To serve the high-quality development of open education, promote the construction of a high-quality "dual-capability" teacher teams and fulfil the strategic cooperation agreement between the Open University of China (OUC) and iFLYTEK, the Department of Student Affairs and Teacher Development of OUC recently organised 44 teachers to participate in a thematic training workshop on digital literacy and intelligent teaching at iFLYTEK.

On 25 December 2024, the founding ceremony of the Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) Branch of the Seniors University of China (SUC) was held at BFSU.

The Open University of China (OUC) and Capital Normal University (CNU) have reached a consensus on strategic cooperation in areas such as master's supervisors, faculty team development, learning resources, and teaching services.

The Open University of China (OUC) organised a training programme to enhance teachers' core competencies and research capabilities for the entire system from 12 to 30 December 2024.

On 31 December 2024, the Ministry of Education (MOE) held a symposium in Hebei's Weixian County.

On 27 December, the Ministry of Education (MOE)convened the 2024 National Education Digitalisation Work Summary Meeting Huai Jinpeng, secretary of the Leading Party Group and minister of the MOE, announced the official launch of the Smart Education of China Lifelong Education Platform.

To study and implement the guiding principles of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the National Conference on Education, and to broaden the reach of high-quality educational resources and establish a ubiquitous and accessible lifelong education system, the Open University of China (OUC, aka Seniors University of China, SUC) and China Education Television (CETV) signed a strategic cooperation agreement on 26 December 2024.

From 20th to 22nd December 2024, the China Association for Educational Technology (CAET) organised the 7th China Conference on Educational Technology Development and Application and the Achievement Exhibition in Beijing, under the theme "Technology Empowering Education: Contributing to the Construction of a Leading Country in Education".