When Cook came to China this time, what did he do and who did he meet?

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After 3 and a half years, Apple CEO Tim Cook (Tim Cook) is back in China!

According to the Ministry of Commerce's website, Commerce Minister Wang Wentao met with Apple CEO Tim Cook on March 27. The two sides exchanged views on topics such as Apple's development in China and stabilizing the industrial chain and supply chain. Wang Wentao also said that he is willing to provide a good environment and services for foreign-funded enterprises, including Apple.

Image source: Ministry of Commerce official website

Who else did Cook meet and do during this visit to China?

Tim Cook: I was in Sanlitun, Beijing, and I met our amazing customers and team

On the afternoon of March 24, Apple CEO Tim Cook suddenly appeared in the Apple retail store in Sanlitun, Beijing.

At 19:36 on the 24th, Cook posted on the official Weibo that he was glad to meet our amazing customers and team at the Apple Sanlitun retail store. Thanks @Huang Ling for the wonderful performance. I wish you all the best on the rest of the tour.

Tim Cook's trip was to participate in the closing activity of the "Today at Apple Idea Camp" public welfare project held that night. The video shows that Cook took a photo with the fruit fan.

Image source: Weibo video screenshot

It is reported that the Beijing Sanlitun store is Apple's first retail store in China, opened in 2008.

In 2020, Cook posted on Weibo that as the first retail store we opened in China twelve years ago, Apple Sanlitun has always occupied a special position in our hearts. Our team strives to reimagine every aspect to provide a more special experience for the community to explore, create, and learn. Like all of our retail stores, Apple Sanlitun will run on 100% renewable energy — a portion of which will come from its rooftop solar panels.

In addition, according to Cook's Weibo, on March 26, Cook met the Apple Huamao Shopping Center retail store team.

On March 27, Cook posted: "It is a pleasure to spend a great time with customers and team members of Apple's Wangfujing retail store! Thank you for everything!

Cook's visit to China focuses on China's developer ecosystem

According to the first financial report, Cook's trip did not disclose news about Apple's supply chain strategy in China. He spoke about education, technology and innovation, emphasizing that technology creators need to use innovative technologies in the right way to help humanity.

According to videos posted on social media, Cook came to a studio for a shooting app called Nomo Cam last weekend. There, three Chinese developers of Apple's app introduced Cook to the apps.

Nomo Cam is an app that simulates film shooting. The founder of Nomo Cam introduced Cook to some of the app's latest features, such as the ability to present footage from multiple monitors on the same screen at the same time.

In addition to the filming app Nomo Cam, HiCoffee, an app that monitors caffeine intake, piqued Cook's interest. According to reports, this application can help users track daily caffeine intake, through the subscription of advanced functions can achieve Starbucks, Costa, McDonald's coffee, luckin and other brands of coffee data automatic recording, through the evaluation tool to adjust the appropriate user's personalized settings, support Siri record and Apple Watch record, caffeine data can be automatically synchronized to the system health application, and in the form of weekly and monthly reports for users to understand their long-term caffeine intake. Some netizens joked and asked: "Since there is HiCoffee, can you develop another HiTea?" ”

Cook also listened to the introduction of the founder of a domestic 2D puzzle game "Rain". Developed by domestic team Irisloft, the game has a fine art style and healing music. The gamer takes the role of a mysterious girl in a raincoat, who comes to a city flooded by rain, and the girl uses a small light in her hand to light lamps and stone tablets to let the rain recede and save the city. As the rain recedes, the true identity of the mysterious girl will slowly be revealed to the player.

Cook also met with these people

According to Cook's Weibo, on March 25, Cook posted that we have always believed that technology plays an important role in helping to stimulate learning. Education is rooted in Apple's DNA, and we're excited to support the work of @China Development Research Foundation to enable rural teachers to use iPads to support students' creativity and development."

On March 28, Cook met with swimmer and triathlon para athlete @One-armed Ironman Wang Jiachao, and Cook thanked Wang Jiachao for taking time out of his busy training schedule to share with himself how to use the assistive touch function on Apple Watch to exercise and follow your progress.

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