We believe that advanced technology, products, solutions and management systems are only effective if they contribute to the business success of our customers

Underpinned by the IPD system, Huawei ensures that our R&D remains responsive to actual and projected customer needs. Through widely applied modularization, standardization and technology sharing, we have built a system that focuses on "speed, quality and cost", to maximize customer benefits and value.

Huawei continues to invest a minimum of 10% of our annual sales revenue in R&D, and 10% of our R&D budget is devoted specifically to the cutting-edge, core and essential technologies.

Huawei aggressively invests in patents and standards to maintain our position as a technology leader. We are a member of 91 standardization organizations, including ITU, 3GPP, 3GPP2, ETSI, IETF, OMA and IEEE, and our employees hold over 100 active leadership positions in these groups.
　　
Huawei submitted over 4,100 standards proposals in 2008. In fiber transmission, access network, NGN, IP QoS and security, Huawei filed more than 1,300 proposals, and over 2,800 proposals were submitted in core network, service application and radio access technology areas.

By the end of 2008, Huawei had filed a total, since our founding, of 35,773 patent applications, including 26,005 patent applications in China, 5,446 international applications and 4,322 foreign applications.