In order to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC), review the May the Fourth Movement, and further study and implement the guiding principles of the important speech General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered at the meeting launching a campaign on Party History Learning and Education, the Open University of China (OUC) launched the “Tell Stories of Party History and Be Progressive Youth: Youth United” learning activity, part of the campaign on Party history learning and education within the OUC educational system, on 29 April 2021.
OUC deputy Party secretary Liu Chen delivered a speech.
As one of a themed series of OUC educational activities to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Party, the OUC headquarters and its branches in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guizhou, Shaanxi, Hebei, Qinghai, Shenzhen, Fujian, and Hunan jointly planned and produced the feature film “Tell Stories of Party History and Be Progressive Youth” based on their own educational characteristics and local historical cultures. Teachers and students from across the OUC educational system told stories about the history of the Party and shared their learning experiences, which fostered an atmosphere of extensive study, free discussion, and enthusiastic practice. A large number of young people have been inspired to build a new OUC and to make new achievements in the new era. The united learning activity was jointly organised by the OUC Party Committee Office, the Department of Publicity, the Trade Union, the School of Marxism, the Learning Resources Department (Digital Library), the Department of Student Affairs and Teacher Development, the Youth Federation, and the Youth League. Young teachers and students from across the OUC educational system participated in the learning activity online.
Zhou Yulan, a teacher from the Zhejiang Branch, told “The Story of Wang Huiwu, ‘A Gentle Guard’ on the Red Boat on Nanhu Lake”
Jiao Jian, a student from the Jiangxi Branch, told “The Story of a Barn Lantern, Lighting the Path Ahead”
Du Hehe, a teacher from the Guizhou Branch, told “The Story of the Zunyi Meeting, a Turning Point That Determined the Fate of the Chinese Revolution”
Zhang Bo, a teacher from the Shaanxi Branch, told “The Story of a Vegetable Plot, the Everlasting Spirit of Yan’an”
Yang Limei, a student from the Hebei Branch, told “The Story of Pingshan Regiment, the “Iron” Army on the Taihang Mountains”
Wang Man, a teacher from the Qinghai Branch, told “The Story Behind the ‘Two Bombs and One Satellite,’ the ‘Magic Asters’ of the High Plains”
Huang Chen and Huang Zhen, teachers from the Shenzhen Branch, told “The Story of Yuang Geng, ‘The First Spring Thunder’ of Reform and Opening Up”
Zhang Jing, a student from the Fujian Branch, told “The Homeland Story of the ‘Red Pole Ladies’ who Propped up the Green Mountains and Clear Waters with Bamboo Poles”
Yue Pengpeng, a teacher from the Hunan Branch, told “The Story of the ‘Reba Younger Sisters,’ United as One to Secure Victory in the Fight Against Poverty”
Zhang Qunyu, former Party secretary and first vice president of the OUC (formerly China Central Radio and TV University), told “The Story of the OUC’s Endeavours: Walking with Reform and Opening Up”
In his speech, Liu Chen pointed out that the video learning activity is of far-reaching significance. Looking back at past struggles and looking forward to the hard work ahead, it is necessary for the OUC to make a good study and summary of Party history and pass on and carry forward the Party’s successful experiences. He called on all young people in the OUC to shoulder this historical mission and strengthen their confidence going forward. Young people must have great ambition, refine their morality, take responsibility, and work hard. They should rise to the challenge of the mission of national rejuvenation as a new generation and involve themselves in the unswerving struggle for the nation, the people, and mankind.
The activity was simultaneously broadcast via multiple channels, such as the OUC cloud classroom, the OUC online cloud class, the OUC kuaishou account, the OUC bilibili, and Baidu Live. Around 540,000 young teachers and students from the OUC system participated in the study online. At the end of the activity, many teachers and students from the OUC system said that the affectionate accounts of the teachers and students in the feature film introduced them to the Party’s long history, kindled the eternal fire of revolution, and shone the light of glory on the activity. All the people sensed their original aspiration and mission, got the strength of endeavour, and further strengthened their ideals, beliefs, and ideological foundation of “always following the Party.” The teachers and students of the OUC system will continue to transform the study and teaching of Party history into an inexhaustible force that promotes the development of educational work in general. They will inherit the “red gene,” carry on the revolutionary fire, and shoulder the mission of their times. They will write their own glorious new chapter in the story of realising the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation.
Leaders and some young teaching staff of the OUC participating in the study
Young teachers and students in the OUC headquarters and some of its branches participating in the study online
By Wu Yaqi, OUC