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Chinese tech giant Lenovo targets US$16 billion in sales of new AI-powered computers, smartphones via e-commerce partner JD.com
- The two firms’ sales goal over the 2024-2026 period covers a range of next-generation AI devices, including enterprise servers
- Lenovo’s sharpened focus on AI reflects efforts in the global PC industry to integrate the technology into various products and services
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Coco Fengin Beijing
Lenovo Group, the world’s largest personal computer (PC) maker, and Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com have renewed their partnership with a mission to drive sales of new artificial intelligence (AI) devices to consumers across the nation.
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The two Hong Kong-listed partners are targeting 120 billion yuan (US$16.6 billion) in sales over the 2024-2026 period via JD.com’s online and offline channels, covering Lenovo’s next-generation AI PCs, AI-powered smartphones, tablets and other “AI-oriented infrastructure such as servers”, according to a statement published on Sunday by both companies on their respective WeChat accounts.
That total would double the three-year, 60-billion-yuan goal the two firms had set in 2016, which was “successfully completed”, according to their statement. They said JD.com “has long been the largest retailer of Lenovo’s consumer electronic products”.
Their new deal also involves AI marketing, smart logistics delivery and trade-in services via JD.com.
“Lenovo has entered into a new decade of embracing AI,” said company executive vice-president Liu Jun, who also serves as president of China operations. He also assured the partnership’s commitment to promote “AI for the benefit of tens of thousands of families and industries”.
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