Chinese Government has brought up the development plan on“setting up the Open University”, which is a clear direction for CRTVUs to transform and reform. How to establish the Open University of China has become the focus point in distance education field. Either advanced countries or advancing countries regard the distance education as one of the major models in lifelong education. There are seven typical open universities in Asia which have their own characteristics of establishment background, school-running concept, academic scale and level, source of funds, faculty and staff, instructional media mode, and system organization. The article based on the comparative analysis, puts forward suggestions on the provision of school autonomy, diversified development and system framework in order to set up the Open University of China.% 我国政府提出“办好开放大学”的发展规划，为广播电视大学的转型和改革提出了明确的方向。如何建设有中国特色的开放大学成为远程教育界共同关注的焦点。无论发达国家还是发展中国家都把远程开放教育作为实现终身教育的主要教育模式之一。亚洲典型的7所开放大学，在创立背景、办学理念、办学规模及层次、经费来源、教职员工组成、教学传递模式、系统组织架构等方面各有特色，在比较研究的基础上，为构建中国特色开放大学提供办学自主权、发展多元化、系统架构等方面的经验借鉴
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