Beijing, 5 December 2025 – The finals of the Open University of China (OUC)'s 2nd "My Learning Story" speech competition was held at the Wukesong Campus in Beijing. Fifteen contestants from branches and colleges across the country shared sincere and moving stories, showcasing the spirit of "pursuing knowledge, striving for progress, and engaging in lifelong learning" among Open University students in the new era.
Beijing, 29 November 2025 - More than 50 students majored in Artificial Intelligence at the Experimental College of the Open University of China (OUC) visited the Huawei Beijing Exhibition Centre for a study tour. FAN Xianrui, Vice President of OUC, and RUAN Dongmin, General Manager of Huawei's Education Business, attended the event and delivered speeches. The students explored the exhibition hall in an immersive manner, gaining up-close experience with the industrial applications of cutting-edge AI technologies.
Beijing, 27 November 2025 - The Seminar on Innovative Development of Industrial Workers Training was held. The event brought together over 50 representatives from open universities, conventional higher education institutions and enterprises. In attendance were JIANG Wenliang, former Deputy Head and First-Class Inspector of the Department of Labour and Economy of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions; LI Song, Vice President of the Open University of China (OUC); and XU Lu, Deputy Director of the Continuing Education Division, Department of Vocational and Adult Education, Ministry of Education. The seminar was presided over by GU Xiaohua, Director of the Academic Affairs Department of OUC.
Beijing, 26 November 2025 - The 24th China Conference on Distance Education was held in Beijing under the theme "Igniting Intelligence for a New Journey, Reshaping Ecosystems, and Empowering the Future." Officials from the Ministry of Education, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, and other departments, along with university scholars and business representatives, attended the Conference.
Hangzhou, 8 Nov. 2025 – The parallel session on "Digital Transformation and Higher Education Equity" of the 2025 World University Presidents Forum was held.
To implement Master Plan on Building China into a Leading Country in Education and the 15th Five-Year Plan and advance the learning society, the Open University of China (OUC) recently convened a seminar on building a digital credit bank service system in Jixi County, Anhui Province.
Hefei, Anhui, 28-29 October 2025 — To advance the high-quality development of Seniors University of China (SUC) in line with the 2024–2035 Master Plan on Building China into a Leading Country in Education and to benchmark progress against Seniors University of China Construction Action Plan (2023-2025), a national work conference on the development of the SUC was convened in Hefei.
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.