China leading globally in app development: Apple China chief

Beijing: Ten years after US tech giant Apple Inc launched its App Store, the number of Chinese developers tops 2.2 million and they have become a leading force in app development, said Apple’s China chief.

“Chinese app developers are leading the world in terms of app downloads and revenue, and have grown to be a very admirable community of innovators,” Isabel Ge Mahe (Ge Yue), Apple’s Vice President and Managing Director of Greater China, told Xinhua on the sideline of the China International Big Data Industry Expo 2019 on Sunday.

“Through Apple’s App Store, their products have entered the global stage and many of them have become successful cases internationally.”