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fast technology reported on september 12 that according to caixin.com,ibm ceo arvind krishna responded to the reasons for closing the r&d department in china in an internal online meeting for ibm employees around the world, saying that the closure of the r&d department in china has been completed and is irreversible.

“i really want us to be focused,” arvind krishna said. “we need strategic locations, places that can accommodate thousands of people.”

he clearly pointed out that ibm's global strategic locations currently include austin and san jose in the united states, toronto in canada, krakow in poland, dublin in ireland, bangalore and kochi in india. china is not in these areas.

jack hergenrother, vice president of ibm global enterprise systems development, said:ibm has decided to shift its infrastructure research and development to other regions, citing fierce competition in the local chinese market and the continued decline of its infrastructure business in china.“we are exiting all development work in china.”

in addition, ibm headquarters staff said,r&d and business are two separate departments. the transfer of r&d does not affect the continuous provision of business. currently, business operations can still be carried out and technical support can be provided.