On April 14, 2011, the Open University of China （OUC） and the OUC School of Xizang co-organized the training of volunteers for the OUC's Action Plan to Support Tibet with Voluntary Online Teaching through a real time conference system, which marked the start of the project.
Open education altogether recruited 467,000 students in the spring of 2011, 130,000 to undergraduate programmes and 337,000 to diploma programmes. Enrolment has increased by 9% on last year and represents the largest number in the history of spring recruitment.
Spring recruitment of open education in the OUC was launched on December 3, 2010, involving 92 programmes (including 26 undergraduate programmes starting from the completion of diploma education, 48 diploma programmes and 18 the One-College-Student-for-One-Village Programme),
2010's top ten news stories on China radio and TV universities (CRTVUs) have been compiled. The stories in major Chinese media outlets reflect society's interest in the distance education work done by the CRTVUs around the country during their implementation of the National Outline for Medium and Long-term Education Reform and Development (2010-2020) and the construction of the Open University of China (OUC), as well as the development, progress, achievement and influence of the whole CRTVU system.
On 22 March 2011, President Yang Zhijian of the Open University of China (OUC) met with a delegation from the Korea National Open University (KNOU) led by its President Nam-Chul Cho.
After a meeting with President Yang, Vice President Zhang Shaogang gave the delegates an introduction to the OUC, and also invited President Nam-Chul Cho to discuss the use of the Internet and IT in distance education in Korea. President Cho said that Korean students frequently use mobile devices such as pad computers and smart phones to apply for courses, learn and interact with tutors and their classmates. Vice President Zhang also expressed interest in the differences between KNOU and cyber universities in Korea discussed by President Cho.
At the invitation of the Open University of China (OUC), a three-person delegation from the Open University of Japan (OUJ) led by Vice President Professor Yoshiaki Hamada paid a visit to the OUC on March 15-16, 2010. Mr. Ruan Zhiyong, Secretary of the OUC Party Committee, and Party Committee Vice Secretary Zhang Shaogang met with the delegation.
The OUC leaders extended their regards to the Japanese delegation
On 1st March 2011, the ceremony of "Inspiring National Strength — Chinese of the Year 2010" was held in Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. Ruan Wenping, a student majoring in Chinese Language and Literature in the OUC was recommended by netizens and the Experts Committee and was selected as a "Chinese of the Year 2010".
The OUC recently launched its Annual OUC Scholarship pilot project for 2010. The project will be expanded to 29 provincial radio and TV universities (PRTVUs). In addition to the existed "Field of Hope" Scholarship and the IET-Sunshine Scholarship, the OUC has this year started the Serving Soldier Scholarship.
The pilot units for the OUC scholarships of 2010 include
February 18-19, 2011 saw the convening of the OUC work conference for the first half of 2011, with the goals and work for 2011 clarified. They include the full implementation of the National Outline for Medium and Long-term Education Reform and Development (2010-2020) (the Outline) and the essence of the 2010 National Education Work Conference, and the active construction of the Open University of China (OUC). OUC leaders Yang Zhijian, Ruan Zhiyong, Yan Bing, Zhang Hui, Li Linshu, Zhang Shaogang and