教育局昨日向学校发出通函，公布优化高中中国历史科及历史科课程框架。这是落实行政长官李家超近年施政报告中强化历史教育和爱国主义教育的重要举措，有助于学生全面正确认识历史，树立国民意识及国家观念，强化对国家民族的使命感和责任心。

　　中史科及历史科一直肩负让学生正确认识历史、培养国民身份认同及家国情怀的重任。然而，香港回归以来历史科长期不受重视，教科书的部分内容也偏颇，着重以西方角度看待中国史和世界史，内容碎片化，忽略了内地现代化成就和对改革开放的深入探讨。不少学生对重大历史事件如抗日战争的了解停留于表面，例如对东江纵队坚持抗战所知甚少。加上部分老师本身的政治立场有问题，长期耳濡目染之下，导致一些学生对历史了解片面甚至错误，产生身份认同的混乱，对国家民族的认同感偏低，这是香港在一段时期社会动荡的一个重要原因。

　　痛定思痛，加强历史尤其是中史教育成为香港社会的共识。行政长官多次在施政报告中提到要强化历史教育，作为爱国主义教育的重要内容。今次的课程改革正好补上这一课。根据最新课程框架，中史科由“中国古代史”和“中国现代史”两部分组成，现代史新增了“中国共产党成立”、“中国特色社会主义新时代”等内容，这样的内容增补是完全必要的。

　　中国共产党成立是开天辟地的大事件，深刻改变了近代以后中华民族发展的方向和进程，深刻改变了中国人民和中华民族的前途和命运，深刻改变了世界发展的趋势和格局，也深刻改变了香港的发展进程。香港回归祖国后实行“一国两制”，长期保持繁荣稳定，如今进入“爱国者治港”新阶段，都是在中国共产党领导下实现的。作为香港特区的学生，不能不了解中国共产党的发展史，不能不理解中国共产党以推动国家独立、民族解放、中华民族伟大复兴为使命，以“为人民服务”为宗旨的伟大信念。理解了中国共产党，就掌握了理解当代中国的脉络，进而产生国家归属感和民族自豪感，自觉将个人事业与国家发展、民族前途紧密联系在一起。

　　香港的明天，需要有根有魂的年轻一代。高中中史科与历史科课程的优化意义重大，不仅补上了中国历史教育的课，更在培养国家认同上发挥重要作用。当香港青年善于从历史中汲取智慧，他们将成为连结香港与祖国的桥梁，成为中华民族伟大复兴的见证人、参与者和贡献者。

　　节录自《大公报》 2025年10月4日社评

　　Optimising History Education, Deepening Patriotic Sentiment

　　Yesterday, the Education Bureau issued a syllabus to schools announcing refinements to the senior secondary curriculum frameworks for Chinese History and History subjects. The move represents an important step in delivering on Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu's recent Policy Address pledges to strengthen history education and patriotic education. It is intended to help students gain a comprehensive and accurate understanding of history, foster national consciousness and a sense of nationhood, and reinforce their sense of mission and responsibility toward the country and the Chinese nation.

　　Chinese History and History subjects have long borne the responsibility of giving students a correct understanding of the past and nurturing a sense of national identity and attachment to the country. Yet since the handover, the History subject has been chronically undervalued in Hong Kong, and parts of the textbooks have been skewed - overly privileging Western lenses in interpreting Chinese and world history, presenting material in a fragmented way, and overlooking the mainland's modernisation achievements and a deeper examination of reform and opening up. As a result, many students' grasp of major historical events, such as the War of Resistance against Japan, remains superficial; the steadfast resistance of the Dongjiang (East River) Column (东江纵队), for instance, is scarcely known. Compounding matters, some teachers' own political stances have been problematic. Prolonged exposure to such influences has left certain students with partial or even erroneous understandings of history, sowed confusion about identity, and dampened identification with the country and the Chinese nation - an important factor behind the period of social unrest Hong Kong experienced.

　　Drawing a lesson from the bitter experience, strengthening history education - especially Chinese History - has become a consensus in Hong Kong society. The Chief Executive has repeatedly mentioned in the Policy Address the need to reinforce history education as an important component of patriotic education. This round of curriculum reform precisely fills that gap. Under the latest curriculum framework, the Chinese History subject consists of two parts: Ancient Chinese History and Modern Chinese History. The modern history section has added content such as the founding of the Communist Party of China and the"New Era of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics." Such additions are entirely necessary.

　　The founding of the Communist Party of China was an epoch-making event that profoundly changed the course of modern Chinese development, profoundly altered the future and destiny of the Chinese people and nation, profoundly reshaped global development trends and the international landscape, and profoundly influenced Hong Kong's trajectory. After Hong Kong's return to the motherland, the policy of"one country, two systems" was implemented, ensuring long-term prosperity and stability; today it has entered a new stage of"patriots administering Hong Kong," all achieved under the leadership of the Communist Party of China.

　　For students in the Hong Kong SAR, ignorance of the Communist Party of China's development is not an option, nor can we overlook its core conviction: making national independence, national liberation, and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation its mission, and"serving the people" its guiding purpose. To understand the CPC is to grasp the throughline of contemporary China—an understanding that nurtures a sense of national belonging and pride, and inspires us to consciously align our personal pursuits with the country's development and the nation's future.

　　Hong Kong's tomorrow depends on rooted, spirited youth. The revamped senior-secondary Chinese History and History syllabus fill gaps, refine content, and help build national identity. Youth who learn from history will link Hong Kong with the motherland - and bear witness to, participate in the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.