"Mr. Liu, what is the sales volume of Compaq, IBM and Dell computers in Japan?"
According to IDC statistics, total global personal computer shipments in 1998 were 91.8 million units, an increase of 9.5% from last year's 83.84 million units. This is the first time since 1971 that personal computer shipments have grown below double digits. Compaq Computer retained its title with 13.2 million units, followed by Dell Computer with 11.6 million units, IBM Computer ranked third with 9.8 million units, and HP Computer ranked fourth with 9.2 million units...
In 1998, the import and export of domestic computer products was in sharp contrast to the rapid growth in previous years, showing a sharp decline. The total import and export value of computer products was US$9.58 billion, down 25.2% from last year. The total import value was US$2.69 billion, down 39.3% from last year, the total export value was US$6.89 billion, down 21.1% from last year, and the foreign trade surplus was US$4.2 billion, down 2.3% from last year. The proportion of computer products in the country's total foreign trade import and export value also dropped from 4.0% in 1997 to 3.0% in 1998; the decline in the import and export value of computer products was much higher than the overall decline.
The impact of the Asian financial crisis and the general sluggishness of the world economy added unimaginable difficulties to the domestic economic development in 1998, and the catastrophic floods that caused direct economic losses of more than 160 billion yuan made it even worse. However, just like this In an environment of internal and external troubles, domestic sales of 4.356 million desktop computers and 212,000 laptop computers in 1998 reached a total of 4.568 million computers, an increase of 34% over 1997, and 2.52 million domestic computers were produced. Accounting for more than 60%, it cannot but be said to be a miracle.
Although Sun Jian did not know the sales volume of domestic computers in 1998 in his previous life, he knew that Lenovo computers had ranked first in domestic computer sales for many consecutive years. The surge in domestic computer sales in 1998 was inseparable from the emergence of Guozhi computers.
Guozhi computers sold 1.321 million units domestically and exported 75,000 units to Hong Kong and Southeast Asian countries. It ranked first in domestic computer sales, but compared with Compaq Computer, IBM Computer, Dell Computer and HP Computer Compared with other global computer giants, there is still a big gap, but Sun Jian is not worried at all. In about 5 years, maybe not 5 years, with the explosion of domestic computer demand, the global sales of Guozhi computers will surpass Compaq. Computers and IBM computers compete with Dell computers and hopE computers for the top three in the world.
In the previous life, Dell, which used direct sales, surpassed Compaq, IBM was acquired by Lenovo, Compaq was acquired by hopE, and Lenovo computers became the number one in the world.
On March 18, 1997, Guozhi Computer Company purchased 1,000 acres of industrial land in the Pudong New Area Computer Park. In the past two years, more than 2 billion yuan has been invested. The first and second phases of the project have been completed, and 12 computer lines have been built. The production line has an annual output of 2 million units and an investment of 3 billion yuan. The third phase of the project (15 computer production lines) is being completed. The fourth phase of the project has started. It is planned to build 15 computer production lines. In three years, the annual mass production will be 8 million units. Once the production base is completed, it will become the largest single computer production base in the world.
In June 1998, Guozhi Computer (Shancheng) Company invested 300 million yuan to build three computer production lines in Shancheng High-tech Park, with an annual output of 600,000 units. The equipment is now being installed and debugged. Production will officially begin after the Spring Festival and will be supplied to southwest China. region and western region.
In November 1998, Guozhi Computer Company invested 1 billion yuan to purchase 500 acres of land in Zhongguancun Park and established Guozhi Computer (Beijing) Company. It planned to build a desktop computer and notebook computer production base in three phases (installing 30 Computer production line), after completion, the annual output will reach 6 million units.
Guozhi Computer Company plans to invest 6 billion yuan to establish three more computer production bases in Jiangcheng Donghu High-tech Park, Pengcheng High-tech Park and Chang'an High-tech Park, and install 60 computer production lines. After completion, the annual output will reach 12 million units.
Five years later, six Guozhi Computer production bases will be built, and the annual output of Guozhi computers will reach about 25 million units. Guozhi Computer Company will use acquisitions and mergers to expand production capacity and continue to expand.
No one would have thought that Lenovo computers would have sold more than 70 million units a year in its previous life!
Experts predict that in 1999, domestic computer sales will grow by 70%, with 7 million computers sold.
Today, in the computer automation production workshops of Shuguang Automation (Donghu) Corporation and Shuguang Automation (Zhuangkou) Corporation, workers are producing Sugon brand desktop computers and notebook computer production lines at full capacity.
Due to the rapid growth of more than 50% in domestic computer sales in 1995, 1996 and 1997, there are now 176 computer production companies in the country, producing 224 brands of computers.
At the end of April last year, tcL Group and Taiwan's GVc Co., Ltd. jointly announced the establishment of a joint venture, tcL GVc Computer Co., Ltd., to engage in the development, production and sales of complete computers and peripheral equipment. The main products are tcL brand computers. , the production scale is about 1 million complete machines per year.
On June 12 last year, Changhong Company came out with an explosive news that shocked people in the industry, and it entered the information industry in an all-round way. Within 1998, it achieved phased results in the research and development and production of digital audio-visual products, computers, and communication industry and network products. , launched into the market on a large scale in 1999 and 2000.
On June 20 last year, "Beihai Haier" jointly established by Haier Group, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and American c-moLd Company also entered the ranks of software development companies; in early August, Haier Group showed people its entry into IT. Another ingenious form of industry-Haier 3C chain store.
On June 5 last year, Shida Group, which had just celebrated its 10th anniversary, injected 12 million yuan into Mingtai Company to reorganize and establish Shida Mingtai Company; on August 7, Shida Group once again attracted the attention of the world. Oriental Longma jointly invested 60 million yuan and established Oriental Longma Software Development Co., Ltd. to produce Shida computers.
On August 12 last year, Lenovo Group injected US$9 million into Kingsoft Corporation, holding 30% of the shares of Kingsoft Corporation and becoming the largest shareholder. Yang Yuanqing, Vice President of Lenovo Group, also serves as Chairman of Kingsoft Corporation.
On September 10 last year, while increasing investment in Tongchuang Computer, Tongchuang Group was also preparing to vigorously develop the software industry.
On November 18 last year, Lenovo launched three modEms featuring "easy use" under the slogan "EASYSoEASY", officially entering the network market.
In 1998, home appliance giants aggressively entered the information industry, and the road to diversification became wider and wider. Overseas computer companies rushed to seize the domestic market. Home computers were ebbing and flowing, and the market for laptops worth 10,000 yuan was billowing with smoke...
"Mr. Sun, Compaq computers are 1.85 million units, IBM computers are 1.45 million units, and Dell computers are 950,000 units. Dell computers are growing the fastest."
Liu Hongyu couldn't hide his inner joy. In less than two years, Guozhi Computer had defeated Lenovo Computer. In Mr. Sun's eyes, Lenovo Computer was no longer the biggest competitor and was targeting the top three computer brands in the world.
