On the morning of 29 April 2021, the Publicity Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) organised a group interview for Chinese and foreign journalists. Five representatives of “new era” worker members of the CPC took questions on issues related to ethics, model workers, promoting the value of work, and the pursuit of fine workmanship. Zhu Shijie, a workshop supervisor at the Ningbo Beilun Third Container Terminal (part of the Zhejiang Seaport Group) was the first to share his story.
On 29 April 2021, a meeting to promote the transformational development of Wuhan Open University (OU), along with an opening ceremony, was held at Wuhan Convention Centre.
Hubei Open University(Hubei OU) was officially inaugurated on the morning of 28 April 2021. The inauguration ceremony was attended by Xiao Juhua, vice governor of Hubei Province; Ju Chuanjin, vice president of the Open University of China (OUC); Lu Jun, deputy secretary general of Hubei Provincial People’s Government; Li Hong, deputy director and grade I counsel of Hubei Provincial Department of Education; Liu Yi, secretary of the Party Committee of Hubei OU; and Zhong Yuning, vice secretary and president of Hubei OU. The ceremony was presided over by Zhong Yuning.
The foundation of rural revitalisation is skills training. Professor Zhu Zhen, director of the Institute of Problems Facing Agricultural Workers and the Agricultural Culture Research Centre of China Agricultural University, delivered a report titled "China's Rural Skills-training from the Perspective of the Strategy of National Rural Revitalisation" to OUC faculty and students 21 April 2021, with the aim of enhancing the quality of such training at the Open University of China (OUC).
In order to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC), review the May the Fourth Movement, and further study and implement the guiding principles of the important speech General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered at the meeting launching a campaign on Party History Learning and Education, the Open University of China (OUC) launched the “Tell Stories of Party History and Be Progressive Youth: Youth United” learning activity, part of the campaign on Party history learning and education within the OUC educational system, on 29 April 2021.
From 21-23 April 2021, the Open University of China (OUC) held a seminar with a focus on teaching work in the science and engineering majors in Hunan Province.
On the afternoon of 24 April 2021, the opening ceremony for Guizhou Open University (OU) was held.
For the purpose of enhancing both individual teachers and their teams, the Faculty of Forestry and Medicine held a teaching-skills competition in March and April of 2021. The competitors prepared their teaching presentations from the end of March until 21 April, and presented on 22 April. Teachers above a certain level acted as judges, while Yu Caiyuan, Wang Yan, Zhao Xinsheng, Zhao Tingting and Cao Qinzheng were the competitors.