Vice-Premier Li Keqiang announced the joint recruitment during a visit to Hong Kong in August to relieve admissions pressure in Hong Kong.

This year, Hong Kong will have 108,300 high school graduates, according to the Ministry of Education's website.

Questions:

1. How many mainland universities are recruiting students from Hong Kong?

2. How many HK students will go to Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou?

3. How many students will graduate from high school in Hong Kong this year?

Answers:

1. 63 were authorized to recruit Hong Kong students without taking the Joint Entrance Examination.

2. 35.

3. 108,300.

About the broadcaster:

Nelly Min is an editor at China Daily with more than 10 years of experience as a newspaper editor and photographer. She has worked at major newspapers in the U.S., including the Los Angeles Times and the Detroit Free Press. She is also fluent in Korean.

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