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 Learning 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).

The Open University of China (OUC), for the purpose of enhancing professional development of teachers and teaching teams, held a meeting on teaching exchanges on 18 May 2021 in its Faculty of Sciences and Engineering.

On 10 and 11 May 2021, a delegation of five, including Yang Xiaotang, vice president of the Open University of China (OUC), Wang Ying, director of the OUC’s Lifelong Education Research Institute, and Li Wei, its vice director, visited Guang'an Open University (Guang’an OU) and Sichuan Open University (Sichuan OU) to investigate the education and research work at these grassroots universities.

On 13 May 2021, the Open University of China (OUC) launched a Teaching-skills Competition.