On the 40th anniversary of Open University of China (OUC), 150 students from the Wontone Automotive Learning Centre of the OUC Experimental School and their parents participated in a meeting to allow the students to thank their parents.
Sun Houhong graduated from Shandong University in 1995 and has been teaching full-time at Wendeng District Radio and TV University (Wendeng RTVU) in Weihai City, Shandong province.
Zhao Ping works as a rivet fitter for Shaanxi Aircraft Industry Group, an affiliate of the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AICC). He was a deputy to the 13th National People's Congress, and is a national model worker, an aviation expert, and a level-three technical expert at the Hanzhong Aircraft Branch of the AICC.
Zhao Shuhai, a former senior engineer with State Grid, is a master of innovation in Yuncheng, Shanxi province. From 1982 to 1985 he majored in Computer Engineering at Shanxi Radio and TV University (Shanxi RTVU), and two of his inventions – one for a device to encourage tree growth, the other for a cleaner of ceramic power-line insulators – have received major domestic and international awards. He has applied for eighty-six patents, including seventy-three Chinese and thirteen international.
Wang Jihong is a member of the CPC, a Master’s and Doctoral–degree holder, and a professor. She was transferred to Fujian Radio and TV University （Fujian RTVU）in April 2012 due to her outstanding academic and professional abilities, and now teaches full-time in its School of Public Administration, directs the undergraduate Primary-school Education major and the Teaching-research Office of Marxist Theory and Political Education, and is a member of the school’s Party branch.
Zhang Chunyan graduated from the Department of History of Northeast Normal University in 1985 with a Bachelor’s degree in History, and started working at Jilin Radio and TV University (Jilin RTVU) that same year. She is now a full-time professor in the Jilin RTVU learner-support centre. For 33 years, she has been doing teaching and research in adult, vocational and open-distance education. She is responsible, conscientious, dedicated and hardworking, and has made numerous contributions to the RTVU.
Wang Juming majored in Chinese Language and Literature in Shandong Radio and TV University (Shandong RTVU) from 1982 to 1985 and is a master of arts and crafts.
Gu Yao has been teaching since he entered Harbin Radio and TV University (Harbin RTVU) in 1999 after graduating from the Law School of Heilongjiang University. He has also been involved in management and research, and has experienced the development of open education under the leadership of the Open University of China (aka China Central Radio and TV University) while aiding in it through his own experimentation and innovation.