On the list of projects funded by the National Publication Foundation (NPF) in 2022, recently released by its Planning and Management Office, two projects of the Multimedia Press of the Open University of China (OUC) Publishing & Media Group were included.

The award-winning audio-visual publications Stronger Manufacturing, Stronger China - Strategies for Developing a Manufacturing Power II: Shifting from Speed to Quality in Development and Public Crisis and Emergency Management stood out from over 1,500 other projects.

Stronger Manufacturing, Stronger China is a large-scale public-welfare video-lecture project jointly planned by the OUC and the Strategic Consulting Centre of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAS), and recorded and published by the OUC Audio-visual Publishing House. The project, aiming to "promote the concept of Made in China to the general public”, has Zhou Ji of the CAS as its consultant, Zhu Gaofeng of the CAS as editor in chief, and a number of other CAS members involved. This project is the second of a series, and covers the ten advantages and strategic industries in China's “Stronger Manufacturing” strategies, discussing the progress of these industries since the implementation of the strategies from a scientific, strategic, and forward-looking perspective. In doing so, it showcases the transformation of these industries from high-speed growth to high-quality development, and highlights their significance as models. The first volume of the project, Stronger Manufacturing, Stronger China: From a Manufacturing Power Strategy to the‘Made in China 2025’ Plan, was selected for the national “Key Audio-visual Product Publishing Plan” of the 13th Five-year Plan, and evaluated as "particularly excellent" in the performance evaluations of NPF Projects in 2018.

Zhu Gaofeng, editor in chief of the lectures Stronger Manufacturing, Stronger China - Strategies for Developing a Manufacturing Power II: Shifting from Speed to Quality in Development, recording a video lecture at the OUC

Public Crisis and Emergency Management is a series of public-welfare lectures jointly planned and launched by the Learning Resources Department (Digital Library) of the OUC, the Faculty of Political Science and Law, the OUC Press, and the Emergency-management Research Base of Tsinghua University. Focusing on social-risk governance and crisis education, the project intends to develop public crisis-prevention awareness and response capability. At the same time, through scientific analyses, it covers the major topics in this area in order to promote the modernisation of crisis management in China.

Xue Lan, editor in chief of Public Crisis and Emergency Management

Peng Zongchao recording a video lecture at the OUC

The NPF supports projects at the highest level of publishing in China in terms of concepts, artistry and production, giving priority to creativity and innovation. 19 OUC Publishing & Media Group projects have been funded by the NPF, making it prominent among its industry peers.

By OUC Publishing & Media Group