Themed “Partners Hand in Hand,” the 5th Confucius Institute Headquarters Open Day was held on 28 September 2018, the 2,569 anniversary of the birth of Confucius. Liu Xianghong, deputy secretary of Party Committee of the Open University of China, attended the event on behalf of the Chinese institution of the Confucius Institute at Michigan State University.

On the afternoon of 19 September 2018, the Open University of China (OUC) held a video deployment conference on 2018 teaching inspection work in the cloud classroom at the Wukesong headquarters of the OUC. The heads and relevant personnel in charge of the quality and teaching work of branches, colleges, and industry and corporate colleges attended the conference via the video conference system.

Profile of Du Linbo:
Du Linbo is a former level-four army master sergeant, an Administrative Management graduate from the Bayi School of the Open University of China (OUC),class of spring 2017, and a correspondent for the magazine Sergeant Distance Education. He has won third-class honours twice, and twice been recognised for his achievements in propaganda.

On the 20th September, 2018, the 8th OUC-OUJ-KNOU International Seminar hosted by the Open University of China (OUC) and attended by representatives from the Open University of Japan (OUJ) and the Korea National Open University (KNOU) was held in Beijing.

On the 21st of September, 2018, the opening ceremony for the project "Realising the University Dream of Civil Aviation Staff", sponsored by the Civil Aviation Administration of China trade union and the Open University of China (OUC), and organised by the trade union of the China National Aviation Holding Company and the Experimental School of the OUC, was held in the headquarters of Air China in Beijing.

China's economy has shifted from high-speed growth to high-quality development. Sustained economic growth can no longer be driven by an increase in the labour force. Instead, there is an urgent need to build a group of knowledge-based, skilled, and innovative workers.

In 1997, Gu Maochun began working as a teacher at Gansu Radio and Television University (Gansu RTVU). For 20 years, he has earnestly implemented the Party's educational policies, been committed to Gansu RTVU and its mission, followed scientific progress in the field, and continued to improve his teaching. He is uncomplaining in his devotion to his job, and always willing to contribute; strives for perfection, has an innovative mindset, and has contributed to the development of teaching at Gansu RTVU. Recently he was listed by the Gansu Provincial Department of Education as one of the teachers possessing the four ideal teacher qualities.

Ma Guoyun is the head teacher for a number of majors in the school affiliated with Gansu Radio and TV University (Gansu RTVU), and directly responsible for teaching Management, Business Administration, and other courses.