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Studies on the Course System Characteristics of British Open Universities and Inspiration to Chinese 　　Received 28 March 2012; accepted 10 April 2012 　　Abstract 　　British open universities are generally people-oriented in the organization of professional curriculum, and achieve flexible and efficient professional setting, curriculum development, curriculum system development, etc.. British open universities’ professional curriculum setting and management model are the core elements of guarantee for their high quality teaching. Chinese open universities need to use the British open universities for reference and learn from their successful experience in professional curriculum organization, and establish a people-oriented, open education philosophy. At the same time, Chinese universities should constantly improve the professional curriculum development, focusing on using the modern educational technology, and monitor the teaching quality, and really achieve the sustainable development of modern distance education. 　　Key words: British open universities; Professional curriculum; International; Innovation 　　SUN Jing, XU Bing (2012). Studies on the Course System Characteristics of British Open Universities and Inspiration to Chinese Open University Education. Higher Education of Social Science, 2(3), -0. Available from: URL: /index.php/hess/article/view/j.hess.1927024020120203.1156 　　DOI: /10.3968/j.hess.1927024020120203.1156 　　China promulgated the “National long-term education reform and development plan (2010-2020)” in 2010 and takes “running the Open University” as the method to realize “building a flexible and open system of lifelong education”. So far, there are 60 colleges and universities which have been named “Open University”. The first British open university was established in 1969 and has gained reputation worldwide because of its grand scale, professional settings, innovative forms of education, advanced teaching media, the low cost of cultivation and