China is the most populous country in the world, and the use of computers there is growing rapidly.
To make the experience compelling, we need to address many challenges to adapt computing and software to the Chinese marketplace. We believe it's important the industry invests in finding solutions that can help overcome these challenges. Microsoft Research, China is Microsoft's first research facility in Asia and another example of the company's continued commitment to funding basic computer science research. The center currently has five employees, and plans to grow to 100 over the next few years. Long-term, we want to enable computers to see, listen, speak and learn.