A CENTRE will be set up in Hong Kong to allow people to sit exams for China's distance learning post-secondary qualifications.
The Hong Kong College of Technology's Information Service Centre of Professional Studies has been appointed to arrange the examinations.
The Guangdong education authorities are to sign an appointment letter next Tuesday, with one of the terms being to exempt Hong Kong people from taking a political subject compulsory for mainlanders.
The Self-Study Higher Education Examination of China started in 1980 with some 15 million mainlanders having taken part.
More than 2,000 people from Hong Kong and Macau have also taken the exams since they were first allowed to in 1987.
The college's senior administrative officer, Chan Cheuk-hay, said the purpose of the centre was convenience for local people who would otherwise have to attend tutorials and examinations in Guangdong.