Recently, a letter of thanks was forwarded to the section for Student Enrolment Status in the Academic Affairs Department of the Open University of China (OUC) by the Academic Affairs Office of the OUC Tianjin branch. The letter was written by Zhu Ying, a Tianjin-branch student, to extend her heartfelt thanks to the leaders and teachers of her alma mater for their selfless help.
Recently, the Xi’an·UCLG ASPAC Chinese Language Training Programme, co-sponsored by the Open University of Xi’an (OUX), the United Cities and Local Governments Asia Pacific (UCLG ASPAC) Section, and the Foreign Affairs Office of the Xi’an Municipal Government, was launched. It offers cloud-based distance teaching of Chinese language and culture in the Asia-Pacific region. So far, 171 civil servants, teachers and enterprises from 20 cities in 14 countries, including the United Kingdom, Russia, Brazil, Thailand, South Korea, the Philippines and Indonesia, have registered.
On 1 April 2022, the Ministry of Education (MOE) issued a list of “Quality Work Cases” for IT-based assistance of older adults. The project “Interactive Service Platform of the University for Older Adults”, launched by Liaoning Open University (Liaoning OU), was among those listed. It is a collaboration of the Open University of China (OUC) and the China Broadcasting Network (CBN), and belongs to the work of Liaoning OU in implementing education of older adults by integrating the internet with cable TV and offline teaching.
On the afternoon of 12 April 2022, the Open University of China (OUC) held a meeting to strengthen teachers’ ethics within its organisational system, with more than 90,000 teachers in the system participating in the online and offline live learning event.
When the Qingming Festival (or Tomb-sweeping Day) is approaching, Xinchang enters its busiest season as a major producer of Giant Buddha Longjing Tea. These days, the county features not only traditional tea producers, but also a group of "tea masters" who promote the tea locally.
On 7 April 2022, the Open University of China (OUC) held a seminar to discuss the construction of its featured disciplines. Fan Xianrui, vice president of the OUC, attended the meeting and gave a speech.
The outbreak of Covid-19 in Jilin Province moved the Open University of China (OUC) to donate materials for controlling the spread of infection to Jilin Open University (Jilin OU). On 4 April 2022, the materials finally arrived.
On 31 March 2022, the sub-committee for Agroforestry and Medicine of the Academic Committee of the Open University of China (OUC) held its first plenary meeting of the year.