According to a message on the website of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, on October 15, Minister Li Lecheng of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology met with Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc. in Beijing, and the two sides exchanged views on Apple's business development in China and cooperation in the field of information technology.
Reuters noted that Cook stated during the meeting that he would continue to increase investment in China, which indicates his "fearlessness towards Trump". Recently, the Trump administration in the United States has introduced a series of restrictive measures against China, leading to continuous Sino-US trade friction.
On the 15th, Minister Li Lecheng of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology met with Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc. Ministry of Industry and Information Technology website
The report said that compared to American companies such as NVIDIA and Qualcomm that have been investigated by China, Apple has been relatively less affected by the Sino-US trade war. Previously, this American tech giant had already made investment commitments to the Trump administration.
The report cited a government affairs advisor based in Shanghai, who said that American companies are generally cautious on Sino-US issues, fearing that if they appear too pro-China, it may anger the White House and lead to their domestic US businesses being affected.
At the same time, American companies also do not want to be seen as insincere by China, since they have already made the commitment of "In China, for China".
In recent years, Apple has tried to shift some production capacity to India, but still heavily relies on Chinese suppliers and factories.
In May this year, Trump criticized Cook, expressing dissatisfaction with him and criticizing Apple's practice of dispersing production lines from China to other regions, urging him to shift production back to the United States. In August, Apple announced that it would add a $100 billion investment in the United States.
In the Chinese market, in March this year, Apple announced a new investment fund, planning to expand its clean energy production capacity in China. This investment of 720 million yuan will help Apple achieve 100% use of renewable energy in its supply chain by 2030.
This month, on the 14th, Apple announced that more than 90% of its production manufacturing in China now uses renewable energy. At the same time, its suppliers have launched a new investment fund aimed at supporting the construction of China's renewable energy infrastructure.
It is reported that the "China Renewable Energy Infrastructure Fund" with a total scale of 1 billion yuan is entirely led by Apple's suppliers, and plans to add 1 million megawatt-hours of clean power to China's power grid by 2030.
During the meeting with Cook on the 15th, Li Lecheng stated that he hopes Apple continues to focus on the Chinese market, actively participates in China's new industrialization process, and collaborates with upstream and downstream enterprises in China's industrial chain to innovate and develop together.
China has repeatedly emphasized that the business community has always been a stabilizer of Sino-US relations, a promoter of practical cooperation, and a catalyst for cultural exchanges.
On the 14th, Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng was invited to attend the annual award banquet of the US-China Business Council and pointed out that a large number of American companies have chosen China, growing together with China, vividly practicing "in China, for China, benefiting the world".
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