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One country with two systems: The characteristics and development of higher education in the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macau Greater Bay Area

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Xie, Xiujuan, Liu, Xu, McNay, Ian·2023·Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
DOI 10.1057/s41599-022-01483-z
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The creation of bay areas is one way to develop economies and culture based on natural characteristics and regional connections; successful examples include the San Francisco, New York and Tokyo Bay Areas. In 2019, China established the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA). As a result of historical and geographical factors, the GBA is uniquely characterised by being subject to ‘one country, two systems’, ‘three customs territories’, and ‘three legal systems’. This study offered ample empirical evidence based on qualitative methods referring to in-depth interviews with academics and managers as well as publicly available policies and literature in the GBA. A thematic analysis was used to explore the context and characteristics of developing higher education (HE) in the GBA. The study emphasised that developing GBA’s HE improved its partnerships from co-operation to strategic co-ordination to resource sharing. This research contributes to HE and its governance in the GBA, a topic on which there is limited information in the extant international research literature. It is also useful to policymakers and scholars as it provides potential strategies and insights regarding the development of regional higher education.

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Authors
Xie, X., Liu, X., & McNay, I.
Affiliations
  • University of Hong Kong (HK)
  • Southern University of Science and Technology (CN)
  • University of Greenwich (GB)
Corresponding author
Liu, Xu
ORCID
Venue
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2023-01-03
Volume
10
Issue
1
ISSN
  • 2055-1045 (ISSN-L)
  • 2662-9992
DOI
10.1057/s41599-022-01483-z
OpenAlex
W4313528095
Cited by
393
References
21
Citations by year
2026: 16 · 2025: 192 · 2024: 151 · 2023: 34
FWCI
384.53
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education Governance and Development
  • Social Sciences › Geography, Planning and Development › Human Resources and Workforce
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration
Keywords
Greater Bay Area, higher education development, one country, two systems, regional higher education, higher education governance, inter-institutional partnerships, resource sharing, legal system, customs territory

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