Key Point: Online educational resources are principally intended for users in two age groups: 19 to 24 years old and 25 to 34 years old. The total number of users in these two age groups account for nearly 70% of all users of online educational resources, a statistic as noted in the 2015 White Paper on China's Internet Learning, which was jointly released by the Education Management Information Centre of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Baidu Library, and Beijing Normal University.
On February 27, 2016, a two-way video news conference on a distance learning programme developed by the Open University of China (OUC) and the TRAMPIL Indonesia Foundation was held concurrently in Surabaya, Indonesia and Beijing, China.
Profile: Yi Fengjiao, born in 1983 in a farmer's household located in Hubei province, graduated from a secondary technical school in 2000 and then went to work in Guangdong.
Zhu Xueqin, a 2007 Business Administration graduate from Shanghai Television University (Shanghai RTVU), is now Chairman of the Labor Union and Secretary of the Youth League Branch at Shanghai Huari Garment Co.Ltd. She has been awarded many honorary titles, including National Textile Industry Model Worker, National Advanced Knowledge-Based Worker, Shanghai Model Worker, and so on.
Editor's Note: On February 16, 2016, the Ministry of Education (MOE) issued a notice entitled, “Recognition of Party Member's Vanguard Post, Outstanding Innovative Work and Excellent Research Report in 2015” (No. 5 from the Party Committee on Educational Institutions, 2016). The Open University of China’s (OUC) “Distance Vocational Education Orientations in Rural Areas and New Innovative Pattern of Cultivating Professional Farmers" was awarded "Outstanding Innovative Work."
Editor’s note: On February 16, 2016, the Ministry of Education (MOE) issued a notice entitled, “ Recognition of Party Member's Vanguard Post: Outstanding Innovative Work and Excellent Research Report in 2015" (the fifth of the Educational Institution Party Committee, 2016). The Open University of China (OUC) Digital Library’s “Cooperative Service Work Method” was awarded “Excellent Innovative Work.”
According to the Tao Te Ching, written by ancient philosopher Laozi, teaching is like spring rain, which moistens everything silently. This is a kind of wisdom, a kind of pursuit, and a kind of state of being.
On 28 February 2016, Bayi School’s outstanding graduate and first sergeant in one of the rocket force brigades, Wang Zhongxin, set off from his barrack to Beijing to attend the NPC & CPPCC sessions.