In the finals of the 7th China International Internet Plus College Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition on 15 October 2021, the Open University of China (OUC) won five gold medals and eight silver in the Vocational Education category.

The Open University of China’s (OUC) “One College Student Per Village” programme was awarded the 2020 UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Education (UNESCO Prize for the Use of ICT in Education), as announced by the UNESCO headquarters in Paris on 6 April 2021.

On 8 February 2021, Sun Chunlan, vice premier of the State Council, indicated that in 2021 the OUC should make persistent efforts to achieve a good start to the 14th Five-Year Plan period.

On 24 November 2021, the “Opinions of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on Population Ageing in the New Era” was released. The document made it clear that the preparation for the establishment of the National University for Older Adults (NUOA) will rely on the OUC.

On 16 March 2021, the OUC convened a mobilisation conference on Party History Learning and Education.

On 1 May 2021, Beyond Distance Education: Cutting-Edge Perspectives on the Future of Global Open Universities was published.

Comrade Li Guangde from the OUC honoured as “Outstanding Communist Party Member” from China central and state organs

The Open University of China (OUC) awarded 10 teachers, the honourary title of "OUC Ethical-teacher Model", and 84 teachers, of "OUC Advanced Ethical Teacher" on 24 March 2021.

On 12 October 2021, eighteen textbooks published by the Publishing & Media Group of the Open University of China (OUC) won top awards in the first National Award for Educational Material Construction.

On 29 March 2021, the OUC hired Professor Wang Huaichao from the Party School of the Central Committee of CPC and Mr Pang Zhonghua as distinguished visiting professors.

By OUC News Network