New Oriental to Report First Fiscal Quarter Financial Results on October 20, 2009

BEIJING, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- New Oriental Education and Technology Group Inc. (NYSE: EDU), the largest provider of private educational services in China, today announced that it will report its financial results for the first fiscal quarter ended August 31, 2009, before the U.S. market opens on October 20, 2009. New Oriental's management will host an earnings conference call at 8 AM on October 20, 2009 U.S. Eastern Time (8 PM on October 20, 2009 Beijing/Hong Kong time).

    Dial-in details for the earnings conference call are as follows:

    US:        +1-617-213-8837
    Hong Kong: +852-3002-1672
    UK:        +44-207-365-8426

Please dial-in 10 minutes before the call is scheduled to begin and provide the passcode to join the call. The passcode is "New Oriental earnings call."

A replay of the conference call may be accessed by phone at the following number until October 27, 2009:

International: +1-617-801-6888

Passcode: 80512116

Additionally, a live and archived webcast of the conference call will be available at http://investor.neworiental.org .

About New Oriental

New Oriental is the largest provider of private educational services in the People's Republic of China (the "PRC") 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."

    For investor and media inquiries, please contact:

    In China:

     Ms. Sisi Zhao
     New Oriental Education and Technology Group Inc.
     Tel:   +86-10-6260-5566 x8203
     Email: zhaosisi@staff.neworiental.org
    Or

     Ms. Courtney Shike
     Brunswick Group LLC
     Tel:   +86-10-6566-4857
     Email: cshike@brunswickgroup.com

    In the U.S.:

     Ms. Kate Tellier
     Brunswick Group LLC
     Tel:   +1-212-333-3810
     Email: ktellier@brunswickgroup.com

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