On the morning of December 25th, Liang Hua, chairman of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., was interviewed by domestic media at the Huawei headquarters in Bantian, Shenzhen. He was questioned by the outside world about Meng Wanzhou's detention in Canada, security issues, 5G layout, and future business transformation.Questions answered.
He first responded to the detention of Meng Wanzhou, the former vice chairman and CFO of Huawei, in Canada.Liang Hua said that he has worked with Meng Wanzhou for 20 years, and the two sides have a long-term cooperative relationship. He also thanked the outside world for their concern for Meng Wanzhou; but he also said that this incident did not affect the normal operation of the company.All work is proceeding in an orderly manner.
Liang Hua believes that Huawei will definitely face many challenges on the way forward. In the face of challenges, what Huawei has to do is to continue to increase investment, maintain the concept of serving customers well, and insist on driving the company's development with technological innovation and customer needs; HuaweiNor will it give up its mission and vision because of the uncertainty of the external environment.
In the face of an uncertain external environment, Huawei is also continuing to strengthen its management of supply chain system security.Liang Hua mentioned that over the years of development, Huawei has established a sustainable management mechanism with suppliers. The company will explain future plans and developments with suppliers to ensure that it shares benefits with suppliers in the process of cooperation.
Huawei's 5G business, which has been questioned by security issues, is encountering obstacles around the world. Since the beginning of this year, the United States, Australia and other countries have successively announced that they will abandon Huawei's 5G equipment.In this regard, Liang Hua said that despite external pressure, Huawei has achieved good results in business.At present, Huawei has won 26 5G commercial contracts, signed cooperation agreements with more than 50 business partners around the world, and delivered more than 10,000 5G base stations for commercial use.
At the same time, Liang Hua also revealed Huawei's current progress in global 5G: so far, the business in Germany is normal; in France, it is actively participating in the construction of 5G operators;In New Zealand, the government has different opinions on the operator's 5G plan, but the regulatory process has not yet been completed. The customer said that he will continue to communicate with the government, and the cooperation with Huawei will remain unchanged.Whether it is technology or commercial use, Huawei's 5G is industry-leading and can provide global customers with end-to-end system-wide services.
Liang Hua believes that security issues should return to technology, speak with facts, and return to the objective evaluation of the company.Huawei regards security as the highest priority in conducting business globally.Facing a more open and changing network environment, we will invest 2 billion US dollars in the future to build a full-process product security system.Liang Hua said.
When talking about how to position Huawei for the future, Liang Hua said that Huawei will continue to increase R&D investment, optimize internal operating processes, simplify the organizational structure, activate the organization and employees, and enable front-line operating teams to have more subjective initiative.At the same time, Huawei will also adhere to an open and cooperative attitude, and adhere to win-win cooperation with ecological partners throughout the industry chain and share benefits.
In addition, Liang Hua also stated that Huawei will continue to adhere to compliance operations, respond to international political uncertainties with the certainty of legal compliance, and strictly abide by all applicable laws and regulations of the countries where it does business, including export controls applicable to the United Nations, the United States, and the European Union.and sanctions laws and regulations.
It is understood that this is the first time that Dr. Liang Hua participated in the media roundtable after he became the chairman.
Liang Hua, born in 1964, graduated from Wuhan University of Automotive Technology and joined Huawei in 1995. He has successively served as the president of the company's supply chain, the company's CFO, the president of the process and IT management department, the president of the global technical service department, the chief supply officer, the director of the audit committee, and the chairman of the board of supervisors.and other duties.In March this year, he became the chairman of the company.
