*Subject introduction: General Electric Company (English: General Electric Company, GE, NYSE: GE) is an American multinational company that provides technology and services.

According to statistics in 2007, GE's sales revenue was US$172.738 billion, making it the company with the second largest market assets in the world.

GE is a relatively outstanding multinational company in the company's diversified development.

Currently, the company operates in more than 100 countries around the world and has 315,000 employees.

This electrical company was formed by the merger of Edison General Electric Company and Thomson-Housden International Electric Company in 1892.

During the two world wars, the company made huge war fortunes and developed rapidly.

After World War I, the company dominated the emerging electrotechnical sector, radio, and in 1919 established a subsidiary, the American Radio Company, which almost monopolized the U.S. radio industry.

The Second World War caused General Electric's output and profits to increase dramatically.