To enhance the elderly individuals' health awareness and self-care abilities, establish the health concept of “preserving health before getting sick and giving priority to disease prevention” while encouraging learning exchanges among teachers of the education system, improving the young teachers' teaching abilities and research skills, and elevating the education and teaching standards and talent cultivation quality in medicine-related majors, the Open University of China (OUC) recently held the Academic Salon - “Lectures by Famous Teachers from 100 Universities” and “Respect for the Elderly on Double Ninth Festival Heart to Heart”.
Editor's Note: General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasised at the National Conference on Education that the national education digitalisation initiative should be fully implemented, with efforts to expand the coverage of high-quality education resources and improve public services for lifelong learning.
Recently, Luoyang Open University held the opening ceremony for its inaugural calligraphy undergraduate class and the "Luo • Lecture Hall" Lifelong Learning Lecture Series in Xin'an County, known as the hometown of Chinese calligraphy.
To summarise the educational experience of the “One College Student Per Village” Programme proposed by the Ministry of Education (MOE), exchange achievements, identify outstanding models to serve as examples, and promote the high-quality development of the programme, the Open University of China (OUC) launched a series of selection and submission activities for the MOE’s “One College Student Per Village” Programme.
Recently, the results of the selection of outstanding alumni of the Open University of China (OUC) were announced, recognising 328 alumni from various industries across the country.
To build a high-quality "dual-competence" teaching faculty for humanities majors in the Open University, and to meet the development requirements of "innovative development", "high-quality" and "integrated collaboration" of the university, on 22 October 2024, the School of Humanities of the Open University of China (OUC) organised a seminar on enhancement teachers' professional competence within its educational system.
The Ministry of Education (MOE) held the launch ceremony of the joint initiative of “Happy Learning and Respecting the Elderly” on 9 October, 2024, at the Open University of China (OUC, aka the Seniors University of China, SUC).

Editor's Note: General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasised at the National Conference on Education that the national education digitalisation initiative should be fully implemented, with efforts to expand the coverage of high-quality education resources and improve public services for lifelong learning.