Tan Jianyong is a police officer in police detachment 110 of the Nanning Public Security Bureau in Guangxi Autonomous Region. He began his studies in the Sunshine Social Work class of China Central Radio and TV University (CCRTVU) as a junior-college student in the autumn of 2010, and graduated in January 2013.

Zhu Hongjun is a Han citizen of Heze in Shandong Province. He joined the army in December of 2000, and became a Communist Party member in September, 2003.

Ruan Wenping was a junior college student who graduated from the class of 2010 Primary School Education major at Baise Minority School of Guangxi Open University. He attained a bachelor’s degree in Chinese Language and Literature in 2013. Today, he is a tutor at Zhongxinxiao Nonghuainian’en Primary School in Xiajia Town, Lingyun County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Zhou Jing is a Senior Corporate Trainer for the staff of Hunan Tobacco. She graduated from the Foreign Languages Department of Xiangtan Normal University. From 2005 to 2008, she studied a master’s degree at Hunan Normal University.

TaoYan is Principal of the Xiaobeilou Teenager Club of Xiangxi Autonomous Region, Hunan Province. She graduated from the Vocational Secondary School for Preschool Teachers in Yiyang, Hunan Province in July 1991. From September 2010 to July 2013, she specialized in preschool education as a junior college student at Xiangxi RTVU.

Sha Lei, a reporter for Xinxiang TV, enrolled in China Central Radio and TV University (CCRTVU, now the Open University of China, OUC) to study Chinese Language and Literature in 2011. During his time at the university, Sha Lei had to balance both work and study. He not only had to uphold his responsibilities as a family member, but also had to maintain his interview and editing work as a reporter. In spite of the difficulties facing him, he did not give up. Thanks to his excellent willpower, he successfully completed his study with outstanding results across all his courses.

Xu Qingzeng is the secretary of the party branch in Xumiao Village’s Jiyang Street Office in Jiyang County, Shandong Province, and the founder of Longyang Black Pottery Co. Ltd. in Jiyang County. He graduated from the Eighth Middle School of Jiyang County, Shandong province in July, 1987. In July, 2005, he graduated from the Secondary Technical School for Adults in Jiyang County, Shandong province.

Liu Xi, born on April 18, 1938, was the former Director of the Institute of Fangzi New Technologies before he retired in 1995. In the Fall of 2010, he enrolled in Computer Network Technology through the open education programme at the junior college programme of Weifang Radio and TV University (WFRTVU). He graduated in March 2013.

Cai Qingliang, Manager of Shenyang Today Photos Advertising Company, enrolled as a junior college student in Business Administration at the Institute of Finance on the main campus of Shenyang Radio and TV University (SYRTVU), a branch of China Central Radio and TV University (CCRTVU) in the spring of 2011.

Jia Jianbin is a Communist Party Member, Dean of the Experimental Primary School in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, and a Class A Teacher at the Primary and Secondary School Level (Senior Teacher at Primary School Level). From 2011 to 2013, he participated in the Open Education programme by upgrading from a junior college student to a university student through the provincial branch directly affiliated with Shanxi Radio and TV University (SXRTVU), majoring in education administration.

Li Hong, now employed at Tianjin University of Technology’s Institute of Management, is head of the Department of Financial Management and Accounting, an Academic Leader, Professor, and Graduate Tutor. Her major research fields are Environmental Accounting and Corporate Finance.