Recently, in an effort to advance the cultural and aesthetic education at the Open University of China (OUC) and to substantially improve the core qualities of open education students as well as the teaching skills of calligraphy instructors, distinguished Professor Pang Zhonghua from the School of Art at the OUC, a renowned hard-pen calligrapher and educator, visited the Mianyang branch of the Sichuan Open University (OU) and the Qingdao Open University (OU). During his visits, he conducted themed calligraphy lectures.

In order to deeply study and implement the spirit of the 20th CPC National Congress, implement the strategy of the Open University of China (OUC) in creating excellence and improving quality, improve the professional competence and quality of the OUC's teaching team of the Calligraphy major, and promote the high-quality development of education and teaching, from the 14th to the 17th of November, 2023, the No. 23Y03 workshop for backbone teachers of hard-pen calligraphy, in the Calligraphy major, was held at the Ningbo Open University. 37 backbone teachers from 25 OUC branches attended the workshop.

On 18th November, Peng Qinglin, representing the freshmen of the Business Administration programme (Spring 2023) from the Experimental School, the Open University of China (OUC), attended the welcome ceremony for the 2023 Whole Network Education Programme.

On the 10th of November 2023, at the beginning of the autumn semester of Calligraphy, Pang Zhonghua, a distinguished professor of the Open University of China (OUC), a famous Chinese hard-pen calligrapher, educator and poet, and the Honorary Chairman of the Chinese Hard-Pen Calligraphy Association, gave a lecture to the teachers and students of the Calligraphy Department of the Liaoning Open University on the "First Lesson of the First Semester".

Recently, the second session of "Oil Painting for Beginners" taught by Professor Tang Yingshan was completed.

The opening ceremony for the National Lifelong Learning Activity Week took place in Chongqing on 14th November. Sun Xiaojing, a distinguished alumna of the OUC, was honored with the national title of “Common People Learning Star with Extremely Touching Stories.”

Editor's Notes: The Open University of China (OUC) has initiated a programme to nurture candidates for the inaugural session of "Outstanding Young Teachers," resulting in 104 teachers being bestowed with the esteemed title of "OUC Outstanding Young Teachers."

Editor's Notes: The Open University of China (OUC) has initiated a programme to nurture candidates for the inaugural session of "Outstanding Young Teachers," resulting in 104 teachers being bestowed with the esteemed title of "OUC Outstanding Young Teachers."