Apple's first foldable smartphone is manufactured exclusively in China and Chinese app developers are crucial to iPhone Duo's success, Tim Cook, Apple's executive chairman, said in a recent exclusive interview with China Daily in Beijing.
苹果公司执行董事长蒂姆・库克近日在北京接受《中国日报》独家专访时表示，苹果首款折叠屏手机将在中国独家生产，中国应用开发者是 iPhone Duo 取得成功的关键力量。
The remarks underline the great importance of China to United States tech companies such as Apple, as China is not just a huge market, but also an innovation center and a key manufacturing hub for their global operations, experts said.
专家表示，这番言论凸显出中国对苹果等美国科技企业的重要意义，中国不仅是庞大市场，更是这些企业全球业务的创新中心与核心制造基地。
Cook said Chinese developers' enthusiasm for the foldable device and China's manufacturing capabilities are part of the recipe behind iPhone Duo's success.
库克称，中国开发者对这款折叠设备的热情，加上中国强大的制造能力，共同促成了 iPhone Duo 的成功。
"We are working with a number of developers and optimizing some of the things at (our) Shanghai developer center. The apps are extremely important to us, and we're helping hand in hand," he said, adding that Chinese developers play a critical role in that process and they're very innovative.
“我们正与多家开发者展开合作，并在上海开发者中心优化相关项目。应用程序对我们至关重要，我们正携手并肩共同推进。” 他补充道，中国开发者在这一过程中发挥着关键作用，创新能力极强。
"China's market for foldables is second to none," Cook added.
库克还表示：“中国的折叠屏手机市场在全球首屈一指。”
As Apple's first foldable model, iPhone Duo is far more difficult to manufacture than previous products. According to Apple, the process requires strong manufacturing precision and design capabilities, and it manages that through close collaboration with suppliers.
作为苹果首款折叠机型，iPhone Duo 的制造难度远高于以往产品。苹果方面表示，该产品对制造精度与设计能力要求极高，苹果依靠与供应商紧密合作实现量产。
Bai Ming, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation, said, "China's decades of experience in electronics manufacturing and its continued push to pursue advanced and smart manufacturing make it the only country capable of making complicated products such as iPhone Duo."
商务部国际贸易经济合作研究院研究员白明表示：“中国拥有数十年电子制造经验，并且持续推进高端智能制造，是唯一能够生产 iPhone Duo 这类复杂产品的国家。”
Cook is on a multi-stop visit to China, touring cities including Guangzhou in Guangdong province, Beijing and Shanghai. On Friday, Cook said at a forum in Shanghai that China's artificial intelligence application landscape is showing unprecedented dynamism, and AI is already having a profound impact on Apple's supply chain.
库克正在中国多地走访，行程覆盖广东省广州市、北京、上海等城市。上周五，库克在上海一场论坛上谈到，中国人工智能应用市场展现出前所未有的活力，人工智能已经对苹果供应链产生深远影响。
During the trip, the senior executive also said that Apple Intelligence — which incorporates Chinese tech company Alibaba's Qwen large language model — has received approval in China and a test version is set to launch later this month.
此次访华期间，这位高管还透露，接入中国科技企业阿里巴巴通义千问大模型的 Apple Intelligence（苹果智能）已获得中国审批，测试版将于本月晚些时候上线。
On Thursday, Commerce Minister Wang Wentao met Cook in Beijing, where they exchanged views on issues including China-US economic and trade relations. Notably, Cook said that Apple will further expand its business in China.
本周四，商务部部长王文涛在北京会见库克，双方就中美经贸关系等议题交换意见。值得关注的是，库克表示苹果将进一步扩大在华业务布局。
Cook's visit came amid a wave of top US business executives' recent visits to China.
库克此次来华，正值大批美国企业高管密集到访中国。
Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, also visited Beijing this week.
桥水基金创始人瑞・达利欧本周也到访了北京。
Sean Stein, president of the US-China Business Council, said the planet's most innovative companies are concentrated in the US and China, which lays a solid foundation for wider cooperation.
美中贸易全国委员会会长肖恩・斯坦因表示，全球创新能力最强的企业集中在美国与中国，这为双方开展更广泛合作打下坚实基础。
"Such collaboration stretches well beyond one, two or even three industries — a reflection of a deliberate effort by firms on both sides to learn from each other and forge partnerships across the globe," Stein said.
斯坦因称：“双方的合作早已跨越两三个行业，体现出两国企业主动互相学习、在全球范围内搭建合作伙伴关系的意愿。”
According to a report released by the American Chamber of Commerce in South China earlier this year, 75 percent of enterprises it surveyed plan to reinvest in China in 2026, and over the next three to five years, its member companies are expected to reinvest $13.79 billion in profits generated in China.
华南美国商会今年早些时候发布报告显示，受访企业中有 75% 计划在 2026 年继续对华追加投资；未来三至五年，该商会会员企业计划把在华赚取的 137.9 亿美元利润再投入中国市场。
Gong Yu, founder and CEO of Chinese video-streaming company iQiyi — which Cook visited during his trip — said the ties between the two companies can be dated back to 2010.
库克此行到访了中国流媒体平台爱奇艺，爱奇艺创始人兼首席执行官龚宇表示，两家企业的合作渊源可以追溯到 2010 年。
"Innovation in hardware, including the application of AI technology, has given us a particularly good synergy. This kind of mechanism allows us to achieve one plus one bigger than two, enabling this synergy to unleash even greater value," Gong said.
龚宇说：“硬件创新，加上人工智能技术落地，让我们形成了极佳的协同效应。这种合作模式可以实现一加一大于二，进一步释放合作价值。”
innovation /ˌɪnəˈveɪʃn/ 创新
manufacturing /ˌmænjuˈfæktʃərɪŋ/ 制造业
collaboration /kəˌlæbəˈreɪʃn/ 合作
synergy /ˈsɪnədʒi/ 协同效应
