Compared with general cooperation, regional cooperation needs to pay more attention to the complementarity and coordination of resources. GBA's cooperation in higher education is carried out under the background of "one country, two systems, three tax zones and three legal systems", so it is especially necessary to study and analyze it under the background of the country's major development strategy. However, the obstacles and difficulties it is facing are inevitable, and the academic circles need to make suggestions according to the current situation. Firstly, this paper mainly introduces the higher education background of some major cities in GBA, briefly introduces the cooperation status, and puts forward research questions. In the next part, the existing basic conditions for higher education cooperation in GBA will be discussed. In the third part, the goal of GBA's higher education cooperation will be explained, and the current situation and achievements of the cooperation will be introduced. The fourth part will analyze some difficulties and practical problems faced by the higher education cooperation in GBA. The fifth part will put forward reasonable suggestions on the difficulties analyzed in the fourth part to better achieve the goals of cooperation. The last part is a brief summary of this article, and mentions the direction worthy of exploration and attention in the future research.

Shumin Chen. A Study on Cooperation of Higher Education in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area from the Perspective of Regional Integration. Frontiers in Educational Research (2023) Vol. 6, Issue 4: 134-141. https://doi.org/10.25236/FER.2023.060423.

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