On 21 November, the 2024 World Vocational and Technical Education Development Conference commenced. Concurrently, the parallel session on "Integration of Vocational Education and Lifelong Learning" was held in Tianjin.
On 21 November, the 2024 World Vocational and Technical Education Development Conference commenced.
The Opinions on Deepening the Reform of the Industrial Workforce Development (hereinafter referred to as the “Opinions”) issued by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the State Council, were officially released on 21 October 2024.
General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech at the National Conference on Education laid out a systematic comprehensive plan for accelerating the construction of a leading country in education on the new journey in the new era, which has charted the course forward and provided fundamental guidance for this endeavour.
To implement the Decision of the State Council on Further Strengthening Rural Education, cultivate practical talented people who can be useful and stay in rural areas, and address the shortage of highly skilled professionals in agriculture and rural areas at the time, the Ministry of Education (MOE) launched the “One College Student Per Village” Programme (hereafter referred to as “the Programme”) in 2004.
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).
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 11 October 2024, the special programme "Glorious Sunset: Tribute to Seniors", co-produced by the Seniors University of China (SUC) and China Media Group (CMG), was broadcast on CCTV-1, CCTV-3, CCTV-15, and CMG Mobile.