On 20 July, 2020, the 2020 list of “Excellent Shared Courses of Colleges and Universities in Shanxi” was released by the province's Education Department. 14 courses from the Huixuexi learning-resources platform of the Open University of China (OUC)(Huixuexi platform for short) made the list.

Since early 2020, the COVID-19 epidemic has affected hundreds of millions of people. The Open University of China (OUC), supporting the guidance of the Ministry of Education (MOE) in terms of curbing virus transmission within the education system, put out a call for volunteers.

“Over 10 years ago, I came from Zhaiqing to Guangzhou. Though it was only a one-hour ride, the two places were quite different in terms of economic development. Guangzhou was the choice of many people in my hometown,” said 32-year-old Rong Zizhou.

The National Press and Publication Administration recently issued a document entitled Notice on the Release of the 2020 Catalogue of Highly Recommended Publications for Village Libraries. Four publications from the Press and Media Group of the Open University of China (OUC) were added to the catalogue,

In order to fully implement Xi Jinping's new socialist ideology with Chinese characteristics and the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, thoroughly study and implement the spirit of the Conference on Ideological and Political Work in National Colleges and Universities and the National Education Conference, advance the comprehensive implementation of moral education, thoroughly put into practice the requirements of "Three Types of Education,”

On 15 March 2020, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee Xi Jinping wrote a letter to Party members born in the 1990s from Peking University's medical team who were sent to Hubei province, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak in China. He extended sincere greetings to them and all the other young people fighting on the frontline of epidemic prevention and control, encouraging Chinese youth everywhere to contribute to the fight against the coronavirus outbreak.

From 3-4 December 2019, the Open University of China (OUC) and the publicity department of the All-China Women’s Federation (ACWF) jointly organised the 2019 Brilliant Life: A Lifelong Learning Plan for Women training class in Beijing.

Zhang Shanghai works for Shanghai Bus No. 4 Public Transport. Since 2017, he has been studying Automobile Marketing and Service at the Southwest Institute of Advanced Studies, Shanghai Branch, the Open University of China (OUC). He was named a "Shanghai Outstanding Migrant Worker" in 2017.