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As the largest provider of private educational services in China, New Oriental offers education for a lifetime, teaching skills that give students a crucial competitive advantage in the workplace and help improve their quality of life. Our wide range of educational programs, services and products includes English and other foreign language training, overseas and domestic test preparation courses, all-subjects after school tutoring, primary and secondary school education, educational content and software as well as online education. New Oriental has become the most recognized brand in Chinese private education. Based on founder Michael Yu's groundbreaking vision, our innovative and inspirational instruction combines humorous, interactive teaching techniques with traditional Chinese educational values. Since our founding in 1993, New Oriental has had over 23.4 million student enrollments, including approximately 2.9 million enrollments in fiscal year 2015. As of November 30, 2015, we had a network of 63 schools, 720* learning centers, 25 New Oriental bookstores and over 5,000 third-party bookstores and over 17,000 teachers in 53 cities, as well as an online network with approximately 11.9 million registered users. 新东方教育科技集团由1993年11月16日成立的北京新东方学校发展壮大而来，作为中国教育培训领域的领头羊，其培训课程、培训人次和学习中心保有量三项均居全国第一。 新东方的业务体系以英语及其他外语培训为核心，涵盖中国、美国和英联邦国家的主要入学考试、能力考试，以及国内中小学教育全科培训课程、服务与产品。新东方在基础教育、职业教育、教育研发、出国咨询、文化产业等方面亦取得骄人业绩。 新东方教育科技集团于2006年9月7日在美国纽约证券交易所成功上市，成为中国大陆首家在美国上市的教育培训机构。 截至2015年5月31日，新东方已经在全国50余座城市设立了60余所学校、31家书店以及800多个学习中心。自成立以来，新东方累计面授学员超过2000万人次。

Founded in 2011, China Online Education Group (www.51talk.com) launched its official website in the November of the same year, and successively received the investment from several reputable institutional investors at home and abroad such as Zhen Fund, Shunwei Capital, DCM and Sequoia Capital. China Online Education Group submitted its prospectus in June 2016, becoming China's first online education company that initiates the process of going public in U.S. With the headquarters in Beijing and the subsidiaries and offices in Shanghai, Wuhan, Shenzhen and Philippines, China Online Education Group currently is not only the leading online education brand that owns the largest number of students and foreign teachers, but also an one-stop online education platform helping users achieve overall improvement of their comprehensive practical ability of English. In September 2015, China Online Education Group employed Li Na, an international tennis star, to be its spokesperson. Besides, China Online Education Group launched its"Online Education Platform Strategy"in 2016, dedicated to offering quality educational resources around the globe to Chinese students. Further, China Online Education Group has developed strategic cooperation with authoritative institutions in the industry of foreign language teaching and research, and now has co-produced a language examination system with Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press. Meanwhile, China Online Education Group has reached a consensus with Cambridge University Press to initiate strategic cooperation multi-dimensionally.