The press affiliated to the Publishing and Media Group of the Open University of China (OUC) was rated as Excellent for its performance in the 2021 social benefits evaluation of books. This is the second year in a row that the OUC Press has been rated as Excellent, receiving a new record score in the evaluation.
The evaluation of the social benefits of book publishing organisations was launched by the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China in 2018 to encourage publishing organisations to put social benefits first, achieve unity between social and economic benefits, and promote the healthy and prosperous development of the publishing industry.
The OUC Publishing & Media Group has made fostering virtue through education its fundamental task, focusing on its main responsibilities and main business, and continuously improving the quality of its books, making a series of achievements and breakthroughs in its premium publishing materials in 2021. The Group’s publications won the Chinese Government Award for Publishing for the first time; was selected as a key publication by the Publicity Department of the CPC for the first time; ranked fifth among publishers nationwide in the first National Textbook Construction Award in the category of vocational education and continuing education in terms of the total number of awards nationwide; and ranked second among university publishers. At the same time, the Group continued to carry out a range of book donation and reading promotion activities for public welfare and took the initiative to assume social responsibility as a cultural unit. Its efforts were widely recognised by the media, readers, and the public, and its social influence was significantly enhanced. In the evaluation of the social benefits of book publishing organisations in 2021, the Group was highly recognised by the OUC, the organiser of the evaluation, and the Department of Social Science of the Ministry of Education. It also submitted a remarkable exam paper on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the founding of the publishing house and the 20th anniversary of the Group.
Key publication of the Publicity Department of the CPC for its 2021 Theme Publication: Choice of the History
Nomination for the Fifth Chinese Government Award for Publishing for Audio, Video, and Electronic Network Publications: The Origin and Evolution of Life
National key publications in the 14th Five-Year Plan period
Special planning project publications
By OUC Publishing & Media Group