A new laptop, which Lenovo plans to introduce this month, has already attracted a lot of attention from overseas media and experts, Yang said. In the past, that would have been impossible for a Chinese brand.

"Going forward, we will focus on emerging markets such as India, Brazil, the Middle East and Eastern Europe," Yang said.

"We have a good record of being able to run much faster than our competitors in these markets."

One of the facts Yang likes to cite is the company's performance in India. Since its foray into the South Asia country in 2005, Lenovo has risen to become the market's second-largest PC brand by market share.

But the company is also facing competition from home, as China has evolved into a manufacturing powerhouse for electronics.

Last year, the company lost out to Acer on a bid for Europe's third-largest PC-maker Packard Bell. The Taiwan firm overtook Lenovo as the world's third-largest PC-maker in the fourth quarter of last year.

Despite the setbacks, Yang thinks such competition is a good thing.

(China Daily March 13, 2008)