Despite the fact that in recent months the Cupertino-based company all it has found in China are problems with the authorities and a drop in sales due to the rise of new Chinese brands that offer terminals with high performance at very reasonable prices, Apple remains focused on investing in the country And as it announced on its last trip last May, Apple has already begun the construction of the first R&D center in the country, in the Zhongguancun technology park, as the strategic office of this business park has informed DigiTimes.
Apple intends to hire about 500 employees They will focus on the development of software and new hardware communication devices, in addition to audio and video devices. The works have just started and its completion is scheduled before the end of the year. But it will not only be an R&D center, since Apple intends for engineers to work together with business teams to promote sales of products and services in the country, as reported by Tim Cook himself last month of August.
Apple has several R&D centers around the world. Soon one will open the doors in Japan and for next year another will open in India, where Apple is trying to make more concrete its efforts to satisfy the government of the country. All R&D centers will be coordinated from Cupertino where Apple's offices are currently located, offices that in a few months will move to the new spaceship-shaped facilities baptized as Campus 2.