Chinese Classics Recital Show Jointly Hosted by PolyU and Universities in Jiangsu and Macau

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), in collaboration with Jiangsu Normal University and the University of Macau, jointly hosted the “Mainland-Hong Kong-Macau University Students’ Chinese Classics Recital Show 2023” in Hong Kong on 13 November 2023. It was fully supported by the Ten Thousand People’s Scheme coordinated by the Ministry of Education.

Following the inaugural “Suzhou-Hong Kong-Macau University Students’ Chinese Classics Recitation Exchange Competition” in 2021, the three universities once again joined hands to host this large-scale cultural exchange event. The aim is to provide a platform for young university students who love recitation and Chinese culture to exchange and showcase their talents and to further promote Chinese culture.

The event began with a welcome speech by Professor Christopher Chao, Vice President (Research and Innovation) of PolyU, followed by speeches by Professor Qian Jin, former Vice President of Jiangsu Normal University, Prof. Victoria Lei, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Macau, and Prof. Li Ping, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at PolyU.

The theme of the competition was “Reciting Ancient and Modern Classics, Inheriting Chinese Culture, and Glorifying the Spirit of Our Epoch”. The event received nearly a thousand video submissions, with participants from various universities from Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau, including but not limited to Jiangsu Normal University, University of Macau, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Education University, Communication University of China, Hohai University and others. After rigorous assessment, 25 outstanding works were selected for the Recital Show.

In addition, students from the University of Macau and Jiangsu Normal University also presented singing and dancing performances on the occasion. A teacher from the Jiangsu Normal University demonstrated a recitation, followed by a dancing performance presented by the PolyU Hall Dance Team and recital of a famous article of Prof. Yuen Ren Chao by PolyU Faculty of Humanities students.


PolyU also held a forum mainly for students from the three places to exchange their ideas, covering topics such as the inheritance and development of traditional Chinese culture, the exchange mechanism of young people in the three places, and sharing of student experiences in learning and research at each university. It aimed to allow more interaction and to have a more profound understanding among students from the three places.