On 10 and 11 May 2021, a delegation of five, including Yang Xiaotang, vice president of the Open University of China (OUC), Wang Ying, director of the OUC’s Lifelong Education Research Institute, and Li Wei, its vice director, visited Guang'an Open University (Guang’an OU) and Sichuan Open University (Sichuan OU) to investigate the education and research work at these grassroots universities.
On 13 May 2021, the Open University of China (OUC) launched a Teaching-skills Competition.
On 13-14 May 2021, the Open University of China (OUC) conducted a collective study and deployment of 2021 teaching quality control work in Ningde, Fujian Province.
Wang Xiaohong is an associate professor in and director of the Department of Foreign Languages, Culture and Art in the School of Public Administration at Fujian Open University (Fujian OU).
Qiu Weiming, a member of the Communist Party of China, is a professor and senior technician with a bachelor degree. He started teaching at Taizhou Radio and TV University (Taizhou RTVU) in September 2013, and now receives a special government allowance from the State Council, and belongs to the Ten-thousand Talents Programme in Zhejiang Province.
On the afternoon of 8 May 2021, Liaoning Open University (Liaoning OU) held a ceremony to sign a strategic-cooperation agreement with Northern Communications Network (NCN).
A work conference on Open University of China (OUC) “1 + 7” Educational Aid and Support and the opening ceremony for the inauguration of Qinghai Open University (Qinghai OU) were held on 28 April 2021.
The Open University of China (OUC) held a teaching-research seminar on reform of examinations and assessment of English courses on 7 and 8 May 2021 in Wuhan, Hubei Province, covering not only reforms to the English programme and public English courses, but also construction of degree-conferral English examination questions. Yang Xiaotang, OUC vice president; Tang Chunlai, vice president of the Hubei Branch; Xiong Kun, vice president of the Shenzhen Branch, and about 100 teachers and administrators attended.