Forge ahead for the dream of a strong nation and set sail on a new journey. On 7 November 2024, the 23rd China Conference on Distance Education was successfully launched in Beijing under the theme “Empowering Lifelong Education through Digitalisation, Accelerating the Construction of a Leading Country in Education.”
On 6 November 2024, a delegation led by Wang Haidong, director of the Elderly Health Department of China’s National Health Commission (NHC), visited the Open University of China (OUC, aka the Seniors University of China, SUC).
From 4 to 8 November 2024, the Open University of China (OUC) organised a series of activities focused on the presentation of model course and resource development plans, as well as capacity-building initiatives.
On 6 November 2024, the Open University of China (OUC) held a workshop on supplementary systems for student-status management in Huaihua, Hunan Province.
In the recently concluded China International College Students' Innovation Competition (2024), the Open University of China (OUC) achieved remarkable success with 12 projects qualified for the finals on-site competition, winning 3 gold and 9 silver medals.
To implement the guiding principles of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the CPC, and the National Conference on Education, and to enhance the teaching capabilities and course-integrated ideological and political education skills of the teaching team, as well as further promote construction of national-level demonstration project for ideological and political education in Community Nursing course, an intensive seminar on this project was recently held in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province.
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.
In an effort to actively promote the establishment of a lifelong education system, support the construction of a learning nation and society, and meet the ever-increasing English learning needs of the elderly, on October 30, 2024, the School of Foreign Languages at the Open University of China (OUC) held an expert seminar on the development of a series of English teaching resources for the elderly.