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China Distance Edu. inks agreement with US Becker

BEIJING, Jan. 12, 2010 (Xinhua News Agency) -- China Distance Education Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:DL) (DL.NYSE) said recently that it has signed an exclusive partnership with its US peer, Becker Professional Education, a subsidiary of DeVry Inc. (NYSE:DV)(DV.NYSE), a world professional education leader and a component firm of Standard & Poor's 500 Index.

The Beijing-based company said that it would provide exclusive American certificated public accountant (CPA) course and materials in Chinese Mainland in the future.

"We are glad to strike an exclusive partnership with Becker", hoping that its Chinese-student-tailored high-quality US CPA courses would further sharpen the competitive edge of Chinese accountant, noted Zhu Zhengdong, the company President and CEO.

Becker, which helps 500,000-plus American professionals pass CPA, chartered financial analyst (CFA), and project management professional (PMP), is an industrial leader worldwide.

Founded in 2000, China Distance Edu. boasts the largest clients number ranging accounting, law, architecture, and self-learning in China. (Edited by Duan Jing, duanjing@xinhua.org)

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