Mr. Yang Zhijian，President of the Open University of China (OUC), attended the Executive Committee Meeting of International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) held in Paris, France on June 8, 2015. It is the second meeting after the ICDE Executive Committee took a conference call in April 2015.

In the conference, six executive committee members including Mr. Yang Zhijian, OUC President, Dr. Tian Belawati, President of ICDE and Rector of Universitas Terbuka, Indonesia and Mr. Gard Titlestad, the ICDE Sectary General etc. reached consensus and made decisions after in-depth discussions on 20 topics related to the 26th ICDE World Conference, ICDE strategic development plan for the years of 2016-2019, and future development direction and policies for open and distance education.

                                                                                                           By Chen Na, OUC