In order to fully implement the guiding principles of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, promote digitalisation of education, and accelerate the construction of digital universities, on 17-18 March 2023, Fan Xianrui, a member of the Party Committee and vice president of the OUC, led a team to investigate the digitalisation work at the Hubei branch.
On the morning of 17 March 2023, as scheduled, the first class of the new school year began at the Seniors University of China (SUC). Mr. Zhang Boli, a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, a grandmaster of Chinese medicine, and an honourary president of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, gave a lecture titled "Traditional Chinese Medicine Aiding Elderly Health" to senior friends across the country.
On March 18, 2023, the School of Art of the Open University of China (OUC) held an exchange on Wukesong Campus in Beijing as part of the “Online Oil Painting Commune”.
On 21 March 2023, the Open University of China (OUC) hosted a live stream in which Professor Wu Di from the AI Education Department of Huazhong Normal University discussed professional standards in the education industry.
On the morning of March 22, 2023, the Education Foundation of the Open University of China (OUC) of Beijing held the 5th session of its first council at the university. All the directors, council supervisors, and the secretary of the joint Party branch of the Labour Union and of the Foundation attended the meeting. The meeting was chaired by Ju Chuanjin, vice president of the university and chairman of the Foundation.
In order to deepen the study and implementation of the guiding principles of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, firmly promote the national education digitalisation strategy, and accelerate the construction of digital universities, the Open University of China（OUC）held a working promotion and exchange seminar for 2023 spring semester on the "Smart Learning Platform" within the OUC educational system in Hangzhou from 15th to 16th March.
The Eighth Biennial Chinese Excellent Publication Award was unveiled in Beijing on 22 February 2023. Lectures on Science Popularisation by 100 Academicians and Experts (2nd Edition), which was jointly planned by the Open University of China (OUC) and the Work Bureau of Academic Division of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and produced by OUC Multimedia Press affiliated to the OUC Publishing & Media Group, received a publication award in the category of audio-visual and electronic publications.
On March 10th, 2023, the Open University of China （OUC）held a seminar for joint training of graduate students in Public Administration with Beijing Jiaotong University (BJU).