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We investigate the chemo-kinematic properties of the Milky Way disc byexploring the first year of data from the Apache Point Observatory GalacticEvolution Experiment (APOGEE), and compare our results to smaller opticalhigh-resolution samples in the literature, as well as results from lowerresolution surveys such as GCS, SEGUE and RAVE. We start by selecting ahigh-quality sample in terms of chemistry ($\sim$ 20.000 stars) and, aftercomputing distances and orbital parameters for this sample, we employ a numberof useful subsets to formulate constraints on Galactic chemical andchemodynamical evolution processes in the Solar neighbourhood and beyond (e.g.,metallicity distributions -- MDFs, [$\alpha$/Fe] vs. [Fe/H] diagrams, andabundance gradients). Our red giant sample spans distances as large as 10 kpcfrom the Sun.  We find remarkable agreement between the recently published local (d $<$ 100pc) high-resolution high-S/N HARPS sample and our local HQ sample (d $<$ 1kpc). The local MDF peaks slightly below solar metallicity, and exhibits anextended tail towards [Fe/H] $= -$1, whereas a sharper cut-off is seen atlarger metallicities. The APOGEE data also confirm the existence of a gap inthe [$\alpha$/Fe] vs. [Fe/H] abundance diagram. When expanding our sample tocover three different Galactocentric distance bins, we find thehigh-[$\alpha$/Fe] stars to be rare towards the outer zones, as previouslysuggested in the literature. For the gradients in [Fe/H] and [$\alpha$/Fe],measured over a range of 6 $ < $ R $ <$ 11 kpc in Galactocentric distance, wefind a good agreement with the gradients traced by the GCS and RAVE dwarfsamples. For stars with 1.5 $<$ z $<$ 3 kpc, we find a positive metallicitygradient and a negative gradient in [$\alpha$/Fe].

Chemodynamics of the Milky Way. I. The first year of APOGEE data