Kamar sauran kamfanoni da ke zaune a duk duniya kafin kamfanin Arewacin Amurka, Apple yanzu ya buɗe ƙofofin cibiyar bincike da haɓakawa ta farko a Filin Kimiyya na Zhongguancun, wanda yake a gundumar Haidian, arewa maso yamma na Beijing, China, da aka sani da sabon Sinanci "Silicon Valley".
Este cibiyar fasaha tuni tayi maraba da manyan ƙasashe irinsu Google, Intel, AMD, Sony ko Microsoft, tsakanin fiye da kamfanoni 20.000 waɗanda ke da hedkwata a cikin wannan wurin halayyar, tun bayan bayyanar ta a cikin shekaru 50. Wurin yana da manyan alaƙar ilimi, da haɗin gwiwa daban-daban tare da jami'o'in gida.
Sabuwar cibiyar Apple R&D a wannan wurin shakatawar fasaha na da jari wanda ka iya kusan dala miliyan 45 a cikin watanni masu zuwa, saboda mahimmancin da kamfanin na Amurka ke baiwa wannan sabon hedikwata, kamar yadda rahotanni suka gabata. Cibiyar zata sami kusan ma'aikata 500, kuma zata kasance mayar da hankali kawai ga ci gaban software da kayan aiki, samfuran sadarwa, sauti, da na'urorin bidiyo.
Ana tsammanin wannan cibiyar na iya zama a cikakken iko zuwa ƙarshen wannan shekarar, kuma an kirkireshi ne da nufin inganta hoto da tallace-tallace a cikin kasar Asiya, tunda masu amfani a wannan kasar sukan zabi wasu abubuwa masu sauki daga kasuwar cikin gida.
Kuma shine Apple ya dandana a cikin inan kwanan nan a jerin koma baya ga shirin su a kasuwar Asiya. Mafi shahara da damuwa, rahoton albashin watan Yuli, wanda ya bayyana cewa kudaden shigar ta a China yana faɗuwa da kashi 33% a shekara.
Wannan sabuwar cibiya ba ita kadai ba ce ke wanzu a yau. Apple ya kafa irin wadannan cibiyoyin R&D a Japan, Isra’ila da Burtaniya, kuma makamantan wadannan wurare ana ganin ana shirin su ne a Kanada, Indiya, Indonesia da Vietnam, don cin gajiyar albarkatun cikin gida.
