New Oriental Leads Field

New Oriental(EDU) is the leading provider of language instruction in China.The firm provides instruction in English,Japanese,Korean,German,French and Italian to over 4.5 million students.Classes are held in 41 schools and 207 learning centers,and materials are distributed in 22 bookstores and over 5,000 third party bookstores.Instruction begins at age five,according to Louis Hsieh,the Taiwan-born Chief Financial Officer,who was raised in California.