Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO Sundar Pichai were surprise guests at Sunday’s World Internet Conference in China, which aims to promote China’s version of the internet. Although the conference occurs annually in China, it’s the first time such prominent tech executives from Silicon Valley have attended and given public comments.

Cook delivered a keynote at the conference, where he revealed that app developers have earned $16.9 billion from using China’s App Store, which is about a quarter of global earnings, according to Reuters.

“The theme of this conference — developing a digital economy for openness and shared benefits — is a vision we at Apple share,” Cook said, as reported by Bloomberg. Ironically, Cook admitted in an earnings…

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