Apple CEO Tim Cook says China’s achievements over 30 years are important
Wang Wentao “firmly promotes high-level opening”
Amid sluggish iPhone 15 sales in the Chinese market, Apple CEO Tim Cook met with Commerce Minister Wang Wentao and expressed his favorable opinion about the Chinese market.
According to China’s Ministry of Commerce on the 18th, CEO Cook met with Director Wang in Beijing and said, “Apple values the development achievements it has achieved over the past 30 years in China.”
He also emphasized, “We support the governments of the United States and China to strengthen dialogue and communication, maintain and develop stable economic and trade relations between the two countries, and create a favorable environment for practical cooperation between companies from the two countries.”
In response, Director Wang emphasized, “China will firmly promote a high level of opening up and continue to expand market access,” and “We will strive to create a business environment of marketization, rule of law, and internationalization.”
He also added, “We welcome multinational companies, including Apple, to share in the benefits of the Chinese market and realize win-win development.”
CEO Cook’s visit to China took place about a month after the iPhone 15 was released last September. It has been seven months since CEO Cook visited Beijing to attend the China Development High-Level Forum in March.
This surprise visit to China seems to have taken into account the unusual atmosphere in China due to the iPhone 15 series sales in the Chinese market, which is falling compared to the previous model, and the ‘iPhone ban’.
Counterpoint Research, a global market research company, announced in a recent report that sales of the iPhone 15 series decreased by 4.5% compared to the iPhone 14 series for 17 days after its launch in China.
In China, rumors have recently spread that civil servants and public institution employees have been banned from using iPhones. In response, the Chinese government expressed concern by saying, “We did not enact a law to ban iPhones,” but “we paid attention to recent media reports about security issues related to iPhones.”
Source: Donga
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