Since 2016, the Open University of China (OUC) has been committed to exploring the construction of overseas learning centres in response to the call of the Central Committee of the Party and the State Council to provide open education outside China as part of the Belt and Road Initiatives.

To enhance the digital literacy of faculty at the Open University of China (OUC), help them understand the latest technology and industry trends, and enhance the construction of learning resources and quality of courses, the Learner Resources Department, Academic Affairs Department, Department of Quality Monitoring and Control, Credit Bank, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Faculty of Education, and Experimental School of the OUC recently organised a visit to the China Beijing International Fair For Trade in Services (CIFTIS).

To celebrate the 38th Teachers' Day in China and promote art education at the OUC, the Open University of China (OUC) organised a visit to the Song Art Museum for its staff.

A virtual-teaching research office for higher education has been established by the Computer Assisted English Language Learning programme in response to the call of the Ministry of Education to implement the educational reforms laid out in the 14th Five-Year Plan, and to accelerate the construction of the office in order to advance teaching reforms at the Open University of China (OUC).

The Open University of China (OUC) held a meeting to promote its key work for 2022 on 30 August 2022.

At 10am on 29 August 2022, Fan Xianrui, a member of the Party Committee and vice president of the Open University of China (OUC), gave the “first class” entitled “Welcome the Convocation of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and Make Contributions in the New Era” to the students and staff members of the open university system, as well as the general public, via live video broadcast, kicking off the 2022 autumn semester.

The World Vocational and Technical Education Development Conference was held in Tianjin on 19 and 20 August 2022. Chinese President Xi Jinping sent it a congratulatory letter which Vice Premier Sun Chunlan read on his behalf, along with a speech delivered via video link.

A forum on the reform and development of open universities in China’s central cities was held in Qingdao on 13 August 2022.