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Earlier this month, we told you Apple awarded a $10,000 iTunes Gift Card to Chunli Fu of Qingdao, China for downloading the 25 billionth app from the App Store. As part of her prize, Apple flew Fu to Apple headquarters in Beijing for a visit to the corporate offices and then the Sanlitun retail store to collect her prize at a press event and award ceremony. Several local reports from qdqss.cn and elsewhere were summed up in a story over on MIC Gadget.

According to the report, Fu was an iPhone user for only a month before being contacted by Apple about the contest:

  • 25 billion apps downloaded: ‘Where’s My Water? Free,’ was downloaded by Chinli Fu of Qingdao, China (9to5mac.com)
  • Apple’s App Store reaches 25 billion, next 25 billion won’t even take two years (9to5mac.com)