(EMAILWIRE.COM, March 21, 2008 ) Hong Kong – Michael Dell today kicked off Dell’s 10th-anniversary celebration in China by announcing an extension of the company’s educational and environmental initiatives in the country.

Mr. Dell said that the company will invest RMB 1.7 million to equip six more Dell Learning Centers (DLC). The centers are helping rural migrant children to bridge the technological gap to the Internet-based Connected Era.

By end of the year, Dell will have started 10 DLCs in China. The first three new centers are scheduled to open in April and May in Tianjin, Hangzhou and Chengdu. Each center will feature Dell’s leading computer systems paired with education software, which Dell volunteers and others will use to help train children on how to use information technology.

Additionally, Mr. Dell, chairman of the board and chief executive officer, said his company will donate RMB 1 million to support the “greening” of the Chao Yang district of Beijing as part of the Company’s global Regeneration initiative (www.regeneration.org). The entire amount will go toward planting trees and maintaining green areas in the district.

The learning-centers and green initiatives in China are just the latest examples of myriad programs in countries worldwide that have earned Dell repeated recognition for its social responsibility.

“China is one of the most dynamic and fastest-growing economies in the world, and we’ve made significant business and social investments here in the last 10 years,” said Mr. Dell.

He told reporters in Beijing today that the company now has more than 6,000 employees in China who are involved in developing, designing, manufacturing and selling computer systems and providing related services.

“We’ve become the third-largest computer-systems company in China, and are growing rapidly. Dell will continue to play a key role in China in the Connected Era.”

Dell began operations in China in 1998. Since then, the company’s business has expanded to include:
- Two manufacturing operations in Xiamen -- one for mainland China, and one for export to Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong;
- An enterprise command center, also in Xiamen, to provide rapid support services to customers with large computer networks;
- A product design center in Shanghai, one of Dell’s largest such centers outside the United States, and;
- A sales and support center in Dalian for customers in Japan and South Korea.

Dell’s economic presence in China is significant. Last year the company purchased about US$18 billion in technology components and related products from supplier partners in China, more than any other computer-systems company. Dell expects that number to grow to US$23 billion this year.

Based on projections from a 2005 Peking University study, the company estimates that its spending in the country during 2008 will contribute more than US$50 billion to China’s gross domestic product and support more than two million jobs.

Dell’s contributions to China are not only economic. In 2007, Dell employees volunteered more than 7,000 hours and the company donated RMB 5 million to charities in the country and to promote the informatization of the country.

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