China's top U.S. PC market in the second quarter

Sina Science and technology news Beijing time August 23, the market research company IDC data show that the second quarter of this year, China's first replacement of the United States, the world's largest PC market. In an interview today, Blaine Mar, an IDC analyst, revealed that PC shipments in the Chinese market rose 14% to 18.5 million in the second quarter, while PC shipments in the US fell 4.8% per cent to 17.7 million.　　China has become the world's largest PC market.　　According to the annual shipments, China is likely to overtake the US as the world's first in 2012, he said. As one of the world's largest consumer markets, China's importance is increasingly prominent. China overtook the US in 2009 to become the world's largest car market.　　In science and technology, Hewlett-Packard, the world's largest PC maker, last week announced a spin-off of its PC business, shifting its focus to software, while Lenovo, the Chinese technology giant, grew nearly one-and-a-fold in the last quarter. "Just like the car market, this is something that will happen sooner or later," said Toshihiro Nagahama, chief economist at the Japan's First Life Economics Institute (Cato), Dai-ichi. Now is the time. He added: "China's population is huge and Chinese income levels are rising." IDC data show that in the second quarter of this year, PC shipments in the Chinese market amounted to $11.9 billion trillion, more than US $11.7 billion trillion.　　In terms of shipments, China accounts for 22% of the global market, 1% higher than the US. Blaine Mar said the 2011 Chinese market will have PC shipments of 72.4 million units, about 1 million fewer than the U.S.　　2012, the Chinese market, PC shipments are expected to increase by 18%, surpassing the U.S. market 76.6 million units, become the world's first. Lenovo benefited years ago when an HP engineer, who wanted to sell his PC design to his employer, was rejected. So he turned to Apple and launched the hit Apple I in the middle of the 1970.　　He is Apple co-founder Wozniak (Steve Wozniak). Although Apple I was the pioneer of personal computers, IBM launched its first PC in 1981, a computing device that became a household word.　　Lenovo acquired IBM's PC business in 2005. Hewlett-Packard entered the PC industry in the early 1990 and became the world's largest PC maker after Compaq in 2002.　　The industry was shocked last week when HP abruptly renounced its PC business.　　Henry Kim, Goldman Sachs analyst, said in an investment report today that Lenovo would benefit from China, the world's largest PC market, as it faded out of the PC market. "Lenovo will be able to capture more overseas markets without undermining profitability," said Kim. HP DepartmentIn the transition period, Lenovo can make a difference. "(Yan Fei)