Today is the new year, and Shi Bomeng, president of Google Greater China, is on the stage again!Happy New Year in Chinese, "Housailei" Hold will live in the hall!Although Google withdrew its core search engine business from China in 2010, it announced its official withdrawal from the Chinese market.But Google is not willing to give up its huge market.At present, it is reported that Google's efforts to return to the Chinese market may have yielded results, and Google Play, Google's online application store, may be launched in China within the year.
It is reported that Google began to contact with Chinese authorities as early as 2013 to seek permission to open an app store in China.According to the latest report, Google has made progress in the negotiations.
In recent years, China's smart phones have shown explosive growth and become the second largest market of smart phones in the world. Technology companies including Apple have high hopes for the Chinese market.In the first quarter of 2015, the sales of iPhones in China exceeded that in the United States, becoming the world's largest market. At the same time, the Chinese market surpassed Europe with a revenue of 16.823 billion dollars, and became Apple's largest overseas market.
Google's service has been unable to access China's smart phones due to restrictions on entry.Now after some compromises, Google finally has the hope to enter the less sensitive app store in China.However, when Google officially launched the Google Play App Store in China, negative comments from the West will inevitably come, and Google should also be prepared to pay a price for this.