BEIJING, Oct. 19, 2009 (PRNewswire-Asia) -- New Oriental Education and Technology Group Inc. (NYSE: EDU), the largest provider of private educational services in China, today announced that it filed its annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2009 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 19, 2009. The annual report can be accessed on New Oriental's investor relations website at http://investor.neworiental.org . New Oriental will provide a hard copy of the annual report containing its audited consolidated financial statements, free of charge, to its shareholders and ADS holders upon request.

About New Oriental

New Oriental is the largest provider of private educational services in China based on the number of program offerings, total student enrollments and geographic presence. New Oriental offers a wide range of educational programs, services and products consisting primarily of English and other foreign language training, test preparation courses for major admissions and assessment tests in the United States, the PRC and Commonwealth countries, primary and secondary school education, development and distribution of educational content, software and other technology, and online education. New Oriental's ADSs, each of which represents four common shares, currently trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "EDU."

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Ms. Maria Xin
New Oriental Education and Technology Group Inc.
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Email: xinyi@staff.neworiental.org

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In the U.S.:

Ms. Kate Tellier
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Email: ktellier@brunswickgroup.com

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