On the 9th April 2018, a graduation ceremony and job fair for the first batch of graduates from the School of Coal of the Open University of China (OUC) was held at Jincheng Coal Vocational Teaching Centre.

On 14th April, 2018, the finals of the Open University of China (OUC) "My Learning Story" speech contest took place at the OUC’s Weishanzhuang campus.

On 24th March 2018, Linyi County an opening ceremony for the One College Student Per Village Programme and the First Batch of Students for the Degree Enhancement Project of Rural 'Two Committees (village Party branch committee and villager’s committee)' Key Members" was held.

Recently, an event to select “Outstanding Civil Servants in Zhejiang” was jointly launched by the Organisation Department and the Propaganda Department of Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial Human Resources and Social Security Departments, and the Provincial Civil Service Bureau. Eight civil servants from Lishui city won the “Outstanding Civil Servants” honour, including three alumni from Lishui Radio and Television University (Lishui RTVU), Wu Jinhua, Ye Xuewei, and Deng Chaoping.

On the morning of 4th November, 2017, in the examination room at Xinjiekou School, Nanjing branch of the Open University of China (OUC), an English exam for the adult education undergraduate Bachelor’s degree for the Beijing area in fall 2017 was under way. A silver-haired old lady was sat in the classroom surrounded by younger students.

An OUC alumnus from Wuhan RTVU attended the National People’s Congress (NPC) and Chinese People’s Political and Consultative Conference (CPPCC), also known as “Two Sessions” in 2018. His name is Zhang Wenxi, deputy monitor of the Spring 2012 Agriculture and Economy Management class and one of the first session of graduates from the junior college class for the talent cultivation project of Xinzhou district rural village class. As the only grassroots-level farmer deputy to the Two Sessions from Wuhan, Zhang Wenxi brought with him a number of proposals.

Wang Qide, deputy to the National People’s Congress and president of “Wulang” Yellow Goat and “Hongqi” Pig Breeding Professional Cooperative in Nangjiang County, Bazhong City, Sichuan Province, sat down for an interview with China Economic Network (ce.cn).

On 8 April , 2018, a seminar on the Appreciation and Creation of Traditional Chinese Landscape Painting & the MOODLE Platform Project of the Open University of China (OUC) was held in Cixi, Zhejiang Province. 17 people, including the OUC president, Yang Zhijian, members of the project, and the leaders of some OUC branches attended the conference, which was chaired by the head of the project, Tang Yingshan.