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Welcome to APRD
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Diversity & Inclusion
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Microsoft’s AI Vision
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Microsoft Cognitive Services
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Microsoft by the Numbers
About us
Microsoft Asia-Pacific Research and Development Group (APRD) is a complete innovation chain of fundamental research, technology incubation, product development, and strategic partnerships.
Values
Microsoft APRD supports Microsoft’s global mission for worldwide research, technological innovation, and product development, further strengthening cooperation and exchanges with industry colleagues and academic institutions in the region.
Cooperation
As one of Microsoft's three strategic global development centers, we unleash the world's best minds to create some of the company's most impactful and innovative tech in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.
Vision
Microsoft APRD Group was founded in 2006 with a strategic goal: ”Innovation in China, Innovation for the World”.
NEWS Center
Microsoft for Startups Shanghai Innovation Day: Microsoft-Empowered Entrepreneurship Igniting China’s Innovation Ecosystem
SHANGHAI, Feb. 26, 2019 – Today, Microsoft laid out its commitment and strategy to increase momentum of China’s startup ecosystem at the Microsoft for Startups Shanghai Innovation Day.
Harry Shum: Celebrating Twenty Years of Writing the Future
In 20 years, we have published over 5,000 research papers and created one of the most recognized industrial labs in the world. The quality of our research has always been at the heart of our success.
Microsoft looking for cloud impetus in China
"Digital transformation here in China is at a pace that is leading the world, which provides important opportunities," said Mark Russinovich, chief technology officer of Microsoft Azure, the firm's cloud business, in an interview with China Daily.
Much more than a chatbot: China’s Xiaoice mixes AI with emotions and wins over millions of fans
She is Xiaoice – Microsoft’s China-based chatbot phenomenon that has enthralled digital audiences across the world’s most populous nation for the past four years.
