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Our Vision
To provide our students with all their professional education and lifetime learning needs by using our cutting edge technology and student-focused platform

Our Mission
To empower our students to pursue better futures by helping them choose the right career paths and by being their lifelong learning partner regardless of their chosen career paths
Company Overview
China Distance Education Holdings Limited (¡°CDEL¡±) is a leading provider of online education in China focusing on professional education. With 1,134,000 course enrollments in fiscal year 2009, we are steadily expanding our leadership position in China¡¯s large and rapidly growing education industry.
CDEL at a Glance
  • Founded in 2000 with focus on online professional education
  • Today, we are the leading provider of online education in China focusing on professional education
  • Extensive content library targeting a diverse customer base
    16 education websites covering 13 subjects
    174 courses offerings
    2,111 classes
    Over 10,000 hours of audio-video course content
  • Number one service provider in terms of market share in core subject areas,including accounting,healthcare,higher education for self-taught learners, law and construction engineering.
  • Strong brands with nationwide recognition
  • 1,134,000 course enrollments in FY 2009
  • $30.1 million net revenues in FY 2009
  • 900+ employees as of September 30, 2009
  • Headquarters: Beijing, PRC
  • Listed on NYSE: DL

Our Courses

Our courses 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, information technology and other industries. We also offer 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, we offer online foreign language courses.

Our courses feature over 10,000 hours of audio-video lectures delivered through the Internet using streaming media and other Internet-based technologies, and are supplemented by our proprietary textbooks, tutoring, online assignments and exercises, mock examinations and other types of course-related support. The flexibility and convenience of our online courses allows our participants to access classes where and when they choose, and to easily interact with a broad online community of students, professionals, lecturers and tutors.
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