The Eighth Cultural Heritage Summer Course for Secondary School Students of the Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong and Macao SARs

The Antiquities and Monuments Office (“AMO”) of Development Bureau now invites Forms 3 to 6 (or equivalent) students in Hong Kong to join the Eighth Cultural Heritage Summer Course for Secondary School Students of the Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong and Macao SARs to be held from 3 to 9 August 2026 in Fujian province.

The summer course is jointly presented by National Cultural Heritage Administration, Development Bureau of the Hong Kong SAR Government and the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao SAR Government, supported by the Fujian Provincial Administration of Cultural Heritage and jointly organised by AMO and Fujian Museum.

Themed on Maritime Silk Road, the 7-day cultural heritage summer course aims at enhancing the participants’ understanding of the history and culture of Fuzhou, Quanzhou and Xiamen of Fujian Province, through a range of learning activities such as visits, field trips, lectures and participation. It also aims at deepening the exchanges amongst the student participants of Hong Kong, Macao and the Chinese Mainland. Details of the summer course are as follows:

Date: 3 August (Monday) to 9 August 2026 (Sunday)
Venues: Fuzhou, Quanzhou and Xiamen, Fujian province
Itinerary: Tentative itinerary at Annex I
Target Group: Forms 3 to 6 secondary school students or equivalent (Applicants must be permanent residents of Hong Kong SAR)
Quota: 20
Language: Putonghua (no simultaneous interpretation)
Fee: No course fee is required. Local transportation, meals, accommodation and travel insurance during the course will be provided by National Cultural Heritage Administration. Participants are required to arrange and pay the transportation between Hong Kong and Fujian.
Enrolment Deadline: 23 June 2026 (Tuesday), 12:00 nn
Enquiries: Mr Sam CHAU, Acting Assistant Curator I (Tel. 2208 4440)
Mr Lleyton LEE, Acting Assistant Curator I (Tel. 2208 4413)

Notes to Applicants:

  1. Representatives of AMO will accompany the participants from Hong Kong to attend the summer course.
  2. Participants should have a valid travel document to enter and exit the Mainland.
  3. Participants are required to arrange and pay the transportation between Hong Kong and Fujian by themselves.
  4. Due to limited quota, lot drawing will be conducted to select applicants if oversubscribed. Successful applicants will be notified in writing by AMO. A briefing session will be arranged in early July for the successful applicants to understand the course details, assembly time and place, as well as accommodation, local transportation, meals and so on during the course.
  5. The organiser will arrange transportation to pick up participants from Fuzhou Changle International Airport to hotel on 3 August 2026 (Sunday).  The participants will fly from Xiamen back to Hong Kong. Successful applicants are required to arrange their air-tickets as soon as possible and send a copy of their air-tickets, Hong Kong Identity Cards and Home Return Permits by email (letianlee@amo.gov.hk), by mail or by hand to the Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre of AMO, Kowloon Park, Haiphong Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon (Attn: Mr Lleyton Lee). Personal data will only be collected for arrangement of the summer course purpose.
  6. If successful applicants are not available to join the course, please inform Mr Lleyton Lee of AMO (Tel. 2208 4413) during office hours as soon as possible.
  7. The organiser reserves the rights to change or reschedule the course as and when required in response to the actual situation like the weather, traffic, etc.

Annex I: Tentative Course Itinerary

Application Form

Antiquities and Monuments Office
Development Bureau
May 2026

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