In order to make proper preparations for the establishment of the university history museum and draw on the experiences in the construction, operation, and maintenance of domestic university history museums, a four-member group from the Library (University History Museum) and the Publicity Department of the Open University of China (OUC) visited eight universities, including Tsinghua University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Zhejiang University, and Hangzhou Open University, for research and exchange activities.
To thoroughly study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's important exposition on education, especially his significant speech at the National Conference on Education and the spirit of the conference, and to execute the "1234 Strategy" of the Open University of China (OUC), a special training session on document processing, meeting organising, and task performing was held by the Party and Administration Office of the OUC on the morning of 31 October 2024.
To enhance the elderly individuals' health awareness and self-care abilities, establish the health concept of “preserving health before getting sick and giving priority to disease prevention” while encouraging learning exchanges among teachers of the education system, improving the young teachers' teaching abilities and research skills, and elevating the education and teaching standards and talent cultivation quality in medicine-related majors, the Open University of China (OUC) recently held the Academic Salon - “Lectures by Famous Teachers from 100 Universities” and “Respect for the Elderly on Double Ninth Festival Heart to Heart”.
On 19 October, the Open University of China (OUC) hosted the "2024 Academic Seminar on Contemporary Chinese Marxist Theory Studies" in Beijing, with the theme of "Deepening Reform and Chinese Modernisation”.
On 16 October, the Open University of China (OUC, also known as Seniors University of China, SUC) held the 2024 National Elderly Education Dance Teaching Achievement Exhibition at Qingdao Veteran University for the Aged.
From 12 to 15 October, the on-site finals of the China International College Students' Innovation Competition (2024) were held at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
To promote the traditional virtues of respecting and caring for the elderly, the Weigongcun Campus of the Seniors University of China (SUC) and the Retirement Office of the Open University of China (OUC) jointly hosted a series of activities themed "Learning Makes Life Better" on 10 October 2024, in celebration of the Double Ninth Festival.
To fully implement the guiding principles of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the National Conference on Education, and to conscientiously follow the requirements outlined in the "Notice on Holding Activities for the 2024 National ‘Month to Respect the Elderly’” issued by China National Working Committee on Aging, the Ministry of Education (MOE) held the launch ceremony of the joint initiative of “Happy Learning and Respecting the Elderly” on 9 October, 2024, at the Open University of China (OUC, aka the Seniors University of China, SUC).