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.
On December 26, 2014, a seminar on the planning and design of the Healthy and Artistic Pension Service Experiential National Demonstration Centre (hereinafter referred to as the National Demonstration Centre) was held in the Open University of China (OUC) conference centre. The seminar was organized by the OUC Department of Social Education and Vocational Training.
From December 18th to 19th, 2014, the first working conference of the Committee of Standards for Instruction (CSI) of the Open University of China (OUC) kicked off in Zhuhai. A total of 35 people, including Li Linshu, the OUC Vice President, Vice Director of the Committee on Quality Assurance (CQA) as well as Director of CSI, Fang Jianzhuang, Secretary of the Party Committee and Member of CQA of Guangdong Open University, as well as members of the CSI, invited specialists, and leaders from Zhuhai RTVU attended the conference.
On 17 December 2014, a team led by Vice President Zhang Hui of The Open University of China (OUC) went to the School of Xizang to carry out training in the application of the digital library in the Linzhi Learning Centre of the school. Teachers and staff members from the School of Xizang and the Linzhi Learning Centre took part in the training, which was the first application and promotion activity in the school initiated by the OUC as part of its “Year of Digital Library Promotion” event.
On 12 December 2014, Vice President Zhang Jiyong of Beijing Open University (Beijing OU), came to the Wanxiangxintian Community at Changying, Chaoyang Distrcit, Beijing, to hold a graduation ceremony for the 94-year old Lu Juzhong and confer on her an honorary graduation certificate.
In order to promote the integration of information technology and education, and to provide students with easier and faster services, Qinghai Radio and TV University’s (Qinghai RTVU) Learner Support Hall was unveiled on December 4, 2014.
December 12-13, 2014 saw the convening of the 2014 OUC System Scientific Research Work Conference in Huizhou, Guangdong. The theme was Educational Change in the Internet Age. Nearly 100 representatives from the Open University of China (OUC) and its 42 branches gathered for meetings and discussions on advancing online scientific research and its management.