To thoroughly implement the guiding principles of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping on vocational education, and to fully execute the CPC Central Committee and the State Council's significant deployments on vocational education, the Open University China (OUC), as the leading entity of the national-level vocational education "dual-qualified" teacher training base for nursing, has led the development of the "Dual-Qualified Teacher Training Curriculum System for Nursing Vocational Education" (hereinafter referred to as the "Training Curriculum System").

From 30 to 31 October 2024, the Open University of China (OUC) held a comprehensive seminar on teaching process in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province.

It is stated in the No. 1 central document for 2024 to learn and apply the experience from the Green Rural Revival Programme in Zhejiang Province to vigorously and effectively promote the all-round rural revitalisation, and it is underscored at the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) to apply the experience gained from the Green Rural Revival Programme in Zhejiang Province to refine the long-term mechanisms for promoting all-around rural revitalisation.

On 28 October 2024, Liu Xuanxuan, vice president of the Open University of China (OUC), met with a delegation led by Dr. Matthew Landu, pro-vice chancellor of the University of Goroka (UOG) in Papua New Guinea.

To achieve the sharing of academic visit experience and expand the scope of beneficiaries in academic exchanges, the College of International Education at the Open University of China (OUC) held the 2024 Report Meeting of the OUC Academic Delegations on 24 October 2024.

To enhance the elderly individuals' health awareness and self-care abilities, establish the health concept of “preserving health before getting sick and giving priority to disease prevention” while encouraging learning exchanges among teachers of the education system, improving the young teachers' teaching abilities and research skills, and elevating the education and teaching standards and talent cultivation quality in medicine-related majors, the Open University of China (OUC) recently held the Academic Salon - “Lectures by Famous Teachers from 100 Universities” and “Respect for the Elderly on Double Ninth Festival Heart to Heart”.

Editor's Note: General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasised at the National Conference on Education that the national education digitalisation initiative should be fully implemented, with efforts to expand the coverage of high-quality education resources and improve public services for lifelong learning.

Recently, Luoyang Open University held the opening ceremony for its inaugural calligraphy undergraduate class and the "Luo • Lecture Hall" Lifelong Learning Lecture Series in Xin'an County, known as the hometown of Chinese calligraphy.