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2026
New Oriental reported to have launched a third round of layoffs in 2026
Multiple social media users claiming to be New Oriental employees reported that the company has started a new round of personnel cuts, which a former employee said is its third round of staffing adjustments in 2026, with optimization quotas across regional centers nationwide. The current round mainly targets functional positions, with a layoff ratio of about 20% in one city, and in the Guangdong region some executives were also demoted. Many employees attributed the cuts to the company's push into AI.
2022
New Oriental stops K9 training services
New Oriental founder Yu Minhong said the company had stopped its in-person and online K9 training services.
2021
New Oriental announces the Oriental Selection live-commerce platform
New Oriental announced that it would launch Oriental Selection, a live-commerce platform. The announcement said Yu Minhong would hold the platform’s first agricultural-products livestream that evening.
2021
New Oriental announces end of offline subject-course enrollment for primary and middle schools
At an executive meeting, New Oriental's founder and chairman announced that after the autumn courses end, the company would stop offline enrollment for primary- and middle-school subject courses, with teaching sites to close gradually across cities.
2021
New Oriental appoints Yang Zhihui as executive president
New Oriental announced the appointment of Yang Zhihui as executive president; he would continue to serve as CFO.
2020
New Oriental announces planned Hong Kong listing
New Oriental announced that it plans to list on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and plans to issue 8.51 million ordinary shares, with an offer price of up to HK$1,399.
2020
New Oriental launches NOBEL 3.0 learning platform
New Oriental formally released its independently developed blended teaching product and learning platform, NOBEL 3.0, at an online launch event.
2020
New Oriental launches integrated study-abroad exam product
New Oriental launched an integrated online-and-offline learning product for study-abroad exams, covering 110 courses including TOEFL, IELTS, GRE and SAT.
2020
New Oriental reports fiscal third-quarter results
New Oriental reported fiscal third-quarter net revenue of more than $923 million, up 15.9% year over year, and net profit attributable to the company of about $138 million, up 41.4%.
2020
Kuaishou launches a free learning section
Kuaishou launched a “Study Without Stopping Classes” section in its app with more than 40 education companies, offering free educational content for students affected by delayed school openings.