Open University is an adaptive university that is oriented to the public's professional needs and meets the needs of lifelong education. Universities that aim at improving the quality of the public and meet the needs of a learning society; A modern university based on advocating academics, adapting to and leading social development. The emergence and development of the open university is of great historical and practical significance to meet the diversified needs of the economy, society and social members for education, improve the national quality and comprehensive national strength, and promote educational equity and social equity. The open university has the characteristics of public welfare of ideas, openness of modes, sharing of resources, flexibility of learning, systematicness of management and rapidity of information.
Public welfare is the core value of the open university, focusing on the pursuit of social benefits, which is the value pursuit of the open university; Openness is the essential attribute of the open university, and it should adhere to the openness of the school-running mode, talent training mode and support service mode; * * * Enjoyment is an important guarantee for the integration of the open university into the learning society, and it is the learning platform, courses and learning resources for the whole society to enjoy the open university; The flexibility of learning is an effective way for open universities to promote lifelong learning for all. The open university has more diverse learning methods, more flexible academic system, more convenient learning and more free learning choices. Systematic management is the mechanism guarantee for the whole open university to promote universal learning, and the advantages of the system contribute to efficient and high-quality development; The rapidity of information is an important means to strengthen the service function of open universities. Promoting the innovation of learning methods and educational service methods through technological innovation is conducive to the establishment of an educational service system covering all regions. Open University is open to all citizens, which can provide high-quality learning services for learners and enable citizens to "learn to teach, learn to succeed, learn to use and learn to be happy". Open admission means that all citizens with learning needs and aspirations can register in the Open University according to the prescribed procedures and choose the most suitable and interesting courses from a rich resource pool. There are no restrictions on exams, ages, identities, etc. And provide learning support services for national learning and personal lifelong development.
Central Radio and TV University, including Central Radio and TV University, 44 provincial radio and TV universities, 929 prefecture-level radio and TV universities, 1.852 county-level radio and TV universities, more than 3,000 teaching points and more than 60,000 classes, has a huge radio and TV university system covering urban and rural areas in China. It has become a social consensus to build a national open university by relying on the radio and television university system. In his report to the central leadership, Mr. Hao Keming clearly pointed out that "on the basis of central and local radio and television universities, integrating relevant educational resources and establishing open universities covering urban and rural areas is a major strategic move to promote lifelong learning in China." 20 1 1 in July, China Central Radio and TV University was one of the pilot units of the National Open University.