On 22 October, 2018, a ceremony took place at Deyang RTVU for the granting of its 2017 OUC Scholarship. Yang Lixin, a 45-year-old undergraduate at Deyang Radio & TV University (Deyang RTVU), delivered a speech.

The month-long Calligraphy & Painting Exhibition of works by senior students of the calligraphy and painting class at Gansu Radio & TV University (Gansu RTVU), part of a series of activities for the “Activity Week of National Lifelong Learning”, opened at Gansu RTVU on 25 October, 2018. Wang Xuqiang, vice president of the university, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech.

An advanced workshop on the comprehensive reform and development of continuing education in regular universities was held recently in Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia.

The development of non-degree continuing education is an important part of the Open University of China’s (OUC) mission to serve learning for all and to promote the construction of a learning society.

The 32nd Annual Conference of the Asian Association of Open Universities (AAOU) was held in Hanoi, Vietnam from 24-26 October 2018. A delegation of six people led by Open University of China (OUC) vice president Lin Yu attended the conference.

On 2-3 November 2018, the Scientific Research Conference for Radio and TV Universities in Shandong Province was held in Jinan. The conference summed up the scientific research that has been conducted in RTVUs throughout Shandong over the past few years and established and assigned tasks for the future. The leading role of scientific work has thus been brought into play to accelerate the construction of first-class open universities.

Double Ninth Festival is a traditional Chinese festival that takes place in autumn. In order to highlight the traditional Chinese virtue of respecting and loving older people, Qingdao Radio and TV University (Qingdao RTVU), together with volunteers from the Culture and Radio New Bureau Community in northern Qingdao, Yiwanbishui Science Development Co. Ltd., and Haiyun Art School, visited Fushan Apartment for the Elderly. They celebrated the festival with the older people, blessing them with kinds of cultural activities.

On 22 October 2018, Fujian Radio and TV University (Fuzhou RTVU) and Yum China (Fuzhou) (Yum China is a leading restaurant company managing several famous brands such as KFC, Pizza Hut, and Little Sheep) held a signing ceremony on learner development cooperation and the opening ceremony for the first Yum China open education class.