Lenovo absorbs new acquisitions

Lenovo Group will focus on absorbing the two major businesses it acquired last year into its operations in the coming months, according to Yang Yuanqing, the company's chairman and CEO.

Lenovo acquired IBM Corp's low-end server business in September, and it bought Motorola's mobile business in October.

Yang, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee, was asked by China Daily as he attended the annual session whether the company planned to make further investments this year.

"We've already spent a lot of money," he said. "We will make further considerations if we have the money."

The quarterly revenues of Lenovo, the world's largest personal computer maker and third-largest smartphone producer, reached $14.1 billion last year, up 31 percent year on year, the company disclosed last month.

Motorola for the first time sold more than 10 million units in the final quarter of last year and is re-entering the Chinese market following a two-year absence.

Yang told the media in February that the two newly acquired businesses are "achieving great momentum" in their first quarter of integration, according to Xinhua News Agency.

In addition to its plan to absorb the new investments, Lenovo will strive for greater growth in two areas, smartphones and servers, Yang told reporters on Tuesday.

Lenovo has launched new mobile phones at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Yang was asked whether the company planned to sell these models in China and replied, "We'll not just be entering the country, we want to occupy markets across the world." He said he hopes the Chinese economy "will continue to maintain its high pace of development".

"I believe such high-speed development can be realized," he added. "Domestic consumption is a very critical driving force. That is what a major part my proposals (to the CPPCC) will focus on."