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Lenovo aims to sell 5m computers in rural markets in 3 years

By Yu Hongyan (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2009-03-05 13:59

Lenovo, China's largest personal computer maker, aims to sell 5 million computers in the rural markets within three years, the National Business Daily quoted Xia Li, Lenovo's vice-president as saying.

The company plans to establish 700 sales and service outlets at township level, and to cover the 320,000 villages across the country through 7,800 sales networks in the following three years.

The PC maker is to introduce 15 new models specifically designed to cater to the rural market. The retail prices of these models are set as low as 3,000 yuan ($438) apiece.