BEIJING, Jan. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ --
ChinaEdu Corporation (Nasdaq: CEDU) ("ChinaEdu" or "the Company"),
a leading educational services provider in China, today announced that the Company
received the 2010 Leading Chinese Education Institution award at
the 2010 Sina China Education Ceremony, held on January 12th in Beijing. At the same event, ChinaEdu's
chairman and chief executive officer, Julia
Huang, was named Chinese Education Industry Leader of 2010
and ChinaEdu's 101 Online School was named as a Top Ten Online
Education Institution.
The Sina China Education Ceremony is one of the most prestigious
annual events in China's education
industry. As a leading web portal in China, Sina hosted the event in cooperation
with over 40 mainstream media outlets across 30 provinces. Well
respected education professionals, hundreds of Chinese education
institutions, government officials and millions of internet users
participated in the event. The award winners were selected by
internet users, industry experts and the media.
Julia Huang, chairman and chief
executive officer of ChinaEdu commented, "As always, we were
pleased to attend the Sina Education Ceremony in Beijing. In addition to the Company winning
the Leading Chinese Education Institution Award for 2010, having
our 101 Online School named as a top ten education institution in
China is evidence of our success
in expanding our business beyond our core online degree services to
other segments of the education industry. The annual Sina event not
only gives us the opportunity to be judged by industry experts and
media, but more importantly the opportunity to be judged by
internet users. Their approval and endorsement was a highlight of
the event."
About ChinaEdu
ChinaEdu Corporation is an educational services provider in
China, incorporated as an exempted
limited liability company in the Cayman
Islands. Established in 1999, the Company's primary business
is to provide comprehensive services to the online degree programs
of leading Chinese universities. These services include academic
program development, technology services, enrollment marketing,
student support services and finance operations. The Company's
other lines of businesses include the operation of private primary
and secondary schools, online interactive tutoring services and
providing marketing, support for international curriculum programs
and online learning community for adult students.
The Company believes it is the largest service provider to
online degree programs in China in
terms of the number of higher education institutions that are
served and the number of student enrollments supported. The
Company currently has 17 long-term contracts that generally vary
from 10 to 50 years in length. ChinaEdu also performs
recruiting services for 18 universities through our nationwide
learning center network.
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Investor Relations
Manager
Helen Zou
ChinaEdu Corporation
Phone: +86 10
8418 7328
E-mail: ir@chinaedu.net
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SOURCE ChinaEdu Corporation