On 6 January 2021, the Open University of China (OUC) held the fourth meeting of the third session of its Academic Degree Evaluation Committee via video conference.

On 5 January 2021, Gu Xiulian, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the 10th National People’s Congress, director of the Working Committee of Care for the Next Generation of China, and honorary chairwoman of China Association of the Universities for the Aged, conducted an investigation trip to the Open University of China (OUC).

The Open University of China (OUC) recently held a conference on its 2020 teaching and research. It took place online as well as in-person due to the impacts of Covid-19.

At the beginning of 2021, the 4th Plenary Session of the 2nd Academic Committee of the Open University of China (OUC) was held in Beijing both online and in-person in order to follow Covid-19 control requirements.

The Open University of China (OUC) held its 2020 Teaching Work Conference in Hangzhou from 26-27 November 2020.

An opening ceremony for the establishment of Zhejiang Open University (Zhejiang OU) was held on 27 November 2020.

A work forum on poverty alleviation and achieving prosperity of the TV Night School of Hainan Province was held on 18 November, 2020, with Li Jun, deputy secretary of the provincial Party Committee, presiding over the meeting, and Cao Guoyong, executive deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the Open University of China(OUC), being invited to attend the forum and give a speech.

The Open University of China (OUC) recently donated a batch of tables and chairs to Wangba Agriculture Middle School in Li County in Gansu Province, which were loaded on four trunks fenced with 9.6-metre rails and headed to the school.