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17 September 2026

Research on the Internationalization Model of Higher Vocational Education in Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao, China

Chaolin Peng1 ,  Jian Peng1*
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1 School of Economics, Shenzhen Polytechnic University, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China
erd 2026 , 8(8), 199–219; https://doi.org/10.26689/erd.v8i8.15373
© 2026 by the Author(s). Licensee: Bio-Byword Scientific Publishing Pty Ltd, Australia. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )
Abstract

The development of higher vocational education in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) is undergoing rapid transformation, and how to effectively promote its internationalized school-running model has become a crucial topic at present. This paper clarifies the current status and challenges of the internationalized school-running model of higher vocational education in the GBA, analyzes the successful experiences of typical international school-running models abroad, and proposes innovative designs for internationalized school-running models such as the multi-level collaborative school-running model, the cross-border integrated school-running model, and the digitally enabled school-running model, taking into account the actual situation of the GBA. These designs aim to enhance the internationalization level of higher vocational education in the GBA, contribute more high-quality talents to regional economic development and social progress, and promote economic transformation and upgrading.

Keywords
Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao
Higher vocational education
Internationalized school-running model
Multi-level collaboration
Digitally enabled
Funding
The Research on Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area International Higher Vocational Education Demonstration Zone (Project No.: 2021GXJK124); The Research on the Innovative Pathways for Integrating Ideological and Political Education into the Sino-Foreign Cooperative Education Model in Guangdong’s Higher Vocational Colleges from the Perspective of Digital Empowerment (Project No.: 2024GXJK764)
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Conflict of interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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