Profile of Du Linbo:
Du Linbo is a former level-four army master sergeant, an Administrative Management graduate from the Bayi School of the Open University of China (OUC),class of spring 2017, and a correspondent for the magazine Sergeant Distance Education. He has won third-class honours twice, and twice been recognised for his achievements in propaganda.

On the 20th September, 2018, the 8th OUC-OUJ-KNOU International Seminar hosted by the Open University of China (OUC) and attended by representatives from the Open University of Japan (OUJ) and the Korea National Open University (KNOU) was held in Beijing.

On the 21st of September, 2018, the opening ceremony for the project "Realising the University Dream of Civil Aviation Staff", sponsored by the Civil Aviation Administration of China trade union and the Open University of China (OUC), and organised by the trade union of the China National Aviation Holding Company and the Experimental School of the OUC, was held in the headquarters of Air China in Beijing.

China's economy has shifted from high-speed growth to high-quality development. Sustained economic growth can no longer be driven by an increase in the labour force. Instead, there is an urgent need to build a group of knowledge-based, skilled, and innovative workers.

In 1997, Gu Maochun began working as a teacher at Gansu Radio and Television University (Gansu RTVU). For 20 years, he has earnestly implemented the Party's educational policies, been committed to Gansu RTVU and its mission, followed scientific progress in the field, and continued to improve his teaching. He is uncomplaining in his devotion to his job, and always willing to contribute; strives for perfection, has an innovative mindset, and has contributed to the development of teaching at Gansu RTVU. Recently he was listed by the Gansu Provincial Department of Education as one of the teachers possessing the four ideal teacher qualities.

Ma Guoyun is the head teacher for a number of majors in the school affiliated with Gansu Radio and TV University (Gansu RTVU), and directly responsible for teaching Management, Business Administration, and other courses.

Taizhou Radio and TV University (Taizhou RTVU) in Zhejiang Province and the Taizhou Disabled Persons' Federation have signed a framework educational-cooperation agreement to promote vocational education in Taizhou and provide it to disabled people in order to enhance their employability.

The 1,817th session of seminar on backbone tutors for elderly education held by the OUC was convened on 18 September 2018.