2019 marks the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Open University of China (OUC). As an important part of the celebrations, a series of academic seminars celebrating the 40th anniversary of the founding of the OUC jointly organised by the General Office of Party and Administration and the Education Research Institute have been successfully carried out.
In accordance with the Constitution of the Academic Committee of the Open University of China (OUC), the Agroforestry and Medicine sub-committee of the Second Academic Committee of the OUC held its first 2019 plenary meeting in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, from 4-5 June, with the aim of promoting the development of the Agroforestry and Medicine discipline and majors.
From 5-6 June 2019, the Law sub-committee of the Second OUC Academic Committee held its first plenary meeting in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia.
From 3-5 June 2019, a delegation of five people headed by vice president of the OUC Lin Yu visited the Department for International Trade, the University of Leicester, and the University of London to discuss the Sino-British Fellowship Programme and explore other potential areas of cooperation.
Sun Houhong graduated from Shandong University in 1995 and has been teaching full-time at Wendeng District Radio and TV University (Wendeng RTVU) in Weihai City, Shandong province.
On 1 June 2019, the International Summit on Talent Development in the Healthcare Industry, which had the theme "Healthy China, Industry-Teaching Integration" was successfully held at the China Beijing International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS). It was sponsored by the Chinese Health Association (CHA), undertaken by the Talent Development Committee of the CHA, and co-sponsored by the Open University of China (OUC).
Zhao Ping works as a rivet fitter for Shaanxi Aircraft Industry Group, an affiliate of the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AICC). He was a deputy to the 13th National People's Congress, and is a national model worker, an aviation expert, and a level-three technical expert at the Hanzhong Aircraft Branch of the AICC.
Zhao Shuhai, a former senior engineer with State Grid, is a master of innovation in Yuncheng, Shanxi province. From 1982 to 1985 he majored in Computer Engineering at Shanxi Radio and TV University (Shanxi RTVU), and two of his inventions – one for a device to encourage tree growth, the other for a cleaner of ceramic power-line insulators – have received major domestic and international awards. He has applied for eighty-six patents, including seventy-three Chinese and thirteen international.