On the afternoon of February 17th, the first World Open University Presidents Forum, initiated and hosted by the Open University of China, was held at the Beijing International Conference Centre. The forum was themed "Creating a New World Together: The Initiative of Open Education Digitalisation Addressing the Coming Challenges " and invited presidents of open universities worldwide to come together, look towards the future, discuss strategies for the development of open universities, seek to promote the digital transformation of open universities, build a community for the development of world open education, and thereby facilitate the reshaping and transformation of open education.
In honour of our traditional Chinese virtue of respecting the elderly, the Senior University of China (SUC) and the Chinese Association for Non-government Education have jointly organised a series of both online and in-person activities.
On 29 August 2023, the 2023 China-ASEAN Education Cooperation Week (CAECW) was inaugurated in Guizhou. During the meeting, the establishment of the ASEAN-China Digital Education Alliance was announced.
From 3rd to 6th December 2023, Tianjin University hosted the final round of the China International College Students' Innovation Competition (CICSIC) 2023.
On 29 December 2022, the 21st China Conference on Distance Education 2022 was held online and offline with the theme of “Lifelong Learning and Digital Transformation of Education”.
On 19 November 2022, the second “High-level Forum on Research in Contemporary Chinese Marxism 2022” was held in Beijing, sponsored by the Open University of China (OUC) and organised by the OUC School of Marxism.
From 10 to 13 November 2022, the finals of the 8th China International “Internet +” College Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition was held online.
Recently, the project “Fostering Digital Competency, Building Re-Employment Capacity, and Enhancing Well-being for Older Adults in the Digital Economy” for international exchanges and cooperation as approved by the 2022 Budget and Management Committee of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).