按照原订计划,惠普公司董事长、总裁兼首席执行官路·普莱特先生应于1999年5月中旬来华访问,并与其他公司在北京联合举办高峰会议.尽管高峰会议因故被临时取消,但5月23日,普莱特先生仍然携夫人如约而至,开始为期四天的中国之行.他说:“我只是将原计划中4小时的工作安排从我的日程中拿掉,除此之外,我在中国有着太多的业务要做.” According to the original plan, HP’s chairman, president and chief executive officer, Mr. Louis Pratt, was due to visit China in mid-May 1999, and held joint summit meetings with other companies in Beijing. Although the summit was temporarily cancelled for some reason. However, on May 23rd, Mr. Pratt still brought his wife to the meeting and began a four-day trip to China. He said: “I just removed the four-hour work schedule from my schedule. In addition, I have too much business to do in China."