Lenovo Vice President Chen Xudong: HP spin-off PC business will benefit Lenovo

Lenovo Vice president, China Regional general manager Chen Xudong Sina Science and technology news, August 24 morning, Lenovo Group this morning held the emerging market strategy communication, Lenovo Vice president, China's general manager Chen Xudong said at the meeting, HP's consideration of the spin-off of the PC business to Lenovo's impact is positive, this is the major PC manufacturers to seize market share opportunities. Hewlett-Packard August 19 announced that the company plans to abandon the hardware business, instead of focusing on software, and who has become a hot topic in the recent industry debate.　　According to IDC, the second quarter of the data showed that HP in the global PC market share reached 18%, ranked first in the world. Chen Xudong said at today's media conversation that HP's spin-off of the PC business was a strategic choice, similar to IBM's sale of PCs.　　In his view, the impact of HP's strategy on Lenovo will be positive, "not only for Lenovo, for other manufacturers, is also a good opportunity to seize market share." He declined to comment on whether Lenovo would buy HP's PC business, but admitted that "HP's PC business is not particularly complementary to Lenovo".　　Even if Lenovo no longer buys, it is only a matter of time before it becomes the world's biggest PC maker, he said. HP and Dell still occupy the top two of global PC shipments, with a market share of 18.1% and 12.9%, according to IDC's second-quarter global PC sales figures, with Lenovo surpassing Acer as the third, occupying 12.2% per cent of the market, and Acer taking the fourth place, with Asus ranked fifth. (Loliang)