From 6-7 September, 2019, the OUC held the working conference for the second half of 2019. At the conference, the OUC summarised the work for the first half of the year, and studied and deployed the follow-up work. The OUC leadership team, middle-level cadres, and heads of school offices and enterprises attended the conference.

Party secretary and president Jing Degang gave a speech entitled Set the Goal, Grasp the Key Points, and Solidly Promote the Smooth Operation of Work for the Second Half of the Year. He pointed out that with the joint efforts of all the staff, the OUC has made sound development and achieved remarkable results. Focusing on "China’s Education Modernisation 2035" and combining its 40 years of school-running experience, the OUC established a basic idea for the development of the OUC: Follow Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, cater to China's national conditions, stay rooted in the land of China, and build the OUC into a vibrant and dynamic university that wins recognition and respect from the people. He emphasised that we must build a team that is loyal to the Party’s educational cause and that is dedicated, seeks breakthroughs, stresses politics, and focuses on implementation. They should improve two abilities, the identification and application of global teaching resources and "Internet+" education/teaching management and governance. Three systems should be built: a network security assurance system, a quality evaluation and monitoring system, and an innovation-driven development system. It is also necessary to implement three major strategies: academic education quality enhancement, social training development, and the enhancement of the University for Older Adults.

He stressed that it is necessary to use the Party's construction to lead the soul, talk about politics, abide by discipline, strengthen organisational structure, adopt strict management, stress the implementation, and strive to build a pioneering culture with OUC characteristics featuring "firm beliefs, firm implementation, a bold undertaking of a promising task, the ability to overcome difficulties, and sincerity and self-discipline.” The OUC will unite together to overcome difficulties, undertake reform and innovation, and usher in the 70th anniversary of the founding of China with its achievements.

He pointed out that in the second half of the year, the OUC must focus on education and teaching, constantly strive to improve quality, speed up informatisation and modernisation, spare no effort in applying for the qualification of master’s degrees, take measures to improve the cohesiveness of the school, actively strive to publish the OUC Constitution, strengthen non-degree education, concentrate on building a scientific research atmosphere, and improve the service level of financial work.

He pointed out that to do a good job in the second half of the year, the OUC must focus on the following points: First, continue to learn and grasp the main conflicts and risks in order to improve its ability to fight onwards. Second, use the construction of the Party to lead the business and promote the deep integration of the Party and the business. Third, grasp the main points and serve the overall situation. Create excellent quality, open up new fields, and grow better and stronger. Fourth, build consensus, overcome difficulties, and focus on key work. Fifth, strive to create new achievements. He hopes that everyone will work together to achieve new results and strive to submit the fruitful achievements to the MOE Party Group and the OUC school system, to repay ourselves for our hard work and remarkable results over the past year.

Cao Guoyong, deputy secretary of the Party committee, reported on the development of the school's themed education. Since the launch of themed education, the school Party committee has consciously adhered to the overall requirement to "keep the original intention, undertake the mission, find the gap, and grasp the implementation” and to adopt reform throughout the whole process of themed education, and carefully organise learning and education, investigation and research, inspection and rectification. Through the in-depth launch of themed education, the OUC has achieved significant results in terms of theoretical study, ideological and political consolidation, entrepreneurship, and people-oriented service, as well as an atmosphere of honesty and integrity. With regards to the follow-up work, the OUC will further deepen theoretical study, strengthen ideological and political construction, take effective measures to achieve rectification and implementation, build a pioneering culture and create a good atmosphere for entrepreneurship, establish sound rules and regulations, and establish a long-term mechanism to consolidate the results of the theme education.

Vice president Lin Yu gave a theme entitled Clarify the Goals, Seize the Points, and Build a Quality OUC Teaching and Organisational System.

During the conference, the members of the OUC leadership and the various departments of the OUC held a group discussion on the report and the OUC's reform and development situation. They summarised the work, identified the problems, and discussed how to complete the work for the second half of the year. The participants agreed that by summarising the achievements and analysing the problems and situations, they had reached a consensus and clarified the working concepts and tasks for the current and future periods, which is of great significance in promoting all aspects of OUC reform and development.


By Wu Yaqi, OUC