The 11th Beijing Calligraphy Competition for College Students concluded at the Capital Normal University on 18 June 2023. The event was sponsored by the Beijing Municipal Education Commission under the theme “charm of calligraphy in Beijing” and aims to guide universities and colleges in the city to strengthen cultural transmission, innovation and their role in cultivating talent through culture.
On 15-16 June 2023, the Open University of China (OUC) held its “Mid-term Seminar on the Reform of AI-aided English Smart Teaching” in Kunming, Yunnan Province. More than 40 project leaders and teachers from eight pilot branches and experimental schools, as well as three institutions that plan to join the teaching reform branches, participated in the seminar. Zhao Liling, deputy secretary of the Party Committee and president of Xi'an Open University, and Hou Xichang, secretary of the Party Committee Handan Open University (OU), also attended the event.
In order to further promote the thorough implementation of the thematic education campaign focused on studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and to carry out the directive issued by Minister Huai Jinpeng of Education regarding harnessing the educational system's capabilities to support the development of the Seniors University of China (SUC), a meeting was convened by the SUC and the China Association for Non-Government Education (CANGE) on 17 June 2023. The purpose of the meeting was to initiate the establishment of seniors universities within non-government universities, fostering cooperative development between the two entities. During the meeting, both parties formally signed a cooperation agreement.
In order to effectively implement the thematic education campaign on studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and to promote the high-quality development of education and teaching in the fields of agriculture and medicine, as well as to cultivate a proficient faculty in these areas, the First Assembly Meeting & Workshop on Enhancing the Teaching Abilities of Agroforestry and Medicine Youth Teachers was organised by the Agroforestry and Medicine Sub-committee of the OUC Academic Committee.
To uphold and implement the guiding principles of the Communist Party of China, and steadfastly promote the national education digitization strategy, as well as advance the pursuit of excellence and the enhancement of quality, the Faculty of Foreign Languages at the Open University of China (OUC) organised a seminar for English teaching work and the central teaching and research group.
In order to further promote the in-depth implementation of the thematic education campaign on studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, to advance the high-quality development of elderly education, and to address the "bottleneck" issues in the development of elderly education, a delegation led by Liu Chen, deputy secretary of the Party Committee and president of the Seniors University of China (SUC) visited Guizhou Senior Citizens University (SU) on June 7, 2023.
From 6th to 9th June, the Faculty of Agroforestry and Medicine (Rural Revitalisation College) at the Open University of China (OUC) conducted the 2023 Seminar for the Central Teaching and Research Group of Undergraduate Programmes in Pharmacy, Nursing, and Public Service Management in Shenyang, Liaoning Province.
On 13th June, the OUC held a video conference on the deployment of the Spring Semester Final Examination for 2023. Li Song, a member of the Party Committee and vice president of the OUC, attended the meeting and delivered a speech, while Gu Xiaohua, director of Academic Affairs Department, presided over the meeting.