Apple Sets up Application Research Lab in河套 Shenzhen Park

TapTechNews October 10th news, the Development Office of the Shenzhen Park of the河套 Deep Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone announced that the application research laboratory established by Apple in the Shenzhen park of the河套 was officially completed and put into operation this afternoon, and the research direction is for reliability, quality and material analysis and testing of products such as iPhone, iPad, and AppleVisionPro.

As the laboratory with the widest coverage outside the US mainland of Apple, this laboratory is expected to invest more than 1 billion Chinese yuan and develop a R & D team of more than 1000 Chinese and foreign high-end talents. Apple also previously said that this investment will continue to grow.

In the past five years, the scale of Apple's R & D team in China has doubled, including R & D centers in Beijing, Shanghai, Suzhou and Shenzhen. In 30 years, Apple has created more than 5 million employment opportunities for China through direct employment, supply chain and iOS App economy.

According to the planning of Apple's headquarters, this laboratory covers Apple's Greater China business and includes the Asia-Pacific R & D business that was originally planned to be placed in places like Vietnam, further consolidating Shenzhen's core position in Apple's intelligent manufacturing and supply chain. TapTechNews inquired and learned that the total floor area of the first phase project is 20,000 square meters, mainly for the hardware development of Apple's main core products, intelligent manufacturing and joint R & D of supply chain partners.