Apple Inc. established an office in Beijing in 1993, and opened China's first retail store in Beijing in 2008. Currently, there are 55 retail stores in Greater China. stores, including in cities such as Shanghai, Chongqing, Fuzhou, Chengdu and Tianjin.
Total business and sales of the App Store ecosystem in China will reach nearly 4 trillion yuan ($570 billion) in 2022 alone, according to a study by economists at Analysis Group. . Between 2019 and 2022, the size of China's App Store ecosystem has doubled, and the revenue of small developers in particular has increased by 59% between 2020 and 2022. In addition, 23% of new developers and entrepreneurs joining the App Store in 2022 will come from China.