Many top universities in Canada announced the termination of research cooperation with

(Toronto News) Many top universities in Canada have announced within a week that Huawei, a Chinese communications equipment manufacturer, has terminated research cooperative relationships, or will no longer sign new research agreements.

According to Canada's English media TORONTO Star, the University of Toronto, McGill University, University of Waterloo, University of Montreas (McGill University), University of Montreal Montreal), alreadyDecide to terminate or terminate research cooperation with Huawei.

Although the Canadian government banned Huawei from participating in 5G network construction, it allowed universities to decide whether to cooperate with this China Telecom giant.

The first to show the University of Waterloo.The school announced last week that it would terminate all cooperation projects with Huawei.The Toronto Star said that Canadian officials are increasingly stringent for university partnership review.Beijing's influence on Canada has also attracted much attention from Canada."The decision of the University of Waterloo can be regarded as a precedent."

According to reports, the University of Waterloo said that it will completely get rid of the relationship with Huawei through various legal mechanisms, exit clauses, and various procedures.

The University of Toronto revealed that in order to respond to concerns about research security, the school has decided to stop any new research cooperation with Huawei in April.The spokesman said: "This includes new agreements, new projects in existing agreements, renewal and extending funding for existing projects." The University of Toronto even hired a research security director in September last year. It is currently establishing a research safety office.

The University of Montreal stated that in 2019, it began to cooperate with Huawei to obtain donations of $ 3.9 million (S $ 5.17 million) for funding information.The spokesman revealed that the school has informed Huawei that the cooperation agreement will no longer continue after the end of December next year.

In February this year, Canada officially tightened the policy of funding with foreign physical funding, announcing that the Canadian Federal Research Assistance Committee will refuse to provide funds for projects that are linked to foreign governments and risk national security institutions.