On 16 August 2019, secretary of the Party Committee of Dalian Jiaotong University, Que Chengyu, visited the Open University of China (OUC) to investigate its school running capabilities. Jing Degang, secretary of the Party Committee and president of the OUC, had a cordial meeting with Que Chengyu and his colleagues.

Jing Degang gave a general introduction to the OUC, its 40-year school-running history, and future work concept, and took Que Chengyu to visit the OUC’s "Internet + University" operation exhibition centre.

At the "Internet + University" operation exhibition centre, Que Chengyu learned about the OUC’s “Six-Network Integration” Learner Development Model, big data on school running, the digital teaching environment, education for specific groups, non-degree education, the national credit bank for vocational education, international cooperation and communication, digital learning resources, scientific research, poverty alleviation through education, and teacher and student profiles, and fully affirmed the achievements of the OUC over the past 40 years.

Que Chengyu said that as a new university supported by modern information technology, the OUC has explored a path to world-class open and distance learning with Chinese characteristics. In the future, the two universities should strengthen exchanges and cooperation in the construction of educational informatisation, give full play to their respective advantages, and cultivate more outstanding professionals.

 By Ye Chao, OUC