Apple donates $4 million to foster app developers in China
China’s huge cohort of talented developers
Maintaining its global attempt to foster the evolution of enough tech talent to meet the growing demands of the industry, Apple is donating around $4 million to support the next generation of Chinese developers.
“We believe that coding is a powerful tool that allows people to create, communicate and solve problems in a new way,” said Apple CEO, Tim Cook.
“We are proud to deepen our ten-year cooperation with Zhejiang University to support the next generation of developers and help them develop innovative applications and create vibrant businesses.”
An incubation fund in China
Apple will jointly establish the Apple Mobile Application Incubation Fund with Zhejiang University, the partner of the Mobile Application Innovation Competition, to provide cutting-edge technical training, including professional courses such as app development, product design, marketing and business operations.
The fund will establish connections between student developers and industry leaders and investors through seminars, internships and mentoring, and provide them with more business training to help them succeed in the constantly developing iOS application economy.
In support of mobile app development, Apple has donated In the region of $6 million to Zhejiang University over the past decade. Over 30,000 participants from nearly 1,000 universities in Greater China have benefited from this, with many moving on to lead in their fields.
“We are very happy to continue to cooperate closely and deeply with Apple.” Ren Shaobo, Secretary of the Party Committee of Zhejiang University, said, “We will give full play to the respective advantages of both sides and work together to cultivate new quality talents with comprehensive development of knowledge, ability, quality and personality through the Apple Mobile Application Incubation Fund.”
The donation follows news of a clean energy fund in China earlier in the week.
An Apple near the tree
Apple’s Chief Operating Officer, Jeff Williams, is also in China to visit Apple’s suppliers. “China is a central part of our critical supply chain and we’ve been investing here for 30 years,” he said. “We will continue to invest in China in a big way.”
“What I consistently see here in China is this attitude of trying to figure out how to do what’s next. It really is inspiring to me,” Williams said.
Apple began business operations in China in 1993. Over 80 percent of its top 200 global suppliers run factories in China. The nation is unique in being able to provide people equipped with the skills needed for tech manufacturing at a global scale. No other nation has made this investment in human resources.
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