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Apple opens lab in China amid fierce competition with Huawei
The new facility in the Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong tech cooperation zone is one of several Apple research centres in China.
Apple has opened an applied research laboratory in the southern Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen, as the US giant bolsters it commitment to the world’s largest smartphone market amid heightened competition with domestic players, including Huawei Technologies. The facility started operations on Thursday at the Shenzhen Park in Hetao, a cooperation zone developed under the directive of the central government to deepen the city’s tech partnerships with neighbouring Hong Kong, according to a report by state media People’s Daily. Apple announced in March its plans to build a new Shenzhen lab, which the company said would boost its testing and research capabilities for its major products, including the iPhone, iPad and Vision Pro mixed-reality headset, and also serve to strengthen the firm’s collaboration with local suppliers.
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