--- title: Dell Plans $125 Billion Investment In China description: PC maker Dell is setting its sights on China in a big way. canonical: https://time.com/4029181/dell-china-expansion/ author: Victor Luckerson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-10T14:21:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:06:35.194Z article:section: Business og:title: Dell Is Planning a Big Expansion in China og:description: Tech company is pouring billions into fast-growing market. og:url: https://time.com/4029181/dell-china-expansion/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ddc1e035db92122/698862ff196cf4b1a1037f56/129662346.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Dell Opens New R&D Center In Silicon Valley And Holds Career Fair og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Dell Is Planning a Big Expansion in China twitter:description: Tech company is pouring billions into fast-growing market. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ddc1e035db92122/698862ff196cf4b1a1037f56/129662346.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Dell Is Planning a Big Expansion in China by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Sep 10, 2015 2:21 PM CUT  SANTA CLARA, CA - OCTOBER 19: The Dell logo is displayed on the exterior of the new Dell research and development facility on October 19, 2011 in Santa Clara, California. California governor Jerry Brown and Dell Chairman and CEO Michael Dell attended a ribbon cutting to open the new Dell research and development facility that was followed by a career fair to hire hundreds of employees for the new facilty. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) SANTA CLARA, CA - OCTOBER 19: The Dell logo is displayed on the exterior of the new Dell research and development facility on October 19, 2011 in Santa Clara, California. California governor Jerry Brown and Dell Chairman and CEO Michael Dell attended a ribbon cutting to open the new Dell research and development facility that was followed by a career fair to hire hundreds of employees for the new facilty. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Justin Sullivan—Getty Images by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Sep 10, 2015 2:21 PM CUT PC maker Dell is setting its sights on China in a big way. The computer company [announced Thursday](http://www.cnbc.com/2015/09/10/dell-says-to-invest-125-bln-in-china-over-five-years.html "undefined") that it is planning to invest $125 billion in China over the next five years. “The Internet is the new engine for China’s future economic growth and has unlimited potential,” CEO Michael Dell said in a statement. China is the second-largest market for Dell, which has operated in the country for about 20 years. The company had about $5 billion in annual sales in China before going private in 2013. With its massive population and burgeoning middle class, China has become a fiercely competitive market for many tech firms. Dell, for its part, announced partnerships with China Electronics and the municipal government of Guiyang earlier this year to bolster its prospects in the country. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4029181/dell-china-expansion/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4029181/dell-china-expansion/"},"headline":"Dell Is Planning a Big Expansion in China","datePublished":"2015-09-10T14:21:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:06:35.194Z","description":"Tech company is pouring billions into fast-growing market","url":"https://time.com/4029181/dell-china-expansion/","keywords":["Tech","China","PCs","Companies","Dell","pubdesk"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ddc1e035db92122/698862ff196cf4b1a1037f56/129662346.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Victor Luckerson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/victor-luckerson/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ddc1e035db92122/698862ff196cf4b1a1037f56/129662346.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Dell Opens New R&D Center In Silicon Valley And Holds Career Fair","caption":"Dell Opens New R&D Center In Silicon Valley And Holds Career Fair","creditText":"Justin Sullivan—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4029181/dell-china-expansion/","name":"Dell Is Planning a Big Expansion in China"}}]}] ```