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发帖数: 5093 | 1 ndian Prime Minister Modi to visit Apple, Tesla, Facebook and Google
The heads of America’s largest technology companies will meet Indian Prime
Minister Narendra Modi this weekend to discuss how they might contribute to
— and benefit from — the continuing Internet revolution in India.
In a weekend trip to Silicon Valley, Modi will be meeting with Google Inc.
GOOG, +0.13% GOOGL, -0.09% Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, Facebook Inc. FB,
+0.54% founder Mark Zuckerberg and Apple Inc. AAPL, +0.63% Chief
Executive Tim Cook, among others. His summit with the tech titans comes just
days after Chinese President Xi Jinping, had his own high-profile meetings
with some of America’s most powerful executives.
As millions of Indians are just now discovering the Internet thanks to
affordable smartphones, America’s biggest tech companies don’t want to
miss out on a new surge in Internet users like many did in China. Industry
insiders say they will use the Modi visit to push for better market access
in India as well as clearer regulations on investment and startups.
Modi will use the trip to try to stir up interest in helping India upgrade
its technology infrastructure. He is also using the visit — in a region
that is home to many India-born engineers, coders and executives — to
highlight and celebrate Indians who help power America’s tech industry.
Modi said on his verified Twitter account that his visit “will focus on
startups, innovation & technology and how to further support them in India.”
He will take part in a question-and-answer session at Facebook, visit Google
and stop by Tesla Motors Inc. TSLA, +0.68% He will also attend an event in
San Jose, Calif., where more than 30 startups from India and the U.S. will
showcase their work.
An expanded version of this report appears at WSJ.com. |
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