9月16日，联想集团发布声明针对日前外媒报道其董事长兼CEO杨元庆称联想集团不是一家中国公司言论做出澄清。联想集团在声明中说：该报道曲解了杨元庆当时完整的表述，并在标题中断章取义，进一步衍生出错误解读。

　　杨元庆也同时发布微博称：“没想到我的一个外媒采访会引发一个小波澜，全球化过程中的lost in translation是一个长足的功课啊…我一直的梦想，联想不仅要做一家成功的中国公司，更要做一家具有包容力的全球化公司，因为我们要做全世界的生意，要吸引全世界的人才和资源。”

　　联想集团的声明如下：

　　今日，我们注意到联想集团董事长兼CEO杨元庆先生近期接受外媒采访时的一篇英文报道发生错误引用。该报道曲解了杨元庆当时完整的表述，并在标题中断章取义，进一步衍生出错误解读。

　　在此，我们愿意作出澄清如下：

　　9月13日，联想集团在美国纽约举办年度Lenovo Transform大会，与全球客户、合作伙伴及媒体沟通最新业务发展。大会期间，杨元庆先生接受系列外媒采访，并在回答公司战略与业务相关问题时表示：“联想不仅仅是中国公司，更是一家全球公司。联想的全球布局不仅在各大市场部署营销力量，我们在中国、美国、巴西和德国设计研发产品，我们在中国、美国、巴西和墨西哥生产制造这些产品。我们是一个真正意义上的全球公司。”

　　9月26-27日，一年一度的“联想创新科技大会”即将在北京开幕，我们愿在联想集团这一旗舰行业盛会上，与媒体朋友及各行各业做更深入的沟通交流。联想集团植根中国，制胜全球，将全心全意为中国乃至全球的消费者与行业客户提供最好的用户体验，助力每一个人、每一个行业都能蓬勃发展，拥有智慧未来。

　　联想集团

　　2018年9月16日

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　　WE’RE IN NEW YORK for Lenovo’s second annual self-pat-on-the-back event, Transform 2.0.

　　We took the opportunity to ask the global CEO of the company, Yang Yuanqing, affectionately known around the office as ‘YY’ a question that has been bugging us for a while.

　　After ZTE was brought to its knees recently by accusations of privacy violations and with Huawei facing bans from supplying sensitive areas in the US, Lenovo, the other really big Chinese player in the space, has had a fraction of the flack from certain quarters.

　　Why? They’re all Chinese companies, aren’t they?

　　YY’s robust defence started in a way we didn’t quite see coming:

　　"Lenovo is a global company" he explains, "We’re not a Chinese company" (er… yeah, you kind of are, but go on).

　　"We have a global footprint - not just in sales and marketing, but we have R&D teams in China, US, Brazil, Germany. Also we have manufacturing operations in China, US, Brazil, Mexico."

　　But in fairness, that could be said for other companies too.

　　"Sith Lenovo, even the executives come from all over, we are very diversified and Chinese is just a part of that. Our current COO is from Italy, and we have Americans and Canadian executives for example.

　　"We’re not just different to other Chinese companies, we’re different from other multi-nationals."

　　YY added that there’s no question of any funny business on his watch: "Whatever country we are in, we will always comply to global regulations. It’s very important. Lenovo has built a trusted image in all countries where they do business. That’s how we can avoid the attacks".

　　Of course, let’s not forget that, less than a decade ago, Lenovo was very much in the spotlight. Its purchase of both the ThinkPad line?and the x86 server businesses from IBM was caught up in a legal quagmire for well over a year, as not one, but both governments (US and China) weighed up whether they wanted to accept the risks of the matchup.

　　However, despite the odds, Lenovo has largely beaten the suspicions and is now, apparently, as American as Apple and Android Pie. Well, yee-ha to that.