The first International Conference of Learning Cities organized by UNESCO was held in Beijing on October 21th, 2013. Vice Premier of the State Council Liu Yandong addressed the conference at the opening ceremony. 
On the afternoon of September 3, Shaanxi Radio and TV University (RTVU) and China Telecom Shaanxi Company signed the “Strategic Cooperation Agreement on Promoting Jointly Modern Intelligent Distance Education Digitization” at the conference room on the 10th floor of an office complex at the new campus.
The Microcourse entitled “Mixed Chorus — Voice Constitution and Formation Arrangement,” designed and made by the Ministry of Education Research & Training Centre for Community Education, has achieved recently the second prize of “the First National Microcourse Contest”.
In order to better understand the latest developments in international education technology and resource construction, the Distance Education and Open Study Research Institute, in conjunction with the Foreign Affairs Office, held the North America Education Symposium on September 3. The symposium featured five keynote speakers including Vice President Zhang Tiedao and Associate
On September 5, on the occasion of 29th Teachers’ Day, the Federation of Trade Unions and the Education Department of Ningxia Autonomous Region held the 2013 Ningxia “9•10” education certificate of merit and education medal awards ceremony. 15 collectives and 30 individuals who have made outstanding contributions to teaching and scientific research in Ningxia’s education system since
China Distance Education Young Scholar Forum, which took as its theme “MOOCs: Overturning and Innovation”, was jointly organized by the magazine Distance Education in China and the Education Technology Research Institute of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT). 11 young scholars from universities and education enterprises in China delivered their points of view.
From October 1 to 3, 2013, the 27th Annual Conference of Asian Association of Open Universities (AAOU) was held in Islamabad, Pakistan. Zhang Hui, vice president of the OUC led a five-member delegation to attend the conference. This annual conference was organized by Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU).
Recently, the ICDE Election Committee sent a letter of congratulation to Dr. Yang Zhijian on his re-election as a member of the new Executive Committee of the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE). The new Executive Committee will serve a four year term, from Jan. 1, 2014 to Dec. 31, 2017.