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Milestones
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1992 |
Microsoft opens its first office in Beijing |
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1993 |
The foundation of Microsoft Beijing Test Center. |
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1995 |
The establishment of Microsoft China and Microsoft China Research & Development center |
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1998 |
Microsoft China Research Institute founded in Beijing |
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2001 |
Microsoft China Research Institute became Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA). |
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2003 |
Advanced Technology Center (ATC) founded in Beijing |
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2004 |
Microsoft Asia Center for Hardware (MACH) established |
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2005 |
Cloud + Enterprise (Server and Tools Business) founded in Shanghai |
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01/18/2006 |
Microsoft officially incorporated Microsoft Asia-Pacific R&D Group (Microsoft China R&D Group |
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04/21/2007 |
Bill Gates visited China for the 10th time and expresses his plan to increase investments in R&D in Beijing and Shanghai |
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05/06/2008 |
APRD held a ceremony to lay the foundation stone of its new headquarters in Zhongguancun, Beijing. |
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01/25/2010 |
Microsoft China R&D Group renamed to Microsoft Asia-pacific Research and Development Group (APRD). |
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03/31/2010 |
Shanghai High-tech phase one campus opened. This is the first R&D and service campus invested by Microsoft outside of US. |
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05/25/2011 |
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer officially opened the APRD headquarters in Beijing with space for 5000 employees. |
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07/07/2012 |
Microsoft vice president S. Somasegar announced the official launch of Microsoft’s Cloud Accelerator. |
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06/06/2013 |
Public cloud platform and services Windows Azure established in China |
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07/07/2013 |
Microsoft Ventures opened in China, bringing a world-class standard for startup incubation. |
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29/05/2014 |
Beta version of the AI chatbot Xiaoice published to all users. |
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26/01/2016 |
Microsoft’s 10th consecutive year of being awarded for best cooperation award by the Minster of Education. |
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14/11/2016 |
Microsoft Research Asia Alumni Association was founded |
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22/01/2017 |
Microsoft Accelerator Shanghai founded. China became the only country in the world where Microsoft has two accelerators |