PANews reported on February 13 that at the World Governments Summit 2025 held in Dubai, UAE, Alibaba co-founder and chairman of the board Joe Tsai responded to rumors of cooperation between Alibaba and Apple. He said that Apple needs a localized partner in China to serve their mobile phones. Apple has always been very picky and they talked to many companies in China. In the end, they chose to do business with us. We are very lucky and honored to do business with a great company like Apple.