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.
20 May 2022 saw the opening ceremony of the Lifelong Education Platform developed by the Open University of China (OUC), marking the official public launch of the platform. OUC President Jing Degang and Vice Presidents Ju Chuanjin and Fan Xianrui attended the opening ceremony.
On 13 May 2022, the 11th page of the People’s Daily Overseas Edition published an article entitled Recommended Textbooks for Chinese Learning, which mentioned the textbook series Chinese for Industries developed by the Open University of China (OUC).
On 11 May 2022, the first council of the Education Foundation of the Open University of China (OUC) of Beijing held its first meeting. The Party Committee of the OUC sent members of the foundation to attend.
To welcome the convocation of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Youth League of China, study and implement “Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese characteristics for a New Era”, and publicise the historic achievements and transitions since the 18th National Congress, the Open University of China (OUC) held an activity named “Telling Stories of Rural Revitalisation and Forming Progressive Youth” in its educational system on 28 April 2022. Jing Degang, secretary of the Party Committee and president of the OUC, delivered a speech.
On 21 April 2022, the Open University of China (OUC) held an activity to donate books to Li County in Gansu Province and Butuo County in Sichuan Province.
On the list of projects funded by the National Publication Foundation (NPF) in 2022, recently released by its Planning and Management Office, two projects of the Multimedia Press of the Open University of China (OUC) Publishing & Media Group were included.
On 9 March 2022, the signing of a strategic agreement between the Open University of China (OUC) and Beijing Jiaotong University (BJU) took place, promising cooperation in teaching and research, development of academic disciplines, and graduate studies by sharing resources and seeking collaborative innovation of teaching approaches. OUC president Jing Degang and BJU president Wang Jiaqiong signed the agreement on behalf of their universities, while Cao Guoyong, OUC executive deputy secretary, presided over the ceremony.