Apple can have access to China, as long as it protects users’ privacy, a top Chinese official told the company’s CEO last week.

The head of the country’s Cyberspace Administration, Lu Wei, met with Apple’s Tim Cook on Saturday as part of a visit to the company, China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency said in a Monday report.

Lu, who’s been leading China’s efforts to regulate the Internet, told Cook during the visit that China was an open market, but that all tech products must “safeguard the country’s national security” and protect users’ privacy, according to the report.

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