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The year of 2008 is much significant for China. 30 years of reformation and open to the world has led china into an expressway. The successful hosting of the Olympic Games attracts the global eyes on the Chinese people’s great progress.

It’s also uncommon for modern distance education in China. The CRTVU has been stronger and stronger during the period of 30 year of great reformation and open to the world since comrade Deng Xiaoping made written agreement to set it up and has contribute much to the great-leap-forward development of higher education in our country. The pilot modern distance education by the Ministry of Education and CRTVU’s open education welcome the tenth year and the higher modern distance education move forward steadily and has become an important part of higher and lifelong education system. The open education network has been almost formed since the issue of Educational Innovation Programme Standing the 21nd Century by the State Council to launch modern distance education engineering.

From 1998 to 2008 modern distance education in china experienced ten years of development out of nothing from bud to flourish.

Making a comprehensive view for the world during these ten years most of countries chose distance education as its strategy to solve different educational problems especially in the construction of lifelong education system and learning society. Now education development in our country comes into a new historical start with new historical task which is a historical shift for our country from a large human resource state to a strong one. In this new historical period, our modern distance education meets unprecedented development chance and challenge.

We should have new thinking, new measure and new policy to meet with them in this new period.

Directed by National Modern Distance Education Coordination Commission of Chinese Universities and College and China Central Radio and Television University, Distance Education in China--the most powerful and influencing media in distance education field will host China International Distance Education Conference 2008 in Nov. 20—21, 2008 in Beijing with the ten-year ceremony as its special style and Summing up the past, opening mind, overcoming difficulties and planning future as its scheme to invite distinguished quests together in Beijing forming new common shares and corporate force to promote the sustainable development of modern distance education.

This conference must be the one to continue with the past and open up the future and an inspiring occasion which we altogether enjoy the industry’s glory, soak up the nutrition of the whole industry and expect together the next ten years.

From 2002 to 2007 Distance Education in China has successfully host 6 annual conferences in succession all of which are of authority, excellence, richness and great scale. Now the annual conference is the most powerful and influential summit one in educational field in China and even Asia and Pacific region. Nearly a thousand organizations and thousands of representatives came to presence during past 6 years which can be called annual ceremony for distance education field in China.

This conference in 2008 is the seventh hosted by Distance Education in China. The committee of this conference goes on shouldering the media mission and tries best to strike an international communication platform. Here is not only an international forum with rapid thought and rich intelligence but also a professional exhibition ever before and even an important communication and cooperation platform for online education. Government officers, experts, celebrities, business leaders, investment elites and media talents gather here to discuss the development strategy of distance education in our country , share its rich harvest and promote its innovation course. This is very good chance of communication, improvement and cooperation.

In case your rich experience and influence in the field you are sincerely welcomed to attend this conference and discuss about those most common concerned topics. Thanks for contacting us and fax back the Application Form to confirm your attendance so that we can make arrangement in advance. For more detailed information, please refer to the conference website: http://www.xuexigang.com/2008.

Organizing Committee of China International Distance Education Conference 08
Distance Education in China
May 2008, Beijing