Huawei founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei (pictured) admitted US trade restrictions over the past two years forced it overhaul product development priorities, taking a more balanced approach to quality and performance and boosting its bottom-line, an internal document reviewed by Mobile World Live showed.
The document is based on a recent Q&A session between Ren and interns at the vendor’s Central Research Institute. The executive explained Huawei boosted profitablity by focusing on using the right components to deliver high quality products and explained its efforts in 6G research aimed to open the new capabilities which come with every generation of wireless technology.
“So far, we have only leveraged the communications capability, without taking advantage of the detection and sensing capabilities. This might be a new direction of development for radio waves.”
He said the company hasn’t changed its HR policies due to the trade restrictions, with business as usual for remuneration and share distribution.
Ren highlighted the value of disruptive innovations even if they ultimately fail. “That is because we would have cultivated a large group of talented people during the process.”
He also predicted software will be the core of digital architecture in the future information society.
Huawei unveiled a smartphone version of its HarmonyOS [1] in June, a month after Ren called for it to make a strategic shift [2] towards software development.
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Ren lamented China had experienced a number of economic bubbles, with young executives “rushing to do things that yield quick returns with a relatively low investment”.
He also acknowledged the country lags far behind in sectors including machine tools, process techniques, instruments and materials research.
While China is focused on experimental science, it pays little attention to theoretical research, he observed. “The company must not be short-sighted or merely pursue practicality. Otherwise, we might be left behind forever. We need more theoretical breakthroughs, especially in domains like compound semiconductors and materials science.”
With the company’s core revenue dropping [3] in H1, Huawei laid a plan to diversify its portfolio after core revenue dropped in H1, exploring areas including automotive components and consumer printers.
[1] https://www.mobileworldlive.com/featured-content/home-banner/huawei-harmonyos-2-0
[2] https://www.mobileworldlive.com/devices/news-devices/huawei-founder-targets-software
[3] https://www.mobileworldlive.com/featured-content/home-banner/huawei-goes-into-survival-mode
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