Recently, the OUC's electromechanical teaching workshop was convened in Tai’an, Shandong Province. Chen Ji, Vice President of Shandong RTVU, and Yuan Wei, Deputy Director of the School of Engineering of the OUC, together with more than 60 administrative employees and distinguished teachers from the electromechanical programme of the OUC’s branches and subsidiary learning centres attended the workshop.
The OUC's first legal forum, with the theme OUC Legal Education Research & Thinking, was held in Beijing on May 27, 2014, in time to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Department of Law. Doctor Yang Zhijian, President of the OUC and Vice Chairman of China’s Law Education Research Association, together with Mr. Li Ling, Vice President of the OUC, Mr. Yan Bing, Vice President of the OUC and Director of the Teachers’ Excellent Thesis Reviewing Committee of the legal curriculum, Mr. Zhang Shaogang, Vice President of the OUC, and Professor Han Jing, Director of the OUC Reviewing Committee for the Law Degree attended the forum.
Deputy Director-General of the Department of Vocational and Adult Education (DVAE) Liu Jiantong and Director of the Division of Distance and Continuing Education Liu Ying, from the Ministry of Education (MOE), led a team of 15 youth cadres from their subordinate Administrative Office, Division of Comprehensive Affairs, Division of Distance and Continuing Education, Division of Adult Education, Division of Teaching Materials and Division of Moral Education on a tour of the OUC in order for them to carry out research related to their field.
The 18th China International Software Exhibition, with the theme “Software Leads Information Consumption and Helps With Economic Transformation and Upgrading”, was held in Beijing from May 29th to 31st, 2014. The Education and Training Committee of the China Software Industry Association (CSIA), together with the School of Software of the Open University of China (OUC), jointly organized the “Software Talents Training Forum” on May 30th, which welcomed more than 100 conference representatives from colleges and universities, industries, and enterprises.
Planning New Developments in Community Education 2014 National Community Education Workshop Convened
The 2014 National Community Education Workshop was convened in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, on May 28th. Its main content included exploring the teaching methods and working mechanism of community education, arranging work related to the “satisfaction survey on community education of the Ministry of Education (MOE)”, and discussing the construction of the Community Education Experimental Centre (Base) of the Open University of China (OUC).
Zhou Mengqiu is a disabled young person of the 80’s generation who needs care and concern from the society himself. However, in his mind, he thinks only of contributing his passion and love to the benefit of other people and society as a whole. Since joining the volunteer service team in 2004, he began to fall deeply in love with volunteer activities. In the past ten years, he has participated in various volunteer activities on more than 70 occasions, contributing his own humble might and continuously delivering positive energy to his community.
At a recent symposium marking the 95th anniversary of the May 4th Movement in Zhejiang Province, after learning of recent developments, the leaders of Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee fully affirmed their support for initiatives undertaken by Jinyun county in backing the Jinyun sesame seed cake industry. Jinyun county government placed great emphasis on this and asked all villages, towns, and departments to vigorously promote the brand building of Jinyun sesame seed cake, spreading Jinyun culture and increasing farmers’ income.
46 works received awards in the recently concluded Happy Community photo contest, open to the residents of communities of Sichuan province and hosted by Sichuan RTVU. The activity was aimed at putting socialist core values with Chinese characteristics into practice, showcasing the happy life in harmonious communities, offering an innovative experience for community education, and boosting community education of the Sichuan RTVU system.