Lenovo launches innovation design center in Hong Kong

Oct. 19, 2009 (China Knowledge) - Lenovo Group Ltd<0992><LNVGY>, the world's fourth-largest PC manufacturer, over the weekend launched an innovation design center in Hong Kong to support its main center in Beijing, sources reported.

Yao Yingjia, director of Lenovo Innovation Design, said the firm is delighted to open a center in Hong Kong, a market mature in terms of both consumers and clients. The city has world-class designers that will support the operations of the center.

The establishment of the new innovation design center in Hong Kong will help Lenovo improve its competitive strength, noted Yao.

The Hong Kong center will help design existing Lenovo products and will develop new ones.

The geographic location of Hong Kong is significant, since it links mainland China and other Asian countries that play an important role in Lenovo's strategic business development plan, which focuses on emerging markets.

Lenovo will continue to channel resources into innovation and design to better fulfill users' needs, as this has become one of the firm's core competencies, said George He, senior vice president and chief technology officer.

Lenovo's innovation design center in Beijing collaborates with the firm's research and development centers in the U.S. and Japan.