Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei tells his employees to learn from the US
Huawei Technologies must remain open, continue to grow in international markets, and learn from the United States, even though the country continues to apply pressure, according to the latest published speech from company founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei.
Made by Ren in May during a company forum, the speech was
published on Huawei’s internal online forum on Saturday, the weekend before the
Communist Party of China’s 100th anniversary on July 1.
At the forum, Ren answered questions from employee
representatives, including the challenges the company continues to face under
US sanctions that have cut it off from key technologies.
“Is China a part of the world? Yes. Therefore, our
insistence on globalisation also includes the domestic market,” Ren said in
response to a question on whether the Shenzhen-based company should focus more
on the China market given US sanctions. “We cannot be closed. We must stay
open.”
Ren, 76, said the company still needs to learn from the US
as the country is flexible as well as stronger in both science and technology.
“Just because the US is trying to suppress us does not mean
we do not recognize it as a teacher,” Ren said. “This will lead to isolation.”
The world’s largest telecoms equipment maker, and formerly
China’s biggest smartphone vendor, has faced many obstacles since 2019 as one
of the major casualties of the ongoing US-China tensions.
The company was banned from accessing products related to US
technologies and services, it sold its budget smartphone brand Honor, and it
doubled its efforts in new business areas such as cloud services and smart
cars.
When asked about the increasing difficulties the company is
facing due to the rapidly changing international environment, Ren said
challenges are the norm and the company must continue to cooperate well with
its international partners.
“First of all, we must cooperate with sincerity,” Ren said.
“When there are difficulties, that means we have done something others cannot
and proves our value.”
Like his previous internal speeches given in the company,
Ren in this speech combined corporate strategies with philosophical languages,
military terms, and reference to the current hot social and cultural topics.
Ren recommended his employees to watch a recently aired red
TV drama called The Awakening Age. The show narrates the story of how the
Chinese Communist Party was founded in 1921 and was made to celebrate the
Party‘s 100th anniversary.
“There has been no step forward in history that has been
easy,” Ren said. “We have gone through many twists and turns in the past
century. Everyone must watch such an important TV show.”
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