Guangdong Governor Meng Fanli Meets with Tim Cook and Apple Team

On October 11, Guangdong Provincial Governor Meng Fanli met with Tim Cook, Executive Chairman of Apple Inc., in Guangzhou. Tim Cook expressed gratitude for Guangdong's long-term support of Apple's development, highlighting the province as a crucial global manufacturing hub with a complete industrial chain, robust innovation, and vast market potential. He noted that Apple is eager to expand its presence in Guangdong through collaboration on supply chain synergy, innovation ecosystems, intelligent and green manufacturing, and sales channel expansion. Governor Meng welcomed the visit, emphasizing Apple's status as a leading global tech enterprise and its deep cooperation with Guangdong across production, sales, and R&D. He stated that Guangdong is advancing toward intelligence, green development, and integration to build a modern industrial system anchored by advanced manufacturing, welcoming Apple to place more innovative products, emerging businesses, and R&D platforms in the province. Guangdong will continue to expand high-level opening-up, fostering a world-class business environment that is market-oriented, rule-based, and internationalized to provide top-tier services for companies like Apple.