Yuan Longping, an academician from the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a winner of the Medal of the Republic, passed away in Changsha, Hunan Province at 13:07 on 22 May 2021 at the age of 91.  

The Department of External Education and Training of the Open University of China (OUC) launched a teacher-training class for the 7th China International Internet Plus College Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition in Qingdao, Shandong Province, on 20 and 21 May 2021.

Recently, a delegation of 12 headed by Song Jihua, a professor in the School of Artificial Intelligence, a doctoral advisor, and director of the Language Resource-research Centre of Beijing Normal University, visited the Weigongcun campus of the Open University of China (OUC) to investigate its use of information technology (IT).

Recently, the third Xindao Cup National Digital-marketing/New-retail Skills Competition for national higher vocational colleges was held at Tianjin Open University (Tianjin OU).

On the morning of 12 May 2021, the Publicity Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) held a group interview for Chinese and foreign journalists. Five young CPC members spoke there on the topic of the “Duties and Responsibilities of Youth in the New Era”.

Recently, Pang Zhonghua, founder and chair of the China Hard-pen Calligraphy Association, and dean of the Hard-pen Calligraphy Academy, wrote a poem for the Open University of China (OUC) titled My Love for You  A Song Dedicated to the OUC.

On 20th May 2021, eight Party Branches at the headquarters of the Open University of China (OUC), the Party Branch directly under the Department of OUC Projects of Beijing Open University (Beijing OU), Xianning Radio and TV University (Xianning RTVU), and Wontone Automotive Service Study Centre of the OUC Experimental School, launched a group learning event on the history of the Communist Party of China (CPC).

On the morning of 11 May 2021, the Open University of China (OUC) held a youth forum, the 2nd of its kind, on studies of the history of the Communist Party of China (CPC).