q: mrs. fiorina. i admire you as a great woman. how did you make the journey from history student to becoming ceo of an it company? and i have another question. when chinese people think about hp they think about imaging and printing. do you think there is any need for hp to discuss on its image in the consumer market?
a: let me start with your second question. because its easier maybe. first, i certainly agree with you,. hp here in china has been, up until this point and time, has really been, mostly a company focused in the business sector. we have been very successful with our computing business here in china. but mostly in state-owned enterprises and large companies. we are increasingly successful in the small and medium business sector. where today we have perhaps about 6,000 chinese partners who help us reach small and medium businesses, and we have about 500 solutions centers around china for small and medium businesses.
by as a matter of fact, one of my purposes for coming to china this time, and i have been visiting here for 15 years, one of the reasons i came on this trip, is that we recently approved, inside hp, a 3 year plan for hp in china. three years not because everything is finished in 3 years, but because we want to achieve a lot in 3 years. as part of that plan, we have decided that we will enter, in a big way, the consumer market in china. we entered the market about 8 months ago, both with pc's and with printers. we have been very successful in the first 8 months and now we will continue to accelerate our growth. in fact 2 days ago i gave a press conference in shanghai where i talked about our digital entertainment strategy. bringing digital content and process to consumer's homes. and we will build our foundation in pc's and printers and go to the next step i