To completely implement the guiding principles of the 20th National Congress of the CPC, and to align with the state and the Ministry of Education's directives on college students' innovation and entrepreneurship, the Open University of China (OUC) took a significant step forward.

To effectively implement the guiding principles from the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and build upon the results of the thematic educational campaign focused on Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, Li Song, a member of the Party Committee and vice president of the Open University of China (OUC), led a team on a visit to the Fujian Branch from 8-11 October, 2023.

On 13 October, 2023, the School of Art at the Open University of China (OUC), in partnership with the Beijing 798 Meet You Museum, unveiled the "My Encounter with Claude Monet, Van Gogh, and Modernist Masters" event.

From the 12th to the 13th of October 2023, the Open University of China (OUC) conducted a deployment initiative on secondary vocational education research in Linyi City, Shandong Province.

On 14 October, the Third High-level Forum on Contemporary Chinese Marxism Research 2023, sponsored by the Open University of China (OUC) and organised by the OUC School of Marxism and the OUC Research Institute of Contemporary Chinese Marxism, convened in Beijing.

Recently, a symposium was hosted to welcome the 2023 freshman of the graduate programme in Marxist Theory, a joint initiative between the Open University of China (OUC) and Beijing Jiaotong University (BJU) at BJU.

On 19th September 2023, a ceremony commemorating the donation from the OUC Education Foundation to economically disadvantaged students at the Secondary Vocational School of Zhouqu, Gansu was held in Zhouqu County, Gansu Province.

On the first day of the new semester, the "Go Deep into Life, Take Root in the People – NCPA’s 100 Public Welfare Performances" event was held at the Senior University of China (SUC), providing an unforgettable inaugural lesson in aesthetic education for the fall term.