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Google's Greater China chief to step down

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-09-04 16:42

Google's president of Greater China Kai-fu Lee wrote in his blog Friday that his next step is to create a "technology miracle" with young Chinese after he leaves the company in mid-September.

Google China said in a statement Friday that Lee is to step down from his post in mid-September and start his own business in Beijing.

Lee's engineering responsibilities will be taken over by Boon-Lock Yeo, director of the company's Shanghai engineering office. Vice president John Liu, who currently heads Google's Greater China sales business, will take on Lee's business and operational roles.

Shortly after the company announced his resignation, Lee explained in his blog on sina.com that he left to make up for a regret of his life.

"I have no regret with Google now, but I have a regret with my life that needs to be made up for," Lee wrote. "I want to pass on my experiences in technology and business management to the young Chinese.

"My next step is to create a technology miracle with the youths in China," he wrote. "I want to use my initiatives to land a job that can control the whole picture."

Lee left Microsoft to join Google in 2004 and led the company's expansion in China.

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Alan Eustace, Google's senior vice president for engineering, said Friday Lee helped the company make apparent progress in service quality and quantity provided in China.

He had also recruited many outstanding engineers for Google, Eustace said.

Lee was born in Taiwan in 1961. He also worked for Apple Inc before joining Microsoft.