Apple CEO hails China's innovation capabilities

Chinese software developers' creativeness is "second to none", and more Chinese mobile applications will succeed globally with greater international influence, Apple CEO Tim Cook said on Tuesday in an interview with China Daily in Beijing.

Cook's praise highlights that China is not only a big market and manufacturing powerhouse for Apple's consumer electronics, but also a major source of innovation for the company's software ecosystem, experts said.

Boasting a growing number of well-educated and creative young people, China will be of greater appeal to global tech giants in the future, they added.