After Lenovo acquired IBM, it formed a global R&D network with Raleigh in the United States, Yamato in Japan and Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen in China. Lenovo also has a global 3G design team with nearly 2,000 R&D teams, with an annual investment of 2.5 billion RMB and R&D expenses exceeding 300 million USD.
Every key process of Lenovo's development is related to technological innovation. In the 1980s, Lenovo's famous product was called Lenovo Hanka, which is where Lenovo got its name. It solved the problem of inputting Chinese characters on PC and laid a solid foundation for the first step of Lenovo's development. 1990 Lenovo began to independently develop PCs. Yang admits that Lenovo has not always taken the technical route, and has also developed business such as agency. Yang believes that for an enterprise, it is the last word to survive and develop. Without sufficient profit support, it is unrealistic to invest in research and development.
Now Lenovo has the strength to invest in R&D, but how to make R&D personnel stay and do it happily? He Zhiqiang, senior vice president and chief technology officer of Lenovo Group, said, "We are about to release a new global technical support system. Is to give those who are willing to do research and development, good at doing research and development personnel to develop steps to ensure that they have good treatment. For example, Lenovo has a chief scientist, IBM has an "F" employee, and "F" is the chief scientist and is approved by the CEO. The treatment is the same as VP (vice president), with VP's income, but without VP's trouble. This support system is very important for R&D personnel to have a development step. "
From agency and OEM to independent research and development, Lenovo has gained a lot. He Zhiqiang revealed that through independent research and development, the gross profit margin of Lenovo notebooks has increased by about 5%, and the mobile phone has changed from OEM to independent research and development, and the gross profit margin has increased by 10%, which is a considerable gain for enterprises. After the gross profit increases, part of it can be converted into the net interest rate of the enterprise, and the other part can be used as "capital" to reduce the sales price and strive for the market. He Zhiqiang believes that these are the returns of Lenovo's continuous investment in research and development in the past five years.
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Lenovo has nearly 5,000 patents and patent applications around the world, of which more than 2,000 are invention patents.
2,000 applications were filed in China National Patent Office, of which 1 100 were authorized, and half (more than 1000) were invention patents.