Recently, in the 2020 Catalogue of Highly Recommended Publications for Village Libraries, released by the National Press and Publication Administration, two  publications of Multimedia Press of  Publishing & Media Group of the Open University of China (OUC),Low Carbon Transformation for Households and Dialogue on Growth in the Sunlight: A Talk with Parents about the Psychological and Educational Problems of Children, were included on the list of key audio-visual products and electronic publications.

An opening ceremony for the China-Germany Master’s Degree Programme, jointly launched by the Open University of China (OUC), Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg (OVGU), and the Beijing International Institute of Asia-Europe Education and Culture (AEEC Institute Beijing), was held on 18 April 2021, a day which also witnessed the unveiling of a related training centre. This centre, to be established at the OUC, will undertake project cooperation.

On 17 April 2021, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Lifelong Education Forum and the Renaming Ceremony of Tianjin Radio and TV University (RTVU) were held at the Haihe Education Park campus.

The Faculty of Political Science and Law of the Open University of China (OUC) held an activity for teachers to discuss and showcase their teaching skills on 13 April 2021.

The Open University of China (OUC) officially launched a special website on the history of the Communist Party of China (CPC)on 15 April 2021.

PARIS, April 6 (Xinhua) -- The "One College Student Per Village" program, implemented by the Open University of China, has won the 2020 edition of the UNESCO prize for the use of ICT in education, the Paris-based United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced on Tuesday.

The “One College Student Per Village” programme at the Open University of China (OUC) is one of the laureates of the 2020 UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of ICT in Education. The innovative programme provides an example of how Artificial Intelligence (AI) and associated technologies can create quality education opportunities for learners from remote areas and improve social and economic development in rural communities.  

On 25 March 2021, the Open University of China (OUC) cooperated with Beijing Yuying School to hold training for Mongolian teachers at the invitation of the UNESCO Beijing Office and the Institute of Teachers’ Professional Development of Mongolia (ITPD). The goal of the training was to share experiences and practices of epidemic prevention and control, as well as “undisrupted learning during school closures” in primary and middle schools in the context of COVID-19 in China.