On the morning of July 20, 2016, the signing ceremony & "Dream of Pursuing Further Education" promotional workshop between the OUC and McDonald’s (China) was successfully held in Beijing.
On July 15, 2016, the Founding Assembly of Learning Outcomes Accreditation Alliance & 1st Council Meeting was held at the Open University of China (OUC), officially announcing the founding of the Learning Outcomes Accreditation Alliance.
The Planning of Publishing National Key Books, Audio-visual, and Electronic Publications in the “13th-Five Year Plan”, announced by the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT), recently listed ten Open University of China (OUC) Press Group projects, including three books and seven audio-visual projects.
On the afternoon of July 19, 2016, a delegation headed by Mr. Robert Parua, a UNESCO Education Programme Specialist, visited the Open University of China (OUC).
On June 26, 2016, OUC Dabieshan Experimental School, set up by the OUC and Xinyang Vocational and Technical College, was officially founded. The school is designed to provide education with targeted measures to alleviate poverty in the Dabieshan region, cultivating learners with practical skills and providing talent support for regional economic and social development.
On the morning of June 1, 2016, deputy director of Comprehensive Division of Department of Vocational and Adult Education under the Ministry of Education Ning Rui paid an investigative visit to the Chinese Language Centre. Vice president of the OUC Liu Chen and relevant personnel from the Chinese Language Centre took part in the meeting.
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.