The review committee for the outstanding graduates of the Open University of China (OUC) recently reviewed the candidates for the "2014 Class of Outstanding Graduates of the OUC" and publicly announced the final list of award winners. 438 students were announced as part of the"2014 Class of Outstanding Graduates of the OUC".
In Xinchang county, Zhejiang province, they have a saying: You might not know the county leaders, but you must know Lv Weixing. Lv Weixing is an ordinary policeman from the Traffic Police Urban Duty Squadron of Xinchang County Public Security Bureau. However he has two unusual nicknames:“Black Lord Bao” and “Street Angel”（with the connotation of lord of justice and protector of the streets).
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.
The Global High Level Policy Forum: Online, Open and Flexible Higher Education for the Future We Want organized by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) in partnership with ICDE (International Council for Open and Distance Education) was held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris from 9-11 June 2015. Over 200 participants from 57 countries around the world participated in the forum. Mr. Yang Zhijian, President of the Open University of China (OUC) shared the university’s practice in promoting education equity based on information technology in the forum.
2015 marks the 30th anniversary of the graduation of the first batch of Liberal Arts students from the Radio and Television University (RTVU). Among the first Liberal Arts graduates, in 30 years, one student has established a conglomerate with the assets amounting to billions of renminbi and has been paying back into society with his substantial assets. That student is Wang Ruoxiong, a “National Outstanding Graduate”of RTVU”.
On June 14th, 2015, a small symposium on the internationalization of academic journals was held at the publishing house of Distance Education in China.
As the primary mechanisms used in distance education are shifting from traditional radio and TV to the Internet; the Internet age is imposing new, higher requirements on the Open University of China (OUC). Therefore, we must be well prepared to deal with the situation.
Gansu Cadre Online School was inaugurated at Gansu Radio and TV University (RTVU) on June 10, 2015, which indicating that new progress has been achieved in the reform of cadre education and training in Gansu province. Hao Yuan, Vice Governor of Gansu province, Chen Weizhong, Vice Minister of the Organization Department of Gansu Provincial Party Committee, attended the opening ceremony, in which Mr. Chen also announced the Announcement of the Foundation of Gansu Cadre Online School and when Zhu Weiguo, Secretary of the Party Committee from Gansu RTVU hosted the ceremony and gave a speech.