The Bayi School of the Open University of China (OUC) and the Encyclopedia of China Publishing House (ECPH) signed a strategic-cooperation agreement in Beijing on the 16th of October, 2018. The two sides will carry out in-depth cooperation in defense education, the development and publishing of teaching materials, courseware production, and so on.
The 2nd Symposium on Open and Innovative Education was held in Beijing from 17-19 October 2018, and attracted both domestic and international experts. The Open University of China (OUC) and Open University of Hong Kong (OUHK) jointing organised it. Yang Zhijian, secretary of the Party Committee and president of the OUC, and Prof. Reggie Kwan, vice president of the OUHK, delivered addresses at the opening ceremony.
On the morning of 12 October 2018, a strategic cooperation agreement was signed between Lishui Municipal People's Government and Zhejiang Radio and TV University (Zhejiang RTVU) at the conference room of the municipal government of Lishui.
In response to the national call for educational targeted poverty alleviation and in order to actively promote the development of non-degree education at the Open University of China (OUC), at the Third Rural E-commerce Conference held on 12 October 2018, the OUC granted a plaque for the OUC Research and Training Centre for Rural E-commerce Professionals to Lishui Radio and Television University (Lishui RTVU).
The “Shanghai-Kashi Class for Citizens” is a project to support Xinjiang’s development jointly launched by Shanghai and Kashi (a region in the southwest of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region).
On the afternoon of 28 September 2018, Huaqiao College of the Open University of China (OUC) launched the “Sino-African Culture and Art Exchange” activity in Chengdu. More than seventy people, including international guests from Uganda, Ghana, Cameroon, and Nigeria who are currently living in the city, as well as local citizens from art groups and foreign language classes, attended the event.
From 25-30 September 2018, the Open University of China (OUC) held an advanced seminar for its quality control and evaluation staff.
On 27 September 2018, a launch meeting for the Innovative Training Platform for Improving the Information Technology Application Abilities of Primary and Secondary School Teachers, the Ministry of Education’s (MOE) targeted poverty alleviation programme for three regions, including Tibet, four autonomous prefectures in southern Xinjiang autonomous region and Tibetan regions in the four provinces of Yunnan, Sichuan, Gansu and Qinghai, and three autonomous prefectures, including Linxia prefecture in Gansu province, Liangshan prefecture in Sichuan province, and Nujiang prefecture in Yunnan province, was held in Shaya County, Akesu, Xinjiang.