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The founder of the company was the great inventor: Thomas Edison. Thomas Edison. General Electric (GE) is the world's largest diversified service company and a provider of high-quality, high-technology industrial and consumer products. Every four seconds, an airplane powered by a GE engine takes off somewhere in the world, and every second, a healthcare worker uses a GE medical device to diagnose a patient's illness. From the famous Statue of Liberty to China's Great Hall of the People, GE lighting lights up different skies; from Procter & Gamble's shampoo, the dashboard of a Polaroid, to the slides at the Turin Winter Olympics, GE's advanced materials can be seen everywhere. Even our favorite American TV series "Friends" comes from NBC, which is owned by GE. That's GE, the hero behind the dreams we all live. The history of GE goes back to inventor Thomas Edison. Thomas Edison. He founded the Edison Electric Light Company in 1878 and merged with Thompson-Houston Electric Company in 1892 to form General Electric (GE). GE is the only company to remain on the Dow Jones Industrial Average since its inception in 1896. Today, GE operates in more than 100 countries and employs nearly 315,000 people globally, with 11 business units in energy, healthcare, transportation, new and advanced materials, consumer and industrial products, infrastructure, television and media, and financial services. With a track record of consistently delivering superior results, GE has been named one of the world's most admired companies by the Financial Times for seven consecutive years. Mr. Jeff Immelt, GE's current Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, has been named one of the world's most respected companies by the prestigious American Business Review. Mr. Jeff Immelt, GE's current Chairman and CEO, was named 2004 Manager of the Year by Fortune, a leading U.S. business magazine. Like the company's logo, which resembles a Chinese dragon, GE has an unbreakable relationship with China. As early as 1906, GE began to develop trade with China and was one of the most active and influential foreign companies in China at that time. To date, all of GE's industrial product groups have developed operations in China, with more than 12,000 employees, 40 operating entities, and the third GE Global R&D Center was completed in Shanghai in 2003, with a total investment of more than $1.5 billion. 2005, GE will realize its first 5X5 plan in China, with sales of $5 billion and purchases of $5 billion. Rising China is becoming an important part of GE's global strategy. As the five rings of the Olympic Games will be fixed in Beijing in 2008, GE has just become one of the global partners of the Olympic Games from 2005 to 2012, and China has become "closer". The fast-changing Beijing and the infrastructure construction throughout China coincide with GE's diversified business. As a long-term strategic partner of China, GE is looking forward to fully supporting the Olympic Games and is eager to make practical contributions to China's Olympic sports. on February 24, 2005, GE will officially become the first international multinational corporation to support China's winter programs as a designated sponsor, and the Chinese figure skating team will "tie the knot". "The Chinese Figure Skating Team Just as the success of a company is backed by its outstanding leaders and employees, GE y understands that gold medals are backed by the efforts of outstanding coaches and team members. Just as GE's global slogan "Dream to start the future", GE hopes that through the partnership with the Chinese figure skating team, it will start the Chinese figure skating's dream of being a Winter Olympic champion, the dream of China's winter Olympic program to take off, and also bring the spirit of the Olympics and the outstanding leadership and innovative spirit of the Chinese figure skating team, represented by the head coach Yao Bin, to the employees and customers, as well as to the customers. We will also bring the Olympic spirit and the outstanding leadership and innovative spirit of the Chinese figure skating team, represented by Chief Coach Yao Bin, to our employees and customers, and share the journey of approaching the 2006 Turin Winter Olympic Games and look forward to the joy of success together. At the beginning of 2005, GE formally embarked on the journey of Olympic global partner, the Spring Festival has just passed, the Chinese figure skating team will also step into the 2006 Winter Olympics to prepare for the journey, whether it is the field of play or the modern office, we have reason to believe that the cooperation one year later today will be the next victory.