The Minister of Commerce of China Wang Wentao and the US technology visit to ChinaGiant Apple CEO CEO Cook met in the meeting that mutual benefit and win -win Sino -US economic and trade cooperation meets the fundamental interests of the two countries. Publicized national security is not conducive to normal economic and trade exchanges, and Apple welcomes to continue to cultivate the Chinese market.
According to the website of the Ministry of Commerce of China, Wang Wentao met with Cook on Friday (October 25).The two sides exchanged about Apple's business development in China and Sino -US economic and trade relations.
Wang Wentao welcomes Apple to seize opportunities, continue to cultivate the Chinese market, maintain stable cooperation with Chinese partners, and achieve common development.He also said that China will further optimize the business environment and continue to provide high -quality services to foreign companies.
Wang Wentao believes that the mutually beneficial and win -win Sino -US economic and trade cooperation meets the fundamental interests of the two countries and is the stability of the relationship between the two countries.Publicized national security is not conducive to normal economic and trade exchanges.China is willing to communicate with Chinese and American economic and trade relations back to a healthy and stable development track through regular government -enterprise exchanges.
According to the Chinese press release, Cook said that the company regards China as an important market and a key supply chain partner, and will be committed to long -term development in China and continue to increase investment in supply chain, R & D and other fields.Apple is willing to continue to play a bridge role for promoting communication between the Sino -US economic and trade field.
Cook visited China this week.This is his visit to China again after seven months this year, reflecting that Apple is trying to boost sales performance in this critical overseas market.During the visit, Cook also met with the Minister of Industry and Information Technology Jin Zhuanglong on Wednesday (23rd), and promised to continue to increase investment in China at the meeting.
In recent years, Apple's sales in China face the pressure of local competitors such as Huawei.According to market analysis company Canalys, Apple fell out of the top five of China's smartphone sales in the second quarter of this year, ranking sixth, and ranked third in the same period last year.
In early September this year, Apple released a new generation of mobile phone iPhone 16. The biggest highlight is the first time that the artificial intelligence (AI) operating system was merged; Huawei launched a three -fold -fold mobile phone in the same period.
Bloomberg reported on October 18 that according to the data provided by the consulting company Counterpoint Research, the iPhone 16 performed strongly three weeks before the sales, and the sales volume in the Chinese market was 20%higher than the previous generation of mobile phones.For Apple mobile phones, it is a positive sign to face challenges in China, the world's largest smartphone market.
