BEIJING, China, July 24, 2013 — China Distance Education Holdings Limited (NYSE: DL) (“CDEL”, or the “Company”), a leading provider of online education in China focusing on professional education, today announced that it plans to release unaudited financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2013 ended June 30, 2013, after market close on Tuesday, August 20, 2013. The earnings release will be available on the investor relations page of its website at http://ir.cdeledu.com.

Management will hold a conference call at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time the following morning on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 (8:30 p.m. Beijing Time on August 21, 2013) to discuss financial results and answer questions from investors. Listeners may access the call by dialing:

US Toll Free: 1-855-298-3404
International: 1-631-5142-526
China: 400-120-0539
Hong Kong: 800-905-927
United Kingdom: 44-(0)20-3078-7622
Passcode: CDEL or DL

A telephone replay will be available shortly after the call until August 28, 2013 by dialing:

US Toll Free: 1-866-846-0868
International: 61-2-9641-7900
China: 400-184-2240
Hong Kong: 800-966-697
United Kingdom: 0800-169-7301
Replay Passcode: 6830509

Additionally, a live and archived webcast of the conference call will be available at http://ir.cdeledu.com.

About China Distance Education Holdings Limited

China Distance Education Holdings Limited is a leading provider of online education in China focusing on professional education. The courses offered by the Company through its websites are designed to help professionals and other course participants obtain and maintain the skills, licenses and certifications necessary to pursue careers in China in the areas of accounting, law, healthcare, construction engineering, and other industries. The Company also offers online test preparation courses to self-taught learners pursuing higher education diplomas or degrees and to secondary school and college students preparing for various academic and entrance exams. In addition, the Company offers online foreign language courses and offline business start-up training courses. For further information please visit http://ir.cdeledu.com.

Contacts:

China Distance Education Holdings Limited Lingling Kong, IR Manager Tel: +86-10-8231-9999 ext.. 1805 Email: IR@cdeledu.com

Investor Relations (HK): Mahmoud Siddig, Managing Director Taylor Rafferty Tel: +852-3196-3712 Email: cdel@taylor-rafferty.com