Tim Cook visited China again and started the whole visit by meeting with some of the developers and high-ranking people behind Didi Chuxing, a big rival to Uber and currently used by more than 300 million users, with more than 11 million rides in China being mediated by Didi Chuxing. Apple to the mentioned services/companies invested one million dollars. Tim tested the service and arrived in the Didi Chuxing car Apple Store, which is located in Wangfujing. In the aforementioned Apple Store a seminar was held, at which, in addition to Tim, he spoke Cookand the CEO of Didi Chuxing – Jean Liu.
Tim Cook about the service he said: "Didi has a great management team, and they also try to use cars efficiently and thus reduce the impact on the environment.” During the seminar also Cook said that Chinese government policies play an important role in building the country's digital economy, which is why not only Apple discussed the issue closely with the government. Cook also praised the growing number of Chinese developers. "Developers from China have earned more than $7 billion, and more than half of that in the last 7 months."
"Taxi!" Caught a cab in Beijing this morning with Didi Chuxing's Jean Liu. pic.twitter.com/Sl2xnzXtNY
Tim Cook (@tim_)cook) May 16, 2016
Tim Cook reportedly visited China to discuss with Chinese officials many things, including why the Chinese government shut down iTunes Movies andBooks StoreChina is definitely for Apple still an important market and it is no surprise that Tim Cook is trying to improve relations with the Chinese government. It is not yet clear whether he will negotiate with officials, although it is for Apple definitely a great opportunity to improve relationships.
*Source: cultofmac.com, iPhonehacks.com
