Apple CEO Tim Cook on Wednesday said China plays a leadership role in many areas, such as poverty reduction, manufacturing and innovation.

 

苹果CEO提姆·库克周三表示，中国在很多领域都处于领先地位，如扶贫、制造业以及创新。
 

 

Speaking at the 2017 Fortune Global Forum¹ held in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, Cook said he has witnessed a sea change in China over the past quarter century.

 

Cook said China is already "incredibly innovative²" in the software industry and so many applications and ideas can only be created here. China also has a large pool of computer science professionals with skills that are very rare to find anywhere.

 

The Apple CEO said skills, rather than low labor³ costs, are what lure⁴ foreign companies to China. 

 

"The products we do require advanced tooling. In the United States, I am not sure our tooling engineers can fill a room. In China, you can fill multiple football fields," he said.

 

Apple now has around 2 million developers using its platform in China.

 

Cook said many companies have come to recognize the importance of vocational expertise⁵. But China understood that right from the beginning and gave it a leading position in manufacturing.

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