On 29 March 2023, the 2023 (2nd) Lifelong Learning Conference, sponsored by Chinese Journal of Distance Education Journal, was opened in Zhengzhou, Henan.
On 29 March 2023, Long Lihong, the deputy minister of the Organisation Department of the Guizhou Provincial Committee, the director of the Guizhou Senior Cadres Bureau, and the Party secretary and president of Guizhou Senior Citizens University, led a delegation to visit the Open University of China (Seniors University of China) for research and learning.
On 25 February 2023, the Open University of China (OUC) held a final examination for spring term at a testing site in Xiangyang, Hubei Province, when a student waiting to enter the room suddenly collapsed and fell into a coma. Thanks to the swift response of teachers and students, the life of the student was saved.
To thoroughly implement the work requirements for running elderly universities proposed by Comrade Huai Jinpeng, minister of the Ministry of Education, at the establishment of the Seniors University of China (SUC), and to further improve the construction of the national elderly university system, enrolment trials, and the implementation of the " Health Care and Preservation, Learning and Travel " project, the SUC organised a System Construction Seminar and " Health Care and Preservation, Learning and Travel " Project Acceptance Meeting in Chengdu on 24-25 March 2023.
One major priority for the Open University of China (OUC) is to advance the campaign of nationwide reading while fostering virtue, cultivating talent and promoting culture. This is only the latest example of the OUC’s commitment to building a society in which lifelong learning is accessible to all.
On March 18, 2023, the School of Art of the Open University of China (OUC) held an exchange on Wukesong Campus in Beijing as part of the “Online Oil Painting Commune”.
On the morning of March 22, 2023, the Education Foundation of the Open University of China (OUC) of Beijing held the 5th session of its first council at the university. All the directors, council supervisors, and the secretary of the joint Party branch of the Labour Union and of the Foundation attended the meeting. The meeting was chaired by Ju Chuanjin, vice president of the university and chairman of the Foundation.
In order to deepen the study and implementation of the guiding principles of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, firmly promote the national education digitalisation strategy, and accelerate the construction of digital universities, the Open University of China（OUC）held a working promotion and exchange seminar for 2023 spring semester on the "Smart Learning Platform" within the OUC educational system in Hangzhou from 15th to 16th March.