The Jockey Club on Wednesday said it has signed two collaboration agreements with the central government's liaison office, to enhance local youth's understanding of the country's history and to cultivate their sense of belonging as part of China.

From this year to 2025, the club will sponsor the liaison office to organise sports, cultural and arts exchange activities, as well as innovation and technology-related internship programmes for the SAR's youth.

It will also support the liaison office to provide cultural and arts executive development and training programmes to nurture local cultural and arts talent and management executives.

The club said in a statement that Lu Xinning, the liaison office's deputy director, recognised its long-term contributions to Hong Kong society as well as exchanges and cooperation between the SAR and the mainland.

The club said it hopes to enable more local students to experience the nation's modernisation process, to cultivate in them a caring attitude towards the country and to encourage them to contribute to the development of the country.