In order to promote the reform of mathematics teaching at the Open University of China (OUC), improve the quality of talent training, implement the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education, and better integrate ideological and political theories into the mathematics curriculum, on 16 November 2021, the OUC held an online work conference on mathematics teaching.

In November 2021, a group of expert examiners from the China Quality Certification Centre (CQC) conducted its annual assessment of the quality-management system of the Open University of China (OUC) Press. The group, after examining the materials submitted by the Press, a total of 357 documents, concluded that it has a sound and effective quality-management system that not only meets system standards but is deserving of high praise.

"The family is the child’s first classroom." General Secretary Xi Jinping, leader of the Communist Party of China and the Chinese government, pays great attention to the role of family in education throughout his governance, and in order to implement his thinking, help foster virtue through education, broaden the horizon of the Preschool Education major, and ensure the quality of its resources, from 20 October to 8 November 2021, the Faculty of Education of the Open University of China (OUC), together with its Learning Resources Department, offered a series of public lectures on family education titled “Lectures by Experts and Famous Teachers on Preschool Education”.

On 11 November 2021, the Faculty of Political Science and Law of the Open University of China (OUC) invited researcher Xie Yahong, deputy secretary-general of Chinese Administration Management Society and editor-in-chief of the journal Chinese Public Administration, to give a lecture titled “Paper Writing from the Editor’s Perspective” to OUC teachers and students.

The Management Sub-Committee of the Academic Committee of the Open University of China (OUC) will organise a series of integrated online/offline activities encouraging academic discussion and exchange during November and December to strengthen the construction of the Management Sub-Committee, further the professional development and empirical research of the OUC management discipline, serve teaching reform and course construction, and improve the research level of the discipline in line with The OUC Academic Committee Regulations.

The Faculty of Education of the Open University of China (OUC) held a seminar for Sports majors, the first of its kind held at the university, on 10 November 2021.

On 11 November 2011, the School of Public Administration of the Faculty of Political and Law of the Open University of China (OUC) held a workshop concerning issues of public administration after Covid-19.

On 18 October 2021, another Covid-19 outbreak resulted in a lockdown in Ningxia. Overnight, early 2020 seemed to have returned, but in contrast to then, many people are leaving their homes, staying at work, and helping fight the spread of infection. Ningxia Open University (Ningxia OU) students have been unanimous in joining them.