Shanghai Daily news

More than 400 senior high school graduates from Shanghai and Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces gathered in Xujiahui area this weekend, competing for a limited number of entrance spots at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Most candidates came with their parents; some even arrived straight from the railway station carrying their luggage.
"Compared with local schools, universities in Hong Kong offer many more opportunities for internship, exchange and other activities," said a college hopeful identified as Chen. "But the most important thing is that it's much easier to get a good job in a multinational corporation or go abroad for further study after graduation."
The university plans to recruit 150 students throughout the mainland this year, but the admission's office has already received more than 2,600 applications so far.
Facing such a large number of candidates, two teams of professors were sent by the university to Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou and Chengdu to interview candidates who scored well on their college entrance examinations.
"As far as I can see, the quality of candidates this year is much higher than before," said Thomas Wong, director of the university's China Program Development.
The Hong Kong school's tuition fee for a mainland student is 60,000 Hong Kong dollars (US$7,700) a year, about 12 times the level at Fudan University, one of the city's top colleges.