Founded in 1987, Huawei is a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider. We are committed to bringing digital to every person, home and organization for a fully connected, intelligent world. We have nearly 188,000 employees, and we operate in more than 170 countries and regions, serving more than three billion people around the world.
Huawei is a private company wholly owned by its employees. Through the Union of Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd., we implement an Employee Shareholding Scheme that involves 96,768 employee shareholders. This scheme is limited to employees. No government agency or outside organization holds shares in Huawei.
Huawei has a sound and effective corporate governance system. Shareholding employees elect 115 representatives to form the Representatives’ Commission. This Representatives’ Commission elects the Chairman of the Board and the remaining 16 board directors. The Board of Directors elects four deputy chairs and three executive directors. Three deputy chairs take turns serving as the company’s rotating chairman.
The rotating chairman leads the Board of Directors and its Executive Committee while in office. The board exercises decision-making authority for corporate strategy and operations management, and is the highest body responsible for corporate strategy, operations management, and customer satisfaction.
Meanwhile, the Chairman of the Board chairs the Representatives’ Commission. As Huawei’s highest decision-making body, the Representatives’ Commission makes decisions on important company matters, like profit distribution, capital increases, and the elections of members of the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board.
Externally, we rely on our customers. They are at the center of everything we do, and we create value for them with innovative products. Internally, we rely on our dedicated employees. Dedication is a core part of our work ethic. At Huawei, those who contribute more get more.
We work with stakeholders including suppliers, partners, industry organizations, open source communities, standards organizations, universities, and research institutes all over the world to cultivate a broader ecosystem that thrives on shared success. In this way we can help drive advancements in technology and grow the industry as a whole.
We create local employment opportunities, pay our taxes, and comply with all applicable laws and regulations in the countries where we operate. We help local industries go digital, and we openly engage with governments and the media.
"The easiest way to bring down a fortress is to attack it from within and the easiest way to reinforce it is from outside. Moving forward, we will do everything we can to shake off outside distractions, improve management, and make progress towards our strategic goals."
"The world is changing and we are facing new challenges. But Huawei will stay the course. We will work with our customers and partners to build an ecosystem that thrives on shared success. And we will do our best to push the limits of technology and promote social progress along the way."
Unit: CNY Million
Huawei invests more than 10% of its sales revenue in R&D every year.
10%+
In 2018, 80,000+ employees were involved in R&D, accounting for 45% of the total workforce.
80,000+
R&D investment in 2018 exceeded CNY100 billion, an increase of 13.2% year-on-year.
CNY100 billion
R&D investment over the past decade: More than CNY485 billion
CNY485 billion
Huawei is one of the world's largest patent holders; total number of patents granted to Huawei as of December 31, 2018: 87,805
87,805
Prioritizing cyber security and privacy protection: We believe that, as a technology provider, it's our responsibility to build security through innovation, enhance security through collaboration, and work together to shape a digital world that everyone can trust.
Over the past 30 years, we have built more than 1,500 networks together with telecom carriers, providing network services to over three billion people in more than 170 countries and regions. Throughout this time Huawei has maintained a solid track record in security.
Huawei is now the industry's best when it comes to product anti-attack and anti-penetration capabilities. At the end of 2018, our Board of Directors approved a formal resolution to invest an initial budget of US$2 billion for a companywide transformation aimed at enhancing our software engineering capabilities.
After many years of development, Huawei has established an end-to-end business continuity management system that covers all aspects of our business, including procurement, manufacturing, logistics, and technical services. With the support of effective management teams, processes, and IT systems, we now have mature business continuity and emergency response plans, and conduct regular training and drills to ensure effective management of business risks. Over the past ten years, Huawei has responded to more than 80 emergencies in a fast and well-organized manner. These include the tsunami in Japan, the flood in Thailand, the earthquake in Nepal, and various ransomware attacks.
We adopt a supply diversification strategy and ensure supply continuity through multiple technical solutions, multiple suppliers, multiple production bases, and multiple transportation routes. For products already running on live networks, we have warehoused enough spare parts to provide full lifecycle support. We have invested heavily for more than a decade to ensure supply security in even the most extreme conditions.
