lifelong learning and distance higher education - Asia Pacific Region

• Outreach to less-developed areas: As for the campaign to reduce the internaldigital divide, the case of China illustrates the importance of this and provides someexamples of workable ways of bringing e-learning infrastructure and content to theless-developed areas• Co-operation between government and the private sector: What China’s experiencecan teach in this area is to provide opportunities for the private sector to invest ine-learning resources building. This co-operation can also be important in the field ofresearch, where the development of new technologies will benefit both sides of thepartnership.ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONSCCoCPCCCRTVUCEBSatCELTSCCERNetCNNICDEDDPHEHEIsICEMICTISICITMDEMoENBSCNNCTENNCASEOECRMBRTVUsSCCentral Committee of Communist Party of ChinaChina Central Radio and TV UniversityChina Education Broadband SatelliteChinese e-Learning Technology Standardization CommitteeChina Education and Research NetworkChina Internet Network Information CentreDistance EducationDepartment of Development and PlanningHigher EducationHigher Educational InstitutionsInformation Centre for Educational ManagementInformation and Communications TechnologyInternational Statistical Information CentreInformation TechnologyModern Distance Education (ICT-based Distance Education)Ministry of EducationNational Bureau of Statistics of ChinaNational Networked Consortium for Teacher EducationNational Networked Consortium for Agricultural Science and EducationOnline Education CollegeRenminbi (Chinese currency, yuan in unit)Radio and TV UniversitiesState Council (Chinese Central Government)73