January 18 news reported that byte beat is Canada, Australia and other places to build R & D center。At present, some R & D centers have been in trial operation for about half a year, and will support TikTok, CapCut, Lemon8 and other overseas business R & D in the future.。According to previous public reports, ByteDance currently has more than 110,000 employees in more than 120 cities around the world, and has R & D centers in 4 countries and 15 cities.。

ByteDance's video applications are rapidly expanding beyond advertising, and TikTok Shop wants to significantly expand its U.S. business, with plans to achieve $17.5 billion in revenue in 2024.。

The short video platform is rapidly becoming an important promotion tool for content creators and merchants, and TikTok's rapid development in Southeast Asia poses a great challenge to Thailand's local e-commerce market.。

TikTok regards Southeast Asia as a major commercial town, but has been hit by successive government initiatives, presumably not in his heart.。