As we know, Chinese people pursue a traditional custom that courtesy demands reciprocity, so, almost everyone will give friends, relations, and leader presents in mid-autumn festival and Teacher's Day to express a kind of feelings and promote relationships. How about children? They regard wow gold as the best gift. From their part, only wow money can express love to each other.
Being kind to students is one of responsibilities for teachers, however, For Chinese parents; this is something which only can be exchanged with presents.
Compared with mainland region, it’s normal to refuse presents in Hongkong. As long as a teacher accept gift, she will be reported by media. President of committee in Hongkong said: “there is no teacher to accept present in Hongkong.” More surprising, if a public teach take the gift, she will be investigated by incorrupt department and even been accused of corruption.
In old times when stolen books not steal, accept a gift is not greed; some teachers make living with those gift from parents. So, there are some people regard those actions as a kind of respects to teachers, but in morden society, public servants like teacher will be reported as corruption for improper amounts. According to laws of the mainland, teachers would be the main part of corruption for accepting gifts from parents. Offering fair treatment and education is the most important responsibility of teachers, which is differ from commodities exchanged with money. As a resolute, behaviors that violate public responsibility are belong to corruption. So, I think mainland could learn from Hongkong in this aspect.