Chinese Mainland Affairs Office 中國內地事務處

The Chinese Mainland Affairs Office (CMAO) is a designated unit of PolyU to facilitate academic collaboration, student and scholarly exchanges, as well as the recruitment of mainland students for PolyU undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. It provides a gateway through which institutions and organizations on Chinese mainland, Taiwan and Macau can effectively communicate and forge partnership with different PolyU departments.

At CMAO, we value the opportunities to coordinate the initiatives and efforts of different PolyU community members to enhance our contribution to the education needs of Hong Kong society as well as the country. We also aspire to integrate the strengths of our mainland counterparts with our own to better serve the PolyU community.

The scope of our services generally falls into five areas:

1. Operating and developing the mainland regional bases for the delivery of PolyU award programmes and organizing student placement, credit-bearing courses and other enrichment activities;
2. Promoting and managing mainland research funding applications through the establishment of PolyU Shenzhen Base;
3. Organizing student exchange programme and mainland experience scheme in collaboration with mainland universities and funding bodies;
4. Receiving incoming delegations, organizing scholarly exchanges and arranging special events with the aim to foster mutual understanding between Hong Kong and the mainland;
5. Recruitment of mainland students for PolyU undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Hong Kong.