In order to implement the important deployment of deepening the national reading activity as stated in the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, guide the faculty and staff to love reading, read good books, read effectively, inherit the excellent traditional Chinese culture and the advanced socialist culture, inspire the innovation and creativity of the faculty and students, and help promote the high-quality development of the university, the Open University of China (OUC) will launch the Reading Month activities from mid-April to mid-May according to the requirements of the Ministry of Education.

On 7 April 2023, the top international academic journal Science published a new paper by Professor Zhang Yan, a distinguished member of the panel of experts from the Engineering Research Centre for Technology Integration and Application of E-Learning, Ministry of Education (MOE), China.

Food delivery worker Jiang Hailong used to take breaks from 3 pm to 5 pm and after 10 pm, when there were fewer orders. However, since he signed up for an online program to get a higher vocational degree last year, he uses his free time to study.

The Open University of China (OUC) has held an offline training session on standard spoken and written Chinese language as part of efforts to implement the guiding principles of the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), as it calls for “strengthening the promotion of standard spoken and written Chinese language”.

On 1 April  2023, a special seminar was held by the virtual teaching and research office on “Computer Assisted English Language Learning” in response to proposals outlined in the report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC).

The year 2023 is the beginning of the implementation of the guiding principles of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and a key year in the transition from the 13th Five-Year Plan to the 14th Five-Year Plan.

In order to help build a high-quality education system, promote deep integration of digitization, intelligentization, and education, enhance teachers' digital capabilities, and promote the construction of digital universities, the Open University of China (OUC) sent 24 teachers to participate in the first "Peking University- University of Cambridge " International Online Workshop on Education Digitalisation, which was held from 27th to 31st March 2023.

On 6th April2023, the Open University of China (Seniors University of China -SUC) held a cooperation negotiation meeting with China National Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd. (Sinopharm). Jing Degang, the secretary of Open University of China 's Party Committee and president, held talks with Zhou Song, the secretary of Sinopharm International's Party Committee and general manager, and signed a strategic cooperation agreement on behalf of both parties.