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.

In order to successfully conduct the online operation, publicity and advertisement, and use and management of the resource sharing platform for the universities for older adults affiliated to China's central state organs, the Financial Management Department of China’s National Government Offices Administration held a virtual meeting on the use and management of the platform on 25 August 2020.

Having completed scholarship evaluation for 2019, the Open University of China (OUC), after verification and public announcement, decided to grant OUC scholarships to 12,086 students.

“Internet Plus Education Innovation Research,” a key academic book series launched by the Open University of China (OUC) Press, was published in June 2020. The book series was included in the national key book publishing planning project in the 13th Five-year Plan in 2017 and was funded by the National Publication Foundation in 2020.