Editor’s Note: The 2017 Open University of China (OUC) Essay Competition, themed “The OUC Implementing the Spirit of the 19th CPC National Congress,” ended a few days ago. A total of 174 articles were submitted by 23 departments, and 62 of those were awarded. Consideration is given to the development of the OUC in these articles by integrating the implementation of the spirit of the 19th CPC around the OUC’s central work. The OUC’s development draws inspiration from different perspectives on talent development reform, educational informatisation, credit bank construction, discipline and specialty research and construction, teacher training, targeted poverty alleviation, and international cooperation and exchanges. Some of the excellent, award-winning articles were selected for subsequent publicity on this website.
Chenzhou, a city in Hunan Province, has helped more than 3,000 farmers realise their dream of attending university.
On 9 May, 2018, the "Senior Education" forum, part of the 7th China International Senior Services Expo, was held in the China National Convention Centre in Beijing.
The Faculty of Science and Engineering of the Open University of China and Beijing Ewaybot Technology LLC recently held discussions on the feasibility of the faculty launching a robotics engineering major.
The selection of the “2017 Outstanding Graduates of the Open University of China (OUC)” has been completed, and 488 students have received the honour.
The 2018 plenary session of the OUC School Affairs Committee was held in Beijing from 9-10th May 2018. Forty-one School Affairs Committee members and nine entrusted representatives from the OUC and 45 of its branches attended the meeting.
A launch ceremony for the online course “Appreciation and Creation of Chinese Traditional Landscape Paintings & Moodle Platform”, the first China National Arts Fund project applied for by the Open University of China (OUC), was held at the OUC Wukesong campus on 8th May 2018.
On 8 May, 2018, the Faculty of Economics and Management of the Open University of China (OUC) held a video meeting on arranging for students to attend the national tax-skills competition. Li Linjun, vice president and secretary-general of the China Certified Tax Agents Association, Liu Chen, vice president of the OUC, and Huang Hongbin, director of the Examination Department of the China Certified Tax Agents Association, attended the meeting.