Jing Degang, secretary of the Party Committee and President of the Open University of China (OUC), and Liu Chen, deputy secretary of the OUC Party Committee, held an exchange meeting with Lu Xin, former vice president of the China Central Radio and TV University (CCRTVU) and a senior comrade who fought with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) in the war against US aggression.

In order to further promote traditional culture and broaden the horizons of teaching staff, on 27 October 2020 the Faculty of Humanities of the Open University of China (OUC) invited Pang Zhonghua, founder and chair of the China Hard Pen Calligraphy Association, to give a lecture titled "Focus on One Thing in Life": A Talk on Living and Calligraphy.

On 20 and 21 October 2020, the Faculty of Political Science and Law of the Open University of China (OUC) held a teaching seminar for the Social Work major in Harbin.

On 27 October 2020, the Lectures by 100 Famous Teachers programme of the Open University of China (OUC) invited the deputy director of the Beijing Academy of Educational Sciences, Sang Jinlong, who is also a researcher there, to give a special lecture titled The Construction of "Four Centres" and Educational Development of the Capital.

The standards of a major are established via the standardisation system of the Open University of China (OUC), and are a major’s foundation, guiding its construction and teacher evaluation.

In October 2020, the digital library of the Open University of China (OUC) launched its alumni-service system for its 15.12 million graduates, providing digital-library resources and services.

On 21 October 2020, a special class for International Chinese Language Education teachers in vocational colleges of the Open University of China (OUC), part of the Belt and Road Initiative, was launched at the OUC’s Harbin Branch.

On the morning of 25 October 2020, on the occasion of the arrival of the traditional Chinese festival, "Double Ninth Day,” the Open University of China (OUC) held a ceremony to kick off  the “Happy Learning and Respecting Older Adults” 2020 joint action.