The process of integration of universities in Hong Kong and China in modern conditions

The article is devoted to the analysis of the main characteristic features of the process of integration of universities in Hong Kong and PRC in the modern period. Conventionally, two main stages of integration can be distinguished: starting from the end of the 1980s until 1997 and after the return of Hong Kong to the PRC jurisdiction. The authors determine the main mechanisms for the integration of universities and the motives for the admission of Hong Kong applicants to universities in Mainland China. Despite the ambiguous attitude of Hong Kong residents to the policies of the central government, the process of integration in education is bilateral.