Google held its developer day on Dec. 8 in Beijing, and will hold another event in Shanghai next week. These events mark the first time Google Developer Day has been held in China since 2011. Several media outlets speculated that the shift might be sign of Google’s comeback in China, though senior officials with the company didn’t directly address these rumors.

Scott Beaumont, the Greater China president of Google, hailed the potential of the Chinese market, especially the mobile terminal market. According to Beaumont, a start-up is established in the Chinese market every seven minutes, and 50 percent are digital firms.

In a bid to attract Chinese developers, Google launched the Google Developers website, which involves development tools such as API of SDK, Android Studio and Search, Map and Chrome. However, Scott gave a simple and abrupt reply - “No plans, nothing to say” - when asked about the potential return of Google to China.

In an exclusive interview with Tencent, Beaumont claimed the present website was just a small portion of Google services, and that more assistance would be provided in the future. Google will help Chinese developers go global, he added.