On 23 September, 2024, under the organisation and arrangement of the College of International Education (Office of Foreign Affairs; Office of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Affairs)of the Open University of China (OUC), Mr. Sam McIlroy, director of the Language Centre, and Dr. Michael D’Angeli, Academic English Programme manager and tutor of the Language Centre at the University of Oxford, conducted exchanges and discussions with relevant departments of the OUC regarding teacher team building and the development of teacher training work platforms.

Recently, the first "Education Digital Human Competition," sponsored by the China Association for Educational Technology (CAET), was held at Beijing Technology and Business University.

On 18th September, the inaugural session of seminar on 2024 backbone personnel for system quality management of the Open University of China (OUC): “Quality Assurance System and Quality Culture Construction within Higher Education Institutions” was held.

On 13 September 2024, the Open University of China (OUC) held an expanded meeting of the central group for theoretical study of the Party Committee to deeply understand and implement the guiding principles of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech at the National Conference on Education.

To implement the guiding principles of the National Conference on Education, advance the "OUC Comprehensive Reform Plan”, actively fulfill the educational support for key counties of national rural revitalisation as designated by the Ministry of Education, and promote the development of the open university system, from 11 to 14 September 2024, Zhou Tianming, vice president of the Open University of China (OUC), led a delegation to conduct field research in Butuo County, Sichuan Province, a key county for national rural revitalization supported by the OUC. The delegation focused on themes such as "educational assistance", "system construction", and the "15th Five-Year Development Plan."

BEIJING, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- The National Conference on Education was held in Beijing from Sept. 9 to 10, 2024. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the meeting and delivered an important speech.

To thoroughly implement the principles of the National Conference on Education, vigorously promote the spirit of educators, and foster a profound atmosphere of encouraging respect for educators and support for education, the Open University of China (OUC) convenes its 2024 Teachers’ Day Celebration on 11 September.

On the morning of 9 September 2024, at 9:00 AM, Zhou Tianming, vice president of the Open University of China (OUC), inaugurated the 2024 autumn semester with the "First Class of the New Semester," delivered via a live video broadcast.