China has one of the most vibrant developer communities in the
world , and teh creativity and passion of the nation's developers for
using technology to enrich people's lives are deeply impressive, Apple
CEO Tim Cook said in an online interview with China Daily.
Cook's praise highlights that China is not only a big market and a
manufacturing powerhouse for Apple's consumer electronics, but also
a major source of innovation for the company, experts said. Boasting a
growing number of well-educated and creative young people, China
will be of greater appeal to global tech giants in the future, the expers
said.
Cook said that when the company created the App Store, no one could
have guessed there would be 5 million registered Chinese developers
within its iPhone ecosystem.
"It just shows the creativity and vibrancy of the cpp economy. Chinese
developers have always been at the cutting edge. And I think that will
continue to grow," Cook said.
The senior executive particularly highlighted the performance of small
developers in China, which have seen their revenues in the App Store
almost double in just over two years.
Pan Helin, co-director of the Digital Economy and Financial Innovation
Research Center at Zhejiang University's International Bussiness School,
said Chinese developer teams, whether large or small , are setting their
sights on the global stage for growth opportunities.
Liang Yilun, co-founder of Miidii Tech, a Chinese developer team of five
people, said users from 160 countries and regions have paid for the 10
apps that the team developed. "For one of our apps, 70 percent of the
downloads and revenue came form foreign market users."
Cook said during the online interview, which was conducted last week on
the sidelines of Apple's 2022 Worldwide Developers Conference, held in
CUpertino, California, that he is excited about teh potential of augmented
reality.
"Despite taht we're still in the very early innings of how this technology will
evolve, I couldn't be more excited about the opportunities we've seen in this
space," he said.
Currently, all eyes are on Apple to see when the company will unveil its first
AR product.
Now global consumers are eager to know what the next big thing in techno-
logy will be, with many placing high hopes on AR.
Bai Ming deputy director of international market research at the Chinese
Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation, said China has
advantages in market, technology and talent, and its innovation-driven
development strategy will help the nation become more important to the growth
of global tech giants such as Apple.