Google enters China with a new name

By Derek Iwasiuk
DomainInformer.com
April 13, 2006

"The No. 1 goal, by far, is to serve the Chinese citizen who wants information," Eric Schmidt told reporters Wednesday at the launch of Google's new Chinese name, China Daily reported Thursday.

"We have made commitments to the Chinese government that we absolutely follow Chinese law," Schmidt said.

Schmidt also launched the Chinese name "Gu Ge," Google's only alternative name worldwide.

The Chinese words mean "harvest song" and were chosen to promise a "fruitful and productive search experience," said Alan Wang of Google China.

Schmidt said Google estimated that China already has more Internet users than any other country.

State media last week quoted the leading portal Sohu.com as saying China could already have up to 200 million Internet users.