On the afternoon of July 19, 2016, a delegation headed by Mr. Robert Parua, a UNESCO Education Programme Specialist, visited the Open University of China (OUC).
On June 26, 2016, OUC Dabieshan Experimental School, set up by the OUC and Xinyang Vocational and Technical College, was officially founded. The school is designed to provide education with targeted measures to alleviate poverty in the Dabieshan region, cultivating learners with practical skills and providing talent support for regional economic and social development.
On the morning of June 1, 2016, deputy director of Comprehensive Division of Department of Vocational and Adult Education under the Ministry of Education Ning Rui paid an investigative visit to the Chinese Language Centre. Vice president of the OUC Liu Chen and relevant personnel from the Chinese Language Centre took part in the meeting.
From May 23 to 25, 2016, the OUC Agriculture & Medicine Teaching Research Central Team Seminar and Conference on the Founding of Central Team was held in Harbin.
OUC’s Information Technology Department (Research and Development Centre for Digital Learning) and the Learning Resources Department (Library) actively explore the application of the cloud classroom model. On May 5, 2016, the OUC used the cloud classroom system to hold the "Open University Lecture" nationwide for the first time, which benefited the branches of the OUC across the nation with its high quality academic resources.
On the morning of May 16, 2016, the Information Technology Department (Research and Development Centre for Digital Learning) of the OUC, together with the Teacher Development Centre, undertook a cloud classroom application exploration.
From May 9 to 10, 2016, a teaching-working conference for the OUC Experimental School was held in Nanhai, Guangdong Province.
The OUC Headquarters’ 4th session of scientific research work meeting, with the topics of deepening scientific research services, enhancing scientific research quality and supporting the OUC’s teaching reforms, was held at Wukesong campus on May 17, 2016, with president Yang Zhijian, vice presidents Li Linshu and Zhang Shaogang, and more than 200 other faculty members attending the meeting.