Beijing, 17 September 2025 – To implement the spirit of General Secretary XI Jinping’s recent important reply letter to teacher representatives from the Special-Post Teachers Programme, and to fully grasp and channel the CPC Central Committee’s deep concern for education and its ardent expectations for teachers into concrete action, the Open University of China (OUC) held a special deans’ symposium on teacher development, guided by the spirit of the General Secretary XI Jinping’s important reply letter to build a high-quality teaching workforce with dual competencies. The meeting focused on embedding the “educator’s spirit” in every facet of university life and on forging a high-quality teaching workforce for open education with dual competencies.
Under the guidance of the Department of Science, Technology, and Informatisation of the Ministry of Education, the Global Smart Education Conference Organising Committee has launched the “2025 Outstanding Case Collection in Smart Education” to further promote the digital education strategy and encourage mutual learning and experience sharing in smart education.
Beijing, 15 September 2025 – Dr. WANG Qiming, Secretary of the CPC Open University of China (OUC) Committee and OUC President, delivered a heartfelt and inspiring “First Lesson of the Semester: Running a Brilliant Life on the Journey to National Rejuvenation.” via livestream to all teachers and students across the university’s education system. The “First Lesson of the Semester” was simultaneously livestreamed on platforms including People’s Daily Online and China Media Group Mobile. As of the time of publication, the number of on-demand views has exceeded 2 million.
Xinjiang, 25–29 August 2025 – LI Song, Vice President of the Open University of China (OUC), led a delegation to Xinjiang to conduct research on high-quality development of open education.
Lanzhou, 29 July - FAN Xianrui, Vice President of the Open University of China (OUC) and the Seniors University of China (SUC), visited Gansu Open University and had a meeting on senior and digital education.
Guiyang, 27 July - FAN Xianrui, Vice President of the Open University of China (OUC) and the Seniors University of China (SUC), visited Guizhou Open University for deepening international education exchanges and advancing the construction of Open Learning Centres.
Beijing, 25 July 2025 - The 2025 Belt and Road Forum for Language and Culture Collaboration and the Global English Education China Assembly was staged in Beijing. FAN Xianrui, Vice President of the Open University of China (OUC) attended the forum and delivered a speech titled "AI Empowering Educational Innovation and Building a Digital Education Community of Shared Future." In her speech, she shared the university's practical achievements in the field of digital intelligence-empowered lifelong education and offered suggestions for the construction of the Belt and Road digital education community with a shared future.
Beijing, 18 July 2025 - The Inaugural Ceremony of the National Alliance for Digital-Intelligent Domestic Services Industry-Education Integration and Ecosystem Development was held at the Wukesong campus of the Open University of China (OUC).