The Change Mariner

Explosive PC Growth in China

Xinhuane (China):

After a year of explosive growth in China, the world's number two personal computer maker Dell Inc. said Friday it hoped to triple its overall growth rate this year.

The company may even be able to push its overall market share --- which research firm Gartner pegged at 6.8 percent last year -- into the double-digit range, Bill Amelio, president of Dell's Asia Pacific region, said.

"That's our stretch goal," he said.

Dell's sales in China soared to about 60 percent last year, making the country Dell's fourth-largest market behind the United States, Britain and Japan.

At the company's current growth rate, China would take the number three spot from Japan in about three years.

PC sales in China rose 10.4 percent last year to 13.3 million units, accounting for nearly half of all computers sold in the Asia Pacific region, Gartner has said.