On 15 March 2020, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee Xi Jinping wrote a letter to Party members born in the 1990s from Peking University's medical team who were sent to Hubei province, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak in China. He extended sincere greetings to them and all the other young people fighting on the frontline of epidemic prevention and control, encouraging Chinese youth everywhere to contribute to the fight against the coronavirus outbreak.
From 3-4 December 2019, the Open University of China (OUC) and the publicity department of the All-China Women’s Federation (ACWF) jointly organised the 2019 Brilliant Life: A Lifelong Learning Plan for Women training class in Beijing.
Zhang Shanghai works for Shanghai Bus No. 4 Public Transport. Since 2017, he has been studying Automobile Marketing and Service at the Southwest Institute of Advanced Studies, Shanghai Branch, the Open University of China (OUC). He was named a "Shanghai Outstanding Migrant Worker" in 2017.
The Open University of China (OUC) Training Centre, together with Chongqing Chengkou study centre and Chengkou Sunshine Vocational Skills Training School, recently organised an e-commerce training class as part of the OUC Long March Belt Education Project Targeted at Alleviating Poverty, combined with the current situation and trends of the development of e-commerce in Chengkou County.
In order to further study and implement new socialist ideology with Chinese characteristics and the important thoughts on education by General Secretary Xi Jinping, actively guide the majority of teachers to become teachers with "four good attributes" (namely ideals and faith, moral sentiment, solid knowledge, and kindness), further improve the quality of teachers, and increase their knowledge of theory and policy, the Open University of China (OUC) recently launched a teacher’s ethics training project with the theme of "Remain True to the Original Intention, Keep in Mind the Mission” for college teachers.
From 25 to 29 November 2019, a special teacher training targeted at supporting the Xinjiang branch of the Open University of China (OUC) was held in Urumqi. One hundred and seventy-one teachers and managerial staff from radio and TV universities at prefecture and city level, and colleges directly under the OUC’s Xinjiang Branch participated in the training, which was the first of its kind.
In order to implement the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee and General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech on family education, the School of Vocational Education and Training of the Open University of China (OUC) recently set up the Family Education Research Institute.
From 18 to 22 November 2019, a special teacher training targeted at supporting the Open University of China (OUC) Qinghai Branch was held in Xining, Qinghai Province. Eight-one teachers and management personnel from radio and tv universities from various prefectures and cities in the province, as well as colleges directly under the OUC Qinghai Branch, participated in the event.