New Oriental Filed its Annual Report on Form 20-F

BEIJING, Nov. 27 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc. (NYSE: EDU) (“New Oriental” or the “Company”), the largest provider of private educational services in China, today announced that it filed its annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2007 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 13, 2007. The annual report can be accessed on the Company’s investor relations website at http://investor.neworiental.org . The Company will provide a hard copy of its annual report on Form 20-F containing the audited financial statements for the three years ended May 31, 2007, free of charge, to its shareholders and ADS holders upon request.

About New Oriental

New Oriental is the largest provider of private educational services in China based on the number of program offerings, total student enrollments and geographic presence. New Oriental offers a wide range of educational programs, services and products consisting primarily of English and other foreign language training, test preparation courses for major admissions and assessment tests in the United States, the PRC and Commonwealth countries, primary and secondary school education, development and distribution of educational content, software and other technology, and online education. New Oriental’s ADSs, each of which represents four common shares, currently trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "EDU." For more information about New Oriental, please visit http://english.neworiental.org .

Safe Harbor Statement

This announcement contains forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates" and similar statements. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about New Oriental’s beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward- looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Information regarding these risks and uncertainties is included in our registration statement on Form F-1 and other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. New Oriental does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law. All information provided in this press release is as of November 27, 2007, and New Oriental undertakes no duty to update such information, except as required under applicable law.

For more information, please contact:

In China:

Ms. Sisi Zhao

New Oriental Education and Technology Group Inc.

Tel: +86-10-6260-5566 x8203

Email: zhaosisi@staff.neworiental.org

Mr. Derek Mitchell

Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide

Tel: +86-10-8520-6284

Email: derek.mitchell@ogilvy.com

In the United States:

Mr. Thomas Smith

Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide

Tel: +1-212-880-5269

Email: thomas.smith@ogilvypr.com