The Science and Engineering sub-committee of the 2nd Academic Committee of the Open University of China (OUC) held a plenary meeting in Tianshui City, Gansu Province, on 16 and 17 November, with 12 members of the sub-committee, and heads of the Faculty of Science and Engineering of the OUC headquarters and Tianjin Branch, attending.

In order to teach efficient use of the digital library, and promote digital reading, the Open University of China (OUC) provided online training and promotion to freshmen from 22 October to 17 November 2020.

On 11 November 2020, the Beijing Credit Bank was officially unveiled, and Beijing Municipal Education Commission authorised 18 sub-centres of the credit bank and 19 members of the credit bank alliance.

The 2020 Forum on Research into Network-based Online Education at the Open University of China (OUC) took place from 10-13 November with the aim of building a network-based multi-domain, multi-perspective academic-exchange platform, and of helping young and middle-aged scholars at the OUC to publish, broaden their academic horizons, and undertake new research.

Editor's note: Since the outbreak of Covid-19, students and former students of the Open University of China (OUC) have been courageously taking up their responsibilities and fighting the disease in accordance with local policies.

The Open University of China (OUC) held a training workshop for the Institute of Teachers’ Professional Development of Mongolia (ITPD) from 17-18 November 2020, in an attempt to implement a cooperation agreement with UNESCO.

In order to implement the goal of building a "Platform for External Cooperation" as stated in the Comprehensive Reform Plan of the Open University of China (OUC) issued by the Ministry of Education, the OUC held a seminar on international cooperation in education operations among members of the open university system at the OUC Qingdao Branch on 19 November 2020.

In 2020, Covid-19 has affected hundreds of millions of people. In order to enhance efforts to prevent the spread of the disease, as required by the Ministry of Education (MOE), the Open University of China (OUC) recruited volunteers for this purpose, and sent eight teachers (Wang Jia, Gao Hui, Tu Chenyang, Wang Di, Wang Yu, Zhang Huiguang, Zhang Jingzhuo and Yang Jianliao) to work in the office of the MOE leading group dealing with Covid-19.