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Apple, which currently earns about 15 percent of
its revenue in Greater China, has 15 outlets in the country. The
Apple chief executive made similar comments Monday on the
company's fourth-quarter earnings call.
"We're investing like crazy in the market," Cook said on the
call. "When I look at China, I see an enormous market where
there are more people graduating into the middle class than any
nation on Earth in history."
Cook is visiting China, where he has toured Foxconn Technology
Co's iPhone factory in Zhengzhou and looked at local retail
operations.
On Wednesday, Cook met with China's Vice Minister Ma Kai, where
the two exchanged views on "protection of users' information" as
well as "strengthening cooperation," according to the official
Xinhua News Agency.
On Friday, Cook will attend meetings at Beijing's Tsinghua
University as a member of the School of Economics and
Management's advisory council. He will be joined there by Mark
Zuckerberg, the Facebook Inc founder, and other global business
leaders.
The Apple chief also said the company is cooperating with
Chinese firms including Baidu Inc and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd,
according to today's online transcript.
Cook also said he will meet with Jack Ma, Alibaba's chairman, on
Monday.
(Reporting by Matthew Miller; Editing by Stephen Coates and Ryan
Woo)
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