From May 23 to 25, 2016, the OUC Agriculture & Medicine Teaching Research Central Team Seminar and Conference on the Founding of Central Team was held in Harbin.

OUC’s Information Technology Department (Research and Development Centre for Digital Learning) and the Learning Resources Department (Library) actively explore the application of the cloud classroom model. On May 5, 2016, the OUC used the cloud classroom system to hold the "Open University Lecture" nationwide for the first time, which benefited the branches of the OUC across the nation with its high quality academic resources.

On the morning of May 16, 2016, the Information Technology Department (Research and Development Centre for Digital Learning) of the OUC, together with the Teacher Development Centre, undertook a cloud classroom application exploration.

From May 9 to 10, 2016, a teaching-working conference for the OUC Experimental School was held in Nanhai, Guangdong Province.

The OUC Headquarters’ 4th session of scientific research work meeting, with the topics of deepening scientific research services, enhancing scientific research quality and supporting the OUC’s teaching reforms, was held at Wukesong campus on May 17, 2016, with president Yang Zhijian, vice presidents Li Linshu and Zhang Shaogang, and more than 200 other faculty members attending the meeting.

In a qualifier for the Chinese Proficiency Competition for foreign college students, "Chinese Bridge", held on May 6, 2016 in the Hungarian division, two Hungarian college students, under the guidance of Ms. Niu Zhinan, a Chinese teaching instructor from the Open University of China (OUC), won first and second place in the contest.

From May 3 to 5, 2016, the China International Senior Services Expo (CISSE2016) was held at the China National Convention Centre in Beijing. Co-sponsored by the China Association of Social Welfare, the Open University of China (OUC), and Beijing College of Social Administration, the "Forum on Education for the Elderly and Development of Service Care Professionals," organized by Zhongfuzhangzhe Senior Services Co. Ltd., was held May 4.

In September 2015, the Open University of China (OUC) launched the 2015 selection campaign for outstanding graduates within the OUC system.