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Good Practices from AAOU Members

• Promote the Healthy Development of • Promote the Transformational
Online Education. The development of Development of Open Universities.
online education is conducive to building Upon entering the new era, the Chinese
a networked, digital, personalised government paid great attention to
lifelong education system. In January improving open universities and boosting
2014, the State Council revoked the the construction of a learning society. In
right of education administrative January 2016, the Ministry of Education
authorities to examine and approve issued Opinions on Successfully Running
online education, allowing institutions Open Universities. In August 2020, the
of higher learning with adequate Ministry of Education reviewed and
conditions and qualifications to offer passed the OUC Comprehensive Reform
degree continuing education over the Plan to strengthen the OUC educational
internet. In September 2019, with system. China will take effective
the approval of the State Council, 11 measures to provide the OUC with
departments including the Ministry of more educational support by enhancing
Education jointly issued Guiding Opinions organizational leadership, improving
on Promoting the Healthy Development policy systems, improving fund input
of Online Education, which proposed the mechanisms, and strengthening
promotion of the healthy development communication and guidance. Efforts
of online education by adhering to the will be made to promote the OUC to
basic principles of “people-centred realise its predetermined development
cultivation,” “reform and innovation,” goal in 2025 by reforming and optimising
“fusion and integration,” and “multi- the systems and mechanisms of open
entity governance.” By 2022, modern education. The OUC will become a major
information technology will have been platform for lifelong education in China,
further integrated into education, a major platform for online education,
the quality of online education will a platform for flexible education and
have been enhanced, a resource and foreign cooperation, a prominent force
service standard system will have serving lifelong education for all, and
been established, the development a powerful bolster to a highly-skilled
environment will have been improved, society.
and the governance system will
have been completed. As a result, a • Standardize the Establishment of
networked, digital, personalised lifelong Majors for Higher Degree Continuing
education system will have taken shape Education. During the long-term
and major progress will have been made development process of open and
in the construction of a learning society. distance education in China, a diversified
pattern of higher degree continuing
education jointly run by multiple entities
has emerged. These entities include

The Open University of China (OUC)