News Network Report On the afternoon of March 3, Wang Qiming, Secretary of the Party Committee and President of the Open University of China, together with Fan Xianrui, Member of the Party Committee and Vice President, led a delegation to our university for research and exchange. Yang Zongkai, President of our university, attended the symposium, which was presided over by Meng Fangbing, Deputy Secretary of the University Party Committee.

On behalf of the university, Yang Zongkai extended a warm welcome to Wang Qiming and his delegation for their visit and guidance. He pointed out that as a university providing open education nationwide, the Open University of China shares the same vision with our university in "improving the promotion mechanism of lifelong learning and enhancing the openness and flexibility of higher education". Combining the university's key work in 2025, he shared our university's thinking and achievements in digital transformation from the perspectives that digitalization lies in "integration and application", giving play to the pioneering spirit of grassroots units, and deepening institutional and mechanism reforms. He expressed the hope that through exchanges and mutual learning, the two sides could contribute to the building of a learning society and the construction of national digital universities, jointly create new tracks, establish new models, solve new problems, and provide a satisfactory answer to the epoch-making question of "what role should universities play in building a strong country in education".

Wang Qiming thanked the university for its thoughtful arrangement and pragmatic exchanges, and affirmed the achievements our university has made in educational digital transformation. He noted that our university, as a pacesetter in the innovation and reform of educational digitalization, has clear strategies, practical tactics, effective methods and remarkable achievements in this field. The Open University of China shoulders the mission of developing lifelong education in a learning society and faces the important task of preparing for the establishment of the National Digital University. The purpose of this visit is to investigate and learn from the practical experience of our university in the process of educational digital transformation. He hoped that taking this research as an opportunity, the two sides could work together to tackle common problems in building a digital education ecosystem, pursue development through service and contribution, and jointly contribute to the construction of a strong country in education and a great power in learning.

Responsible persons of relevant departments of our university delivered presentations respectively on informatization work, the "Five-in-One" linkage mechanism of the IOC Command Center, campus cybersecurity construction, digital empowerment of the whole process of "teaching, learning, evaluation, management and construction", digital-intelligence empowerment of the construction of an internal control system for whole-process quality assurance in postgraduate education, and the construction of digital library resources. Participants then held in-depth discussions and exchanges.

Before the meeting, Wang Qiming and his delegation visited the University Art Museum and the Educational Digitalization Experience and Service Center (Future Learning Center, Smart Physical Fitness Test Center, and Book Roaming Center).

The symposium was held at the Intelligent Operation Center (IOC) of the Nanhu Campus. Responsible persons from relevant departments of the Open University of China, including the Party and Government Office, School of Science and Engineering, Experimental School, Academic Affairs Department, Learning Resources Department (Digital Library), Digitalization Department, Logistics and Security Department, Engineering Research Center of Digital Learning Technology Integration and Application of the Ministry of Education, and Reform and Development Department, as well as those from the Party and Government Office, Undergraduate School, Graduate School, Informatization Office, Security Department, Logistics Management Office, Library, Network and Information Center, and Intelligent Operation Center of our university, participated in the relevant activities.

    Source: Publicity Department of Wuhan University of Technology