A delegation headed by Ju Chuanjin, vice president of the Open University of China (OUC) and a member of the university’sParty Committee, visited Butuo County in Sichuan Province and Li County in Gansu Province to investigate poverty alleviation.

On 20 July 2022, the Open University of China (OUC) held the seventh meeting of the third session of its Academic Degree Evaluation Committee via video conference. The meeting discussed issues related to degree granting for the 2022 spring term and decided to award 2341 graduates OUC bachelor’s degrees.

Editor's note: The Open University of China (OUC) was inaugurated in 2012. In a flash, a glorious decade of exploration and growth has passed, with trials and hardships as well as sweet accomplishments. The university is now reaping what it sowed, and on the occasion of its 10th anniversary we have invited staff members and students to reflect on these last ten years. Let us feel the warmth of their affection!

From 27 to 29 June, the Open University of China (OUC) held 2022 series of online calligraphy seminars for backbone teachers. It was sponsored by the OUC Department of Student Affairs and Teacher Development and conducted by the Faculty of Humanities. 547 teachers from 36 branches and 158 tutorial centres of the national open-education system took part.

The Open University of China (OUC) has just finished naming its outstanding teachers for 2022, with Chen Hui from the Beijing branch, and 181 others, among those listed.

On 8 July 2022, the first council of the Education Foundation of the Open University of China (OUC) of Beijing held its second meeting. Attendees included all members, council supervisors, and foundation and university personnel.

An exceptional award ceremony was organised at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 24 June 2022 to celebrate the six laureates of the UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of ICT in Education, including the Open University of China (OUC).

On 3 July 2022, the Faculty of Foreign Languages of the Open University of China (OUC) held an online seminar on construction of a unified test-question bank for the bachelor-degree-conferral English examination. Changes to the membership of the OUC steering committee for degree-conferral English examination were confirmed, and construction of a unified question bank was launched.