On the morning of May 6th, 2015, the Opening Ceremony of the 4th China International Senior Services Expo & the 4th Forum on the Development of Chinese Senior Service Industry was held at China National Convention Center (CNCC) in Beijing. The sponsor, China Association of Social Welfare (CASW), invited the Open University of China (OUC) to participate in the Expo, and jointly organized the "Education and Services for Older Adults Staff Building Forum".

On May 7th, 2015, a 4-person delegation including Mr. DongKook Lee, the Acting President and Professor of Korea National Open University (KNOU), and Professor Yuan Fujie of the Open University of Japan (OUJ), took part in the “Education and Services for Older Adults Staff Building Forum” sponsored jointly by the OUC and China Association of Social Welfare and paid a special visit to the OUC after the meeting. Mr. Zhang Shaogang, Vice President of the Open University of China (OUC), met the delegation.

Are you pleased with the convenience and freedom of the Internet?

Are you ever confused by the social chaos created by the Internet?

Do you want to be a leader in the Internet field?

The launch ceremony for the first Jiangsu National Reading Day, the 11thJiangsu Reading Festival, and the 20thNanjing Reading Day was held on April 23, 2015. On that day, the “Classroom for Mothers” jointly established by Nanjing Radio and TV University (Nanjing RTVU) and the Nanjing Women’s Federation was officially launched.

On April 10th, 2015, 100 computers donated by the Open University of China (OUC) arrived at Mangxin Town, Yingjisha County, where the resident village officers of Xinjiang RTVU work. This donation is part of the OUC’s extension counterpart support for Xinjiang RTVU.

In order to promote the practical implementation of the national "credit bank" system; expand the available channels for the application of the standard and the application of the learning outcomes; build a cooperation platform to serve different certification institutions; promote the accreditation and transfer of learning outcomes among different certification institutions, as well as the sharing and trading of high-quality resources; and improve the social recognition of the credit bank and its ability for serving society, the OUC Credit Bank Management Office held an alliance seminar on the mutual accreditation of learning outcomes in Beijing on March 26, 2015 and April 2, 2015 respectively. Yan Xiaoping, Executive Deputy Director of the OUC Credit Bank Management Office (Learning Outcomes Accreditation Centre) presided over the ceremony.

Have you seen WIFI signs in public places such as cafés and restaurants?

Have you noticed people tapping away on their mobile phones on the subway and buses?

Do you know the famous saying “the furthest distance is when I am watching you but you are watching your cellphone”?

April 23rd, 2015 was the 20th annual "World Reading Day". On that day, the Library of the Open University of China (OUC) unveiled a nationwide reading campaign for 2015, with “an overall deployment of school-running system, benefiting peripheral community residents, and organizing theme reading by the OUC” as their working method.