On April 10th of 2014, CCRTVU Press Co. Ltd. and the Training Centre of the Open University of China (OUC) signed an agreement to jointly invest in the establishment of the OUC Online Education Technology Co., Ltd..  

The OUC Online Education Technology Co., Ltd. was created to provide such services as technical support, market expansion, and business operation for the non-degree continuing education and training services of OUC by utilizing information technology and linking with the credit bank system,

On March 6, the Experimental School of Binhai New District of the Open University of China (the OUC) was founded at Tianjin Radio and TV University (RTVU). Yang Zhijian, the President of the OUC, and Feng Xuefei, the President of Tianjin RTVU, signed the agreement between the two universities to co-sponsor the OUC Experimental School of Binhai New District.

After several rounds of narrowing down the field, through such means as online voting and expert selection, the “OUC's Top Ten News Stories of 2013”, hosted by the Open University of China (OUC) and China.org.cn, and organized by the OUC Channel of China, were announced a few days ago.

On March 26th, eight staff members from the Open University of China (OUC) were invited by the Party Committee of Departments directly under the Ministry of Education (MOE) to assist in the exchange and knowledge-sharing activity about information technology application known as “Information Technology Makes Work and Life More Convenient”, which was organized for the cadres within certain departments of the MOE.

On March 25th, 2014, the annual academic meeting of Chinese Society of Educational Development Strategy (CSEDS) was held in Beijing. Its purpose was the study and implementation of the ideals of the Third Plenary session of the 18th CPC Central Committee, as well as to serve as an academic review of 2013's major research advancements.

The term new media refers to forms of media created by new technology systems. What are some examples of new media? What kind of development process have new media gone through with the rapid development of technologies today? What can we do to extend the application of new media and access to it?

An inauguration ceremony for the OUC Nanhai Experimental School was held on January 28, 2014. The School’s nameplate was unveiled by Yang Zhijian, President of the OUC

Yang emphasized that the Nanhai Experimental School is an important part of the OUC system. He hopes the School will actively explore the construction of a supporting system and educational digitization,

On the morning of January 21, 2014, the China University of Petroleum (Beijing) Distance Cup Press Conference was held to announce the result of the Top Ten News Events for 2013 Modern Distance Education in China. The 2013 Top Ten Hot Pilot Institutions of Higher Education for Modern Distance Education was also released. Executive Vice Secretary-General Li Defang