During the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games held on 4 March 2022, an array of national flag bearers composed of eight disabled and non-disabled athletes attracted the attention of audience. The flag bearers were representatives selected from Chinese disabled athletes and those who have made contributions to undertakings for the disabled. Notably, two of the flag bearers were alumni of the Open University of China (OUC).
At 10:00 am on 28 February 2022, Li Song, a member of the Party Committee and vice president of the Open University of China (OUC), delivered the “First Class" on the topic of “Learning at the OUC for a Future Dream”, reaching all OUC students and staff via live video to launch the 2022 spring semester.
From the end of 2021 to the start of 2022, sporadic outbreaks of Covid-19 occurred in several regions of China, including Hangzhou, Xi’an, Henan province, and Tianjin. Members of the OUC at branches of the Zhejiang, Xi’an, Henan and Tianjin Open Universities (OUs) all bravely devoted themselves to helping fight the local outbreaks.
On 6 January 2022, a meeting in Beijing launched the “Vocational-training Project for Health Professionals”, jointly initiated by the Open University of China (OUC) and the Health Human Resources Development Centre of the Ministry of Health (HHRDC). Through large-scale cooperation, they plan to enhance the training of and curricula directed toward health professionals.
The Faculty of Agroforestry and Medicine of the Open University of China (OUC) held its second Nursing Case Competition from April to December 2021 in response to the Party's education policies, and to help foster virtue through education. The finals of the first competition were held in June of 2019.
In order to help build a country-wide lifelong-learning system, enhance public services and the inclusivity of community education, and find members of the public with professional training who are willing to act as teachers, the Ministry of Education (MOE) is working to promote community education through its Research & Training Centre for Community Education. So far the Centre has received interest from 30 provinces, and preparations have entered their second stage.
Recently the Open University of China (OUC) held a meeting with branches involved in the pilot use of the "Smart Learning Platform". Personnel from the OUC Information Technology and Learning Resources departments and other staff, including members of project-construction units, attended online, while personnel in charge of academic affairs, teaching, and IT from the pilot branches attended via video links.
Waving goodbye to 2021 and striding into the new year, on 30 December 2021 the Open University of China (OUC) held a celebration to welcome 2022 with the theme of "Forging Ahead Bravely and Creating a New Future". Members of the OUC leadership watched the performances, and Cao Guoyong, executive deputy secretary of the OUC Party Committee, delivered a speech.