In order to earnestly learn from and implement the guiding principles of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and to put to effect the decision and deployment of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on comprehensively advancing rural revitalisation, on 9 December 2022, the Open University of China (OUC) held a video meeting to investigate pairing assistance to educational work in Butuo County, Sichuan Province and Li County, Gansu Province in light of the related work deployment of the Rural Revitalization Work Leading Group of the Ministry of Education (MOE).

To further study and implement the guiding principles of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (OUC), improve the teaching ability of teachers, and advance the ideological and political development of its courses, the Open University of China (OUC) recently held the final of the First Ideological and Political Teaching Skills Competition for Agroforestry and Medicine Programmes.

On 13 December 2022, the Faculty of Foreign Languages of the Open University of China (OUC) held a teaching seminar for OUC teachers. Fan Xianrui, member of the Party Committee and vice president of the OUC, delivered a speech, and over 500 English teachers from all branches participated online.

The Open University of China (OUC) holds annual reading campaigns to encourage book reading by all and support the construction of a “learning society”.

On 18 Dec. 2022, the finals of the 1st English Challenge for College Students of the Open University of China (OUC) concluded. Fan Xianrui, member of the CPC Party Committee of the OUC, and OUC vice president, delivered a speech, and Party secretary of Xi’an Open University Li Bin attended.

On 7 December 2022, the General Office of the Ministry of Education (MOE) issued a Notice on Training Bases for Teachers with "Dual Qualifications" for National Vocational Education (2023-2025). The Open University of China (OUC), being a leader in the application process, has been named a training base for such teachers in the Nursing programme.

On 7 December 2022, a meeting was held to initiate the project “Fostering Digital Competency, Building Re-Employment Capacity, and Enhancing Wellbeing for Older Adults in the Digital Economy”.

The Faculty of Education and the Learning Resources Department of the Open University of China (OUC) jointly held their second forum on teaching reforms on 7 December 2022.