Shipment volume of the Greater China notebook PC industry reached approximately 34.4 million units in the first quarter of 2014, down 14% sequentially and 5.1% year-on-year, according to MIC.

Notwithstanding, the industry's shipment volume decline rate in the first quarter is lower than previously expected at around 20%. The slowdown in sequential decline is mainly attributed to the growing demand for commercial notebook PCs.