The Xiamen Federation of Trade Unions and Xiamen Bureau of Education recently held the 2017 “Boosting Education and Ability Programme for Migrant Workers to Help Realise Their Dream of Pursuing Further Education." The opening ceremony was held at Xiamen City University. The inaugural batch of more than 1,000 workers attended the university’s opening ceremony.

On 19th September , 2017, the Experimental School’s Weigongcun Study Centre held its Fall Semester Teaching Seminar. The seminar focused on teaching and teaching reform, primarily concerning work schedule, staff exchanges, and teaching research. Thirty-five tutors attended the seminar.

On 18th September,2017, Chen Runsheng was invited by the Science and China: Lectures by Academicians and Experts project team to record a video lecture on Genome, Big Data and Precision Medicine at the Open University of China (OUC). The OUC’s vice president, Liu Chen, observed the recording.

On 16th September , 2017, Tibet University hosted a signing ceremony on an Agreement to Provide Assistance for Tibet University in the Co-construction of an OUC (the Open University of China) Branch in Tibet during the 13th Five-Year Plan.

Beginning in 2000, aiming to help non-commissioned officers realise their dream of attending college while still in the military, and construct a learning-oriented military, the Open University of China (OUC) successively established Bayi School, Zongcan School, and School for the Air Force.

Shoemakers, carpenters, blacksmiths, and tofu makers are all craftsmen. “Craftsman” originally means a person with outstanding skills. “Craftsmanship” is a way of making a living, and a person with a certain craft is called a craftsman. By constantly tempering and polishing with their hands, they manage to pursue the utmost aspiration for skill and quality.

On 29th September 2017, the Training and Administration Department of the Central Military Commission (CMC) signed a strategic and cooperative framework agreement with the Open University of China (OUC).

The 27th World Conference of the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) was held in Toronto, Canada from 16th to 19th October, 2017.