Pan Chengsen, an Information Management major from spring 2015 until January 2018, is chair of Guangdong Kasrrow Technology Development LLC.

Yang Bozun, a native of Tianjin, has been fond of both music and sports since childhood. He began to play guitar and piano at age three, and started swimming in primary school, winning several swim competitions in Tianjin while doing well at school. However, an eye disease caused him to drop out of school in grade 8, and by September 2005 he was blind.

In order to review the history of the university and look back over the hardworking years, the university has organised a special interview with well-known course leaders and chief editors on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Open University of China (OUC).

A series of academic seminars jointly organised by the OUC General Office of Party and the Administration and Education Research Institute, an integral part of the series of activities celebrating the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Open University of China (OUC), has successfully concluded.

On 20 June 2019, the Open University of China (OUC) held a symposium for famous teachers and experts at its Wukesong campus to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the OUC, showcase the achievements of the school since its establishment, and review the forty years of hard work.

In order to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Open University of China (OUC), on 21 June 2019, a number of outstanding alumni were invited to return to the OUC to participate in the celebration activities.

21 June 2019 marks the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Open University of China (OUC). Over the past forty years, the Chinese open university system has started from scratch and gained maturity in its process of explorative development and carrying forward pilot programmes, and the current OUC has gradually taken shape. It has taken a road to development that is rooted in China, in line with China's national conditions, and enriched with Chinese characteristics.

At 10 am on 21 June 2019, the conference to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Open University of China (OUC) was held.