本文是亚洲开放大学协会第19届年会的综述。世界23个国家和地区近300名代表参加了这次研讨会。本文介绍了会议的背景、会议主题及概况;描述了会议的主题报告和专题发言。作者认为,中国远程教育应认真研究国际开放远程教育的发展趋势,并形成自己的发展策略。 This article is a summary of the 19th Annual Meeting of the Association of Asian Open Universities. Nearly 300 representatives from 23 countries and regions in the world attended the seminar. This article presents the background, conference topics, and overview of the meeting; describes the meeting’s thematic reports and presentations. The author believes that distance education in China should carefully study the development trend of open international distance education and form its own development strategy.