March 9, 1978 (February day) Wu Wu, University of Science and Technology of China, opened the Youth Class.

1978, HKUST comprehensive measure in accordance with the moral, intellectual, physical principle of merit, more than 700 students enrolled, including 20 Junior exceptional selection. China HKUST this exceptional admission juvenile, 16 years old, the youngest only 11 years old.
in recruitment, admissions staff to learn about through the masses recommendations and found a number of outstanding results, the age of only 13, 14-year-old schoolchildren, most of them unable to participate in the unified college entrance examination. The HKUST teachers went to Shanghai, Changsha, Shenyang, Fuzhou and Yangzhou, the basis of these young several written and oral examinations, undergo a medical examination before the selection of a group of teenagers college students.
group full of hard self-study and the courage to research spirit juvenile is admitted, the University of Science and Technology opened specifically for a juvenile classes, and they prepared a special textbook is also equipped with strong business teachers as a teacher, a political, business strong female teachers from political thought and life education, care for these students. (History TodayOnHistory.com)