Cook photographed smiling, talking to Chinese workers

Mar 29, 2012 09:35 GMT  ·  By

On his first visit to China as CEO of Apple, Tim Cook was taken on a tour of the newest iPhone factory in the Foxconn ZhengzhouTechnology Park, in the north central province of Hebei.

Cook can be seen smiling in a couple of photos released to the media on March 28 during his visit at Foxconn’s newest establishment for iPhone manufacturing.

Both Apple and Foxconn have been heavily scrutinized for not enforcing ethical labor guidelines for the workers who assemble the former’s profitable iDevices. It is still highly debatable exactly who is doing what wrong, and where the epicenter of the issue is - China (Foxconn) or America (Apple).

Tim Cook’s agenda for China also reportedly includes talks with the country’s big wireless operators for future partnerships (iPhone 5), and more.