The National Open University is a new institution of higher learning directly under the Ministry of Education, which is supported by modern information technology and has both academic education and non-academic education. The school is established on the basis of Radio and TV University, facing all members of society, emphasizing the gathering, integration and enjoyment of high-quality educational resources, and exploring the deep integration of modern information technology and education with the support of modern information technology. The school has the right to award bachelor's degrees, which shall be submitted to the State Council after being applied and approved by the Beijing Academic Degrees Committee.
The National Open University includes the University for the Aged. The National Open University is a public service platform for lifelong learning for all and an institutional support for building a lifelong education system. Relying on the National Open University, the Open University for the Elderly will make full use of the online and offline (O2O) learning mode of the National Open University to guide and encourage more elderly people to carry out autonomous learning and receive continuing education according to their hobbies and life needs.
Actively explore new modes and methods of combining and promoting old-age care and education, and use our own school-running system to explore complementary advantages and share resources with nearly 50,000 senior universities at all levels, various senior apartments, nursing homes and nurseries, so as to realize the interconnection of information, personnel and services. Promote more elderly people to develop hobbies, improve their comprehensive quality, cultivate their professional ability, improve their quality of life and integrate into modern society, further promote the integration of old-age care and education, promote the construction of lifelong education system, and promote the formation of a learning society.