In a list released by the Ministry of Education on 4 September 2020, Professor Gao Hang, an external lecturer of the Open University of China (OUC), and 11 other teachers, including Zhong Nanshan and Zhang Boli, were selected as “National Role Models of Teaching and Education.”

A ceremony to mark the signing of a strategic cooperation agreement on the innovative application of 5G + distance education between the Tianjin branch of the Open University of China (OUC) and Tianjin Mobile Communication Co. Ltd, China Mobile’s Tianjin division, was held on 2 September 2020.

The “Realising Dreams of Further Education” programme for migrant workers in Fujian, since its implementation in 2017, has enabled over 34,000 workers to gain degree education. Among the first graduates, the degrees open new career opportunities for some, while for others they enhance their learning abilities and salaries.

At 10am on 31 August 2020, Cao Guoyong, executive deputy secretary of the CPC Committee of the Open University of China (OUC), launched the OUC’s 2020 autumn semester with a live video broadcast to all the students and teaching staff of the national system of open universities. The topic of this “first class” was “Building a First-Class Global Open University.”

On 21 August 2020, “ Open Educational Resources for Inclusive Education ”, a forum of the 2020 Global Smart Education Conference, was held at Beijing Normal University.

On the front lines of the battle against poverty, as a first secretary, Yao Xinxia has dedicated herself to helping the poor out of their need, supporting "half of the sky" of poverty alleviation on her slender shoulders.

"The first thing I did after we got married was to support him in his desire to study at the Radio and TV University!"

The online final of the sixth China (Zhejiang) International Internet Plus College Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition was held as scheduled from 22 to 23 August 2020.