On 26 December 2018, the Open University of China (OUC) held a meeting on quality work in Beijing. The meeting aimed to exchange and summarise the work experience of quality management in the OUC, focus on the key links of quality assurance, and discuss the concept of quality work under the new situation. Lin Yu, vice president of the OUC, and the leaders and department heads responsible for quality and teaching in some branch schools participated in the meeting, which was chaired by Han Yi, director of the Quality Monitoring and Evaluation Centre.
On 27-28 December, 2018, the 2018 Annual Conference and Seminar of the E-Learning Alliance of National Community Education (“the alliance”) was held in Chongqing. The conference was hosted by it the Research and Training Center for Community Education of the Ministry of Education (MOE), and organised with the help of the Jiulongpo Community Education College in Chongqing.
In order to strengthen the construction of teachers in the organisational system of the Open University of China (OUC), promote the professional development of teachers, improve the level of teaching in distance and open education, and enhance the comprehensive quality of teachers, from 19-22 November 2018,
On 18 November, 2018, Guangdong Open University (OU) held a conference for its 40th anniversary to look to both its past and future. Hao Keming, member of the National Education Advisory Committee and leader of the Continuing Education Advisory Group; former vice-chairman Wen Lanzi of the CPPCC Guangdong Committee;
In order to strengthen the construction of a teaching team in the organisational system of the Open University of China (OUC), promote the professional development of teachers, improve the level of teaching in distance and open education, and enhance the comprehensive quality of teachers, from 12-16 November 2018,
On 15 November, 2018, the Media Publishing Group of the Open University of China (OUC), Distance Education in China magazine, and the Book and Newspaper Information Centre of Renmin University in China jointly held a forum in Beijing on the evaluation and development of academic journals.
The School of Petroleum and Chemical Engineering of the Open University of China (OUC) was inaugurated at a conference to initiate a lifelong education system for petroleum and chemical engineering education in China held on 10 November 2018. Li Yongwu, vice minister of the former Ministry of Chemical Industry and former chairman of the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation;
The third Asian Paralympic Games was held in Jakarta from 6-13 October 2018. A total of 18 major events attracted around 3,000 athletes from 43 countries and regions.