From May 3 to 5, 2016, the China International Senior Services Expo (CISSE2016) was held at the China National Convention Centre in Beijing. Co-sponsored by the China Association of Social Welfare, the Open University of China (OUC), and Beijing College of Social Administration, the "Forum on Education for the Elderly and Development of Service Care Professionals," organized by Zhongfuzhangzhe Senior Services Co. Ltd., was held May 4.
In September 2015, the Open University of China (OUC) launched the 2015 selection campaign for outstanding graduates within the OUC system.
A few days ago, the teaching video programme series Stepping into Inkstone Culture, co-shot and produced by the Open University of China (OUC) and the Federation of Ink-stone Culture (FISC) under the Association of China Yan Huang Culture Research (ACYHCR), was launched online.
With the joint efforts of OUC headquarters, OUC branches, local colleges, and learning centres, the OUC's Cloud Classroom Project Phase II has been completed, and the cloud classroom has been officially put into use.
In March 2016, three topics from the Open University of China’s (OUC) Multimedia Press were included in a list of projects selected to be funded by the 2016 Annual National Publication Foundation, as announced by the National Publication Foundation Planning and Management Committee.
In March 2016, the construction of a virtual (panoramic) studio at Bingtuan Radio and Television University (Bingtuan RTVU), the first of its kind in this RTVU, and the construction of which was aided by the Open University of China (OUC), was completed and is awaiting final inspection by the OUC before being put into use.
On March 24, 2016, the Ministry of Education (MOE) held a press conference to introduce the Action Plan for the Boosting Education and Ability Programme for Migrant Workers:“Realizing Dreams of Further Education”.
To carry forward the essence of traditional culture, popularize knowledge of traditional sinology, and meet the national demand for sinology learning, the Research and Training Centre for Community Education under the Ministry of Education (MOE) launched the "i – Sinology Experiment " (hereafter short for i-Experiment) construction work in June 2015.