After meeting with the Minister of Commerce and Industry, he also met with the Deputy Prime Minister and a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau.
Amid sluggish sales of the iPhone 15 in the Chinese market, Apple CEO Tim Cook held a series of meetings with high-ranking officials, including two ministers and the Prime Minister of Commerce.
On the 20th, China Central (CC) TV reported that Ding Xuexiang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Political Bureau and Vice Premier of Commerce, met with CEO Cook in Beijing the day before.
CEO Cook said, “Apple is maintaining the direction of economic globalization and views the Chinese market outlook positively,” adding, “We will strengthen cooperation with China in areas such as advanced manufacturing and the digital economy.”
In response, Deputy Prime Minister Ding said, “Openness to the outside world is China’s basic national policy, and the door to China’s openness to the outside world will become bigger and bigger,” adding, “It will provide more opportunities for foreign companies, including Apple, to develop in China and provide a better environment and environment.” He responded, “We are trying to create conditions.”
Deputy Prime Minister Ding also said, “China attaches great importance to the development of the digital economy and focuses on promoting the integration of the digital economy and the real economy,” adding, “Apple will actively participate in the development of China’s digital economy, deepen investment cooperation, and provide mutually complementary and “We welcome the realization of win-win cooperation,” he emphasized.
Prior to this, CEO Cook also met with Minister of Industry and Information Technology Jin Zhuangrong on the same day.
CEO Cook said, “Apple intends to actively participate in the high-quality development of the Chinese economy,” and added, “We are willing to support industrial and supply chain partners to grow together.”
Accordingly, Director Jin emphasized, “China supports the construction of an open global economy and seeks to completely abolish foreign access restrictions in the manufacturing sector,” adding, “I hope that Apple will take root in the Chinese market and continue to invest in China.” did.
CEO Cook expressed his favorable opinion of the Chinese market during a meeting with Commerce Department Director Wang Wentao on the 18th.
CEO Cook’s visit to China took place about a month after the iPhone 15 was released last September.
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.
Source: Donga
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