China's PC shipments exceed us as the world's largest PC market

Sina Science and technology news Beijing time of August 24, the Market research institute IDC analyst Aivenas Sandaram (Avinash K. Sundaram), said in Tuesday, in the second quarter, China's PC shipments overtook the United States for the first time, becoming the world's largest PC market,　　Is increasingly showing the importance of the Chinese market for PC makers. China's second-quarter PC shipments amounted to 18.5 million PCs, more than 17.7 million in the United States, IDC said.　　IDC also estimates that US PC shipments will be slightly larger in 2011 than in China, with U.S. PC sales typically surging during the holiday season.　　In addition, IDG estimated that China 2012 PC shipments will reach 85.1 million units, the United States 2012 PC shipments will reach 76.6 million units. The global PC industry is undergoing rapid change. Demand for PCs has soared in emerging market consumers and weak PC sales in developed countries. At the same time, the rise of smartphones and tablets has raised concerns about the need for these products to engulf traditional desktops and laptops.　　In the face of these challenges, Hewlett-Packard, the world's largest PC maker, said last week that it would consider selling or stripping its PC business. "The weight of the PC industry has shifted from the developed world," said David Wolf, chief executive of Wolf Group Asia, a technology and media consultancy, Dave.　　"China's growth in PC demand has benefited from increased consumer and corporate demand and increased government spending." IDC said that Dell accounted for China's second-quarter PC shipments of 10.4%, ranked second, the number one is Lenovo, accounting for PC shipments of 31.7%.　　Dell said last year it plans to open a second operating centre in China and is expected to invest more than $100 billion in research and development and procurement over the next 10 years. The IDC data also showed that HP accounted for 8.5% of China's PC shipments in the second quarter, and its share of PC shipments in the third quarter of 2009 was 16.6% per cent. (New Tie)