong Kong. The other group went to the Naval War Museum to learn about the history of the Opium War

Along with several Immigration Department officials, including director Au Ka-wang, 34 members of the department’s Youth Leaders Corps toured Guangzhou, Dongguan and Zhuhai from Monday to Wednesday, and visited various historical sites, museums and tech companies.

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In Guangzhou, they learned about the work and history of border inspection on the Chinese mainland, the daily work of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Guangdong in assisting local Hong Kong residents, and the live broadcast process behind the production of TV programs in the Guangdong Television Center.

The exchange party was split into two groups, with one group heading to Dongshen Water Supply Project Memorial Park in Dongguan, which features the landmark project for supplying Dongjiang water to Hong Kong.

The other group went to the Naval War Museum to learn about the history of the Opium War.

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Both exchange groups also visited leading technology companies, such as Huawei's Songshan Lake R&D base in Dongguan and the technology exhibition hall of Gree Electric Appliances in Zhuhai. They also went to the Zhuhai Space Center to see the display cabin of the Tiangong space station and learn about the latest scientific and technological achievements in spaceflight.

The group’s tour ended with a visit to the exhibition pavilion of the East Artificial Island of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, to better learn how the country used innovative technology to overcome the challenges encountered in the construction of the bridge.

After the tour, Au encouraged team members to continue to keep abreast of the country's latest developments, and to become young leaders who can actively serve society and love the city and the nation.

Mike Wong contributed to the story.