HK students

THE Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is expected to fund 4,500 students to study in universities on the Chinese mainland, a document from the regional government showed.

The move covers local secondary school students from low-income families or those with outstanding academic performances, and is expected to enhance the competitiveness of Hong Kong youngsters and foster greater exchanges between Hong Kong and the mainland.

Research ranking

CHINA has, for the first time, replaced the United States as the largest contributor to high-quality natural-science research by ranking No. 1 in the share of papers published in top journals in 2022, according to the Nature Index.

Data on author affiliations from the 82 journals tracked by the Nature Index shows that China had a share of 19,373 from January to December last year, compared with 17,610 from the U.S., a Nature Index news release said.