(Yicai) Nov. 26 -- Apple's Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook has arrived in China for his second official visit in a month and his third this year. Cook was in Beijing yesterday to attend the second China International Supply Chain Expo.

Apple CEO Tim Cook turned up at a supply chain conference in Beijing on Monday, his third public appearance in China this year, as the executive courts the world’s biggest smartphone market amid an iPhone sales slump and uncertainty around the local launch of the Apple Intelligence system.

Apple CEO Tim Cook has returned to China for discussions with premier Li Qiang, in discussions to aid both the global supply chain and the Chinese economy.

This meeting comes as international businesses navigate growing economic uncertainties and potential trade disruptions.

Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook is visiting China for at least the third time this year, showing up at a suppliers' conference on the same day a top Beijing official convened an important meeting with a group of foreign CEOs.

CEO Tim Cook was among over 20 corporate executives to join trade discussions with China's Premier Li Qiang on Monday, Bloomberg News reported. The meeting comes at a time companies globally are battling potential trade disruptions and economic uncertainty.

Apple CEO Tim Cook joined more than 20 corporate leaders in discussions with China's premier Monday, as global companies grapple with potential trade disruptions and economic uncertainty.

Apple CEO Tim Cook and more than 20 other chief execs met China’s premier today to discuss potential trade disruption once Trump takes office in January. However, the report makes it sound like the meeting didn’t achieve much,