On 10th and 11th October, 2017, the Open University of China’s (OUC) law major held its annual meeting in Zhuhai. The theme of this annual meeting is "Teaching Reform of OUC’s Law Major and the Development of Key Majors".

The OUC’s deputy Party secretary, Liu Xianghong, Guangdong branch vice president, Chen Xianqiang, OUC Faculty of Arts and Law director, Liu Jingduo, Academic Affairs Department director, Ye Zhihong, and nearly 70 persons in charge of various majors, as well as core teachers from the OUC headquarters and more than 30 branches, in addition to industry and corporate colleges, participated in the meeting.

Liu Xianghong hoped that teacher development in the OUC system’s law major would adapt to the new era, and lead reform direction. She noted that she would devote herself to systematic research and learning experiences, and fully leverage them by consciously integrating course development into teaching reform. She asked everyone to combine scientific exploration of the “Six-Network Integration” learner development model, actively participate in the strategic transformation of the OUC education system, and educational and teaching reform of the law major, so as to fundamentally and extensively promote the core competitiveness of the OUC law major’s education and teaching system.

Liu Jingduo made a speech titled An Open Teaching Ecosystem for Law Major. Ye Zhihong delivered a speech on The Basic Ideas of Teaching Reform and Key Major Development, which provided new theoretical direction, as well as teaching reform guidelines from different perspectives and on varying aspects. During the conference, the challenges and prospects for the construction of key disciplines of law were also introduced, and the work of the law major subcommittee under the OUC’s Bachelor’s Degree Evaluation Committee was reported. Participants were divided into three groups to discuss the theme of the meeting.

By Xue Shan,OUC