CCID Consulting: Over 2.5 Million Notebook Computers Sold in China in First Half of 2007

BEIJING, Aug. 7 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- As China's first management consulting, market research and IT outsourcing services provider to be listed in Hong Kong, CCID Consulting Co., Ltd. (HKSE: 8235) recently released its Research Report on China’s Desktop PC Market, January-June 2007.

It shows that driven by the home PC market and SMB users, desktop PC sales volume grew 13.6% in the first half of 2007, marking a small rise in growth rate year-on-year. Change of counter terminals to brand PCs in the banking sector also played an active role in pushing up desktop PC sales. In the first half of 2007, Notebook computers were still a hotspot in the market. In particular, stimulated by continuous product price drops and growing price/performance ratios, sales in the home market reached a new high. Notebook computers accounted for 20% of the overall PC market. The recovery of the securities industry and the trial of 3G networks both brought new growth points to the server market.

Table 1. Sales and Growth in China's PC Market in First Half of 2007 -- By Main Products

Sales Revenues Year-on-Year Year-on-Year

Product Sales Volume (100 million Growth of Growth of Sales

(10,000 sets) Yuan) Sales Volume Revenues

Desktop

PC 973.6 403.1 13.6 % 3.6 %

Notebook

computer 253.6 214.8 38.8 % 24.9 %

PC server 26.5 50.4 16.5 % 11.8 %

Total 1253.7 668.3 18.0 % 10.2 %

Source: CCID Consulting, July 2007

CCID Consulting's research shows that with the successful release of duo core and Vista OS, a peak of PC renewal will be brought about. The rise of personal financing will also bring new business opportunities to PC products. Security and applications have become a hotspot in PC sales. After PCs entered a thin profit era, selling products alone can no longer support computer firms' brand development. To grasp the market, vendors must adopt the "application PC" concept and provide PC solution sales. Compared with the concepts of services-type products and software services, the application-oriented hardware concept has risen quietly. For example, uploading digital centers, games, education and multimedia applications onto PCs to bring customers numerous shared resources or solutions. Firms including Lenovo, Founder and Tongfang are also making efforts in applications. Though the summer vacation only starts in July, most firms have already staged marketing activities in June. Security and applications have become a hotspot in PC sales.

About CCID Consulting

CCID Consulting Co., Ltd. (also known as CCID Consulting), the first Chinese consulting firm listed in the Growth Enterprise Market of the Stock Exchange (GEM) of Hong Kong (stock code: HK08235), is a direct affiliate of the China Center for Information Industry Development (hereinafter known as CCID Group). Headquartered in Beijing, CCID Consulting has so far set up branch offices in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Harbin, with over 300 professional consultants and industry experts. The Company's business scope has covered over 200 large- and medium-sized cities in China. Apart from home market development, CCID Consulting is establishing international cooperation links across the United States, the Asia-Pacific region and Europe, by setting up agents in the U.S., Japan, South Korea, Australia, Singapore, Italy and Russia, with the aim of going global.

Based on four major competitive areas of powerful data channels, industrial resources, intense knowledge and deep understanding of information technology, CCID Consulting provides customers with consulting, research and IT outsourcing services covering strategy planning, IT application, marketing strategy, human resources and information technology outsourcing. Our customers range from industrial users in IT, telecommunications, energy, finance, automobile, to government departments at all levels and diversified industrial parks.

CCID Consulting is committed to becoming the No. 1 brand for strategy consulting, the No. 1 consultant for enterprise management and the No. 1 expert in market research. For more information, please visit our website at http://en.ccidconsulting.com/.

For more information, please contact:

Jia Fan

Coordinating Manager

CCID Consulting Co., Ltd

Tel: +86-10-8855-9012

Email: fanjia@ccidconsulting.com