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History and Milestones
Jan 12, 2012 CDEL's Chairman and CEO named among the "Leaders in Education Industry".
Jan 12, 2012 CDEL wins thirty-eight awards at Industry Ceremonies.
Dec 13, 2011 CDEL & Eleutian Technology, Inc. sign online English language training agreement.
May 11, 2011 CDEL & Tstudy reach exclusive distribution agreement.
Jan 24, 2011 CDEL's Chairman and CEO named among the "Leaders in the Education Industry".
Jan 24, 2011 CDEL wins fifty-seven awards at Industry Ceremonies.
Oct 12, 2010 CDEL & Educomp Solutions Ltd reach exclusive licensing and distribution agreement.
June 25, 2010 CDEL to expand business start-up training course offering
Jan 27, 2010 CDEL to offer self-taught higher education study process monitoring program in Yunnan.
Dec 29, 2009 CDEL wins sixteen awards at industry ceremonies; Chairman and CEO named among the "Top Ten CEOs of the Year 2009".
Dec 17. 2009 CDEL to offer self-taught higher education study process monitoring program in Jiangsu.
Dec 7, 2009 CDEL and Becker Professional Education reach exclusive agreement to distribute Becker materials in China.
Feb 4, 2009
CDEL is transferred to list and trade on NYSE under the same ticker symbol “DL” it has been used for the listing on NYSE Arca, Inc.
Jan 22, 2009
CDEL obtains permission in Beijing to offer study process monitoring program for self-taught higher education learners.
Jan 15, 2009
CDEL is recognized as “China Up and Comers 2009” by Forbes. CDEL is the only distance education company on the 200-company list.
Dec 30, 2008
Chairman and CEO of CDEL is named the "Innovative Person of the Year" and the "Education Industry Brand Person of the Year" at the 2008 "Brand Person of the Year" awards.
July 30, 2008
CDEL lists its American Depositary Shares on NYSE Arca under the ticker symbol "DL".
May 22, 2008
CDEL sets up "CDEL Charity Fund" to alleviate poverty and support education in the "5.12" earthquake-hit area.
May 12, 2008
CDEL(正保远程教育) and its staff donate 1,500,000 RMB (1,000,000 RMB and 500,000 RMB, respectively) for restoration after the devastating "5.12" earthquake in Wenchuan, China.
Sep, 2007
Beijing Champion and Beijing 100 Online Education Information Consulting Co., Ltd., or 100 Online enter into a joint venture agreement, named Caikaowang Company Limited, or Caikaowang, to operate www.ck100.com. On May 22, 2008 Caikaowang becomes a 100% owned subsidiary of Beijing Champion.
Apr, 2007
CDEL Hong Kong establishes another wholly owned subsidiary Beijing Champion Education Technology Co., Ltd.
Mar 23, 2007
Beijing Champion accepts investments from Morningside Group and Orchid Asia.
Sep 13, 2006
One Card Pass is released, providing the options for students to pay for any programs based on CDEL's nine websites, including programs for the fields covering accounting, law, medical, construction, self-taught, postgraduate entrance exam, foreign language and secondary and high school.
May 26, 2006
www.itatedu.com is established through cooperation with the Educational Management Information Center.
Mar 22, 2006
www.ehappystudy.com is launched to provide programs for secondary and high school students.
Dec 1, 2005
www.chengkao365.com is separated. It begins to operate dependently from zikao365.com.
Sep 1, 2005
www.for68.com is launched.
Jan 18, 2005
www.zikao365.com is acquired and integrated into our operation.
Jun 9, 2005
www.jianshe99.com is launched; and simultaneously the first charged program is released in the market.
Jan 28, 2005
www.med66.com is launched.
Oct 4, 2004 The Company moves to the 18th, Xueyuan International Tower.
Sep, 2004 www.cnedu.cn is launched.
Apr, 2004
Beijing Champion is granted a publication license and Chinaacc's "wish-fulfilment" series of books is released in the market.
Jan, 2004
CDEL Hong Kong established a wholly owned PRC subsidiary Beijing Champion Distance Education Technology Co., Ltd.(北京东大正保科技有限公司)
Jun 6, 2003
www.Chinalawedu.com and its first charged program, "Preparatory Lesson for National Judge Examination," are launched in the market simultaneously.
Mar, 2003
China Distance Education Limited(中华远程教育有限公司), was incorporated in Hong Kong.
Feb 26, 2001
The first charged program, entitled "Preparatory Lesson for Accounting Intermediate Level," is launched in the market through chinaacc.com.
July, 2000 Beijing Champion Hi-Tech Co., Ltd. commenced operations.