Oppo unveiled its second self-designed chip and its latest augmented reality glasses on Wednesday in its latest effort to beef up research and development prowess and accelerate its transformation from a smartphone vendor to a tech company amid intensified global competition.
It usually takes Asian elephants, one of the animals with the longest pregnancy duration, 20 to 22 months to produce a calf. However, in Yunnan Province in southwest China, nearly every elephant herd has welcomed newborns in recent years.
Oppo plans to recruit more than 2,000 research and development talent this year, as it ramps up a push to sharpen its R&D capabilities and accelerate its transformation from a smartphone vendor to a tech pioneer amid intensified global competition.
Chinese tech companies are emerging as major contributors of global patents as they beef up research and development spending to grow their digital prowess and accelerate technological progress in the world, industry experts said.
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