On 25 December 2014, the Open University of China (OUC) and Beijing Automotive Industrial Company (BAIC) signed a cooperative agreement to join hands in establishing the BAIC Learning Centre of the OUC Beijing Experimental School.

On 23 December 2014, the School of Automotive Engineering Learning Centre (Branch) Seminar of The Open University of China (OUC) was convened, with the first batch of eight learning centres being inaugurated at the meeting. 

On January 8, 2015, President of the Open University of Hong Kong (OUHK), Professor Yuk-Shan Wong, visited the Open University of China (OUC). President of the OUC Yang Zhijian, Vice President of the OUC Li Ling, and Vice President of the OUC Zhang Shaogang met with Professor Yuk-Shan Wong.

I met with Liu Yuemiao in November 2014, in an office building in the CBD area in Changsha’s Wuyi Square. Meicuiyuan Jewelry Company, covering an area of a few hundred square meters, is just one of the companies he founded. In a corner of the store, he made a pot of warm Dahongpao tea, and handed over his bestselling novel Bet Stone”.

On January 24,2015, the Open University of China (OUC) and Chengdu Radio and TV University (RTVU) signed an agreement to jointly establish an OUC Experimental School in Tianfu New Area. President of the OUC, Mr. Yang Zhijian, and President of Chengdu RTVU, Mr. Zhou Jiping, signed the cooperation agreement. Mr.Yang Zhijian delivered the plaque to the Experimental School. 

Where is the United States located in relation to China? To the east? No, to the north. What is the name of the ocean that separates China and the United States? The Pacific Ocean? No, the Arctic Ocean. These were the answers given by Hao Xiaoguang, who was invited to attend “Science and China: Expert Lectures” held recently by the Open University of China (OUC). Hao Xiaoguang is a researcher from the Institute of Geodesy and Geophysics (Chinese Academy of Sciences).

On the morning of January 13, 2015, delegates led by Education Attaché Mr. Priyanto Wibowo from the Education Office of the Indonesian Embassy in China visited the OUC. Mr. Yang Zhijian, President of The Open University of China (OUC), and Mr. Zhang Shaogang, Vice President of the OUC, held in-depth discussions with the delegates on promoting educational and cultural exchange between China and Indonesia and the construction of a “Sino-Indonesian Distance Education Development Eco System”. At the end of the discussions they reached a consensus.

 On December 29-30, 2014, the pilot working conference for the “One College Student per Village Scheme” launched by the Ministry of Education” (MOE) was convened by The Open University of China (OUC) in Changsha, Hunan Province. Representatives from 38 Radio and TV Universities (RTVUs) and Open Universities in provinces and cities throughout China gathered together to summarize their experience and results after ten years of the “One College Student per Village Scheme”, and to discuss measures to further promote the scheme during the progress of the construction of the OUC and the transformation and upgrading of the RTVU system.