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.
A few days ago, the teaching video programme series Stepping into Inkstone Culture, co-shot and produced by the Open University of China (OUC) and the Federation of Ink-stone Culture (FISC) under the Association of China Yan Huang Culture Research (ACYHCR), was launched online.
With the joint efforts of OUC headquarters, OUC branches, local colleges, and learning centres, the OUC's Cloud Classroom Project Phase II has been completed, and the cloud classroom has been officially put into use.
In March 2016, three topics from the Open University of China’s (OUC) Multimedia Press were included in a list of projects selected to be funded by the 2016 Annual National Publication Foundation, as announced by the National Publication Foundation Planning and Management Committee.
In March 2016, the construction of a virtual (panoramic) studio at Bingtuan Radio and Television University (Bingtuan RTVU), the first of its kind in this RTVU, and the construction of which was aided by the Open University of China (OUC), was completed and is awaiting final inspection by the OUC before being put into use.