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.

Fujian Open University for Older Adults (an internet-based university) has established a branch school (the Wende branch) in a joint effort with Fuzhou Wende Education Management, aiming to expand education of older adults, and explore combining it with care. On the afternoon of 21 April 2021, an opening ceremony was held in the community-home-care service centre in Xindian Town, Jin'an District, Fuzhou City.

The Party branch of the Logistics and Security Department of the Open University of China (OUC) has decided, starting in May 2021, to help a student having financial difficulties until she o is enrolled in university, aiming to consolidate the poverty-alleviation achievements of the university and develop activities related to study of the history of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in a down-to-earth manner.

Recently, in the 2020 Catalogue of Highly Recommended Publications for Village Libraries, released by the National Press and Publication Administration, two  publications of Multimedia Press of  Publishing & Media Group of the Open University of China (OUC),Low Carbon Transformation for Households and Dialogue on Growth in the Sunlight: A Talk with Parents about the Psychological and Educational Problems of Children, were included on the list of key audio-visual products and electronic publications.

An opening ceremony for the China-Germany Master’s Degree Programme, jointly launched by the Open University of China (OUC), Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg (OVGU), and the Beijing International Institute of Asia-Europe Education and Culture (AEEC Institute Beijing), was held on 18 April 2021, a day which also witnessed the unveiling of a related training centre. This centre, to be established at the OUC, will undertake project cooperation.

On 17 April 2021, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Lifelong Education Forum and the Renaming Ceremony of Tianjin Radio and TV University (RTVU) were held at the Haihe Education Park campus.

The Faculty of Political Science and Law of the Open University of China (OUC) held an activity for teachers to discuss and showcase their teaching skills on 13 April 2021.

The Open University of China (OUC) officially launched a special website on the history of the Communist Party of China (CPC)on 15 April 2021.