To implement the guiding principles of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and meet the needs of building a leading country in education and the transformational development of open universities, the School of Humanities at the Open University of China (OUC) organised a grand teaching research workshop on specialty development and teaching reform in Harbin from 24 to 27 September 2024.

On 11 October 2024, the special programme "Glorious Sunset: Tribute to Seniors", co-produced by the Seniors University of China (SUC) and China Media Group (CMG), was broadcast on CCTV-1, CCTV-3, CCTV-15, and CMG Mobile.

On 11 October 2024, the special programme "Glorious Sunset: Tribute to Seniors", co-produced by the Seniors University of China (SUC) and China Media Group (CMG), was broadcast on CCTV-1, CCTV-3, CCTV-15, and CMG Mobile.

To promote the traditional virtues of respecting and caring for the elderly, the Weigongcun Campus of the Seniors University of China (SUC) and the Retirement Office of the Open University of China (OUC) jointly hosted a series of activities themed "Learning Makes Life Better" on 10 October 2024, in celebration of the Double Ninth Festival.

On 9 October, 2024, Professor Kylie Readman, deputy vice-chancellor of the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), led a three-member delegation to visit the Open University of China (OUC).

On 10 October, 2024, a delegation led by Chen Yingying, executive vice president of the Party School, director of the Industry-Education Integration Development Centre, and secretary-general of the Baosteel Education Foundation of China Baowu Steel Group Corporation Limited, visited the Open University of China (OUC).

- A Feature on Meng Shaojie, the "Self-Improvement Star" of the Third Employment, Entrepreneurship, and Creativity Competition for the Disabled in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and an Outstanding Student of the OUC School for the Disabled

On 9 October 2024, the first plenary session of the Fourth Academic Committee of the Open University of China (OUC) was held in Beijing.