DONG Caiyun, Bao'an ethnicity, is a deputy to both the 13th and 14th National People's Congress (NPC). Currently, she serves as Deputy Director of the Teacher Training Centre in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, as well as Vice President of Linxia Open University. In 2019, she was awarded the title of "National Role Model Teacher" by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the Ministry of Education. In 2022, she was honoured as a "2021 National March 8th Red-Banner Pacesetter".
LIU Yonghao, a native of Chengdu Sichuan Province. He is a major of electronics in the 1979 Class at Sichuan Open University and a senior engineer. He currently serves as a member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Board Chair and President of New Hope Group, Chair of New Hope Investments, Chair of Sichuan New Hope Agriculture, Chairman of Shandong Liuhe Group, a Supervisor with Minsheng Life Insurance, a member of the CPPCC, and Deputy Director of the Subcommittee of Economy of the CPPCC National Committee.
DU Liqun, Zhuang ethnicity, a member of the Communist Party of China (CPC), is a member of the 13th and 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), and serves as Head Nurse and Chief Nurse of the AIDS Department at Nanning Fourth People's Hospital in Guangxi. She is also an outstanding student majoring in Administrative Management at Guangxi Open University (OU), enrolled in 2012. DU has won over 50 honours and awards.
To thoroughly implement the important instructions of Chinese President Xi Jinping on vigorously promoting the spirit of educators, advance the initiative of enhancing the moral and professionalism of teachers with the ethos of educators, and inspire a vast number of teachers to consciously practice this spirit, thereby rallying strong forces to build a leading country in education, the Ministry of Education (MOE) held the inaugural session of the 2025 Publicity Lecture Tour on the Spirit of Educators in Beijing on 25 February 2025.
At the 2024 National Conference on Education, President XI Jinping stressed the thorough implementation of the national strategy for the digitalisation of education, to expand the coverage of quality educational resources and to improve public services for lifelong learning, which was a systematic deployment for the construction of a learning society, highlighting the crucial role of digital empowerment in lifelong education within the overall framework of building a leading country in education.
On 24 February, FAN Xianrui, Vice President of the Open University of China (OUC), delivered the First Class of the Semester titled "Embracing Openness for New Opportunities, Creating the Future through Digital Innovation - Striving to be the Most Outstanding Contributors to Building a Leading Country in Education," kicking off the spring semester of 2025. The lecture was broadcast live on People's Daily Online and China Media Group. The on-demand views had reached nearly 1.5 million as of press time.
Recently, the story of Wang Yeqing, a graduate of the Qingdao Branch of The Open University of China (OUC), who travelled to Uzbekistan to participate in a wind power project, has attracted widespread media attention. In this article, we delve into her inspiring journey.
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