Editor’s notes: Recently, the Open University of China (OUC) held a meeting to demonstrate the practical achievements of education and teaching reform.

The Credit Bank of the Open University of China (OUC) held a seminar titled “Studying and Implementing the New Vocational Education Law and Promoting High-quality Development of the Credit Bank” on the afternoon of 8 June 2022.

8 June 2022 was the 14th World Oceans Day, and designated in China for promoting protection of the oceans. The Open University of China (OUC) and Qingdao Open University jointly invited Professor Wang Guangce, a researcher with the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, to stream a lecture live on the OUC’s lifelong-education platform.

On the afternoon of 8 June 2022, the Open University of China (OUC) and the Higher Education Teaching-evaluation Centre of the Ministry of Education (MOE) held a meeting to train evaluators and launched spring teaching-quality evaluation of selected branches.

On the afternoon of 1 June 2022, the Faculty of Foreign Languages of the Open University of China (OUC) held a seminar to prepare the AI-empowered English smart teaching reform project via video link. Forty-two teachers to join the teaching reform pilot project from the OUC headquarters and nine branches took part in the event.

Recently, the OUC Academic Affairs Department received a pennant and a thank-you letter from an alumnus of its Liaoning branch, which had been forwarded by the Student Admissions and Affairs Department of the branch. They were from Xu Shengnan in heartfelt gratitude to those whose efforts had helped her verify her qualifications and gain employment.

On 25 May 2022, the Open University of China (OUC) held a meeting, on-site and by video link, to discuss proposals for the translation of Urban Space in Transition, part of the 2021 Chinese Academic-works Translation Project.

On 23 May 2022, the 2022 shortlist for "National Model Youths" was announced, with three residents of Zhejiang, including Sheng Wenbin, a student in the 2019 autumn-semester Garden Technology class at Xinchang College of Zhejiang Open University, upon it.