A list of “Learning Stars of the People” award winners was announced at the opening ceremony of the 9th Lifelong Learning for All Activity Week held in Tianjin. Among the 104 winners, nine were enrolled students or alumni from the Radio & TV University system (RTVUs).
On 24th and 25th of October, Bingtuan RTVU held its eighth “Open Teaching Class Observation” Contest, attended by 51 tutors from branch schools and the main campus. First prize went to Jiao Xinshu from the Branch School of the Sixth Division and second prizes went to Yang Yang from the Fifth Division and Sun Juelin from the Eighth Division. While Yin Yuemei from the Fourth Division, Li Rongxin from the Thirteenth Division, Tan Lijing from the Tenth Division and Liu Guoyu from the Ninth Division won the third prizes. 
On the afternoon of September 3, Shaanxi Radio and TV University (RTVU) and China Telecom Shaanxi Company signed the “Strategic Cooperation Agreement on Promoting Jointly Modern Intelligent Distance Education Digitization” at the conference room on the 10th floor of an office complex at the new campus.
In order to better understand the latest developments in international education technology and resource construction, the Distance Education and Open Study Research Institute, in conjunction with the Foreign Affairs Office, held the North America Education Symposium on September 3. The symposium featured five keynote speakers including Vice President Zhang Tiedao and Associate
On September 5, on the occasion of 29th Teachers’ Day, the Federation of Trade Unions and the Education Department of Ningxia Autonomous Region held the 2013 Ningxia “9•10” education certificate of merit and education medal awards ceremony. 15 collectives and 30 individuals who have made outstanding contributions to teaching and scientific research in Ningxia’s education system since
September 29 marked the opening ceremony of the “Hebei Lifelong Learning Online” platform at Hebei Radio and TV University (RTVU). Lu Xiaoguang, vice chairman of the Hebei committee for the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), and Vice Chairman Wang Xiaofei, director of the Vocational and Adult Education Division under the Hebei Education Department, attended the opening ceremony and delivered speeches. Liu Xiaoping, secretary of the Hebei RTVU Communist Party of China (CPC) Committee, unveiled the launch of “Hebei Lifelong Learning Online”.
On October 15, 2013, the Conference on the Advancement of National Learning City Construction and Case City Exchange was held in Dezhou City, Shandong Province. At the conference, Cases for the Construction of Learning Cities in China (Volume Ⅰ) was issued for the first time. A piece entitled Constructing an International Historical City in an Open, Inclusive, Enlightening and Innovative Way — A