President of Uzbekistan visits Huawei Executive Briefing Center in Beijing

[Beijing, China, April 25, 2019] As part of his visit to China, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, visited Huawei's Beijing Executive Briefing Center (EBC) on Thursday, at the invitation of Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei.

Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev in the EBC

The EBC is a complex of exhibition halls where customers are presented with Huawei’s strategy and vision, especially the latest technological solutions of the leading Chinese company.

The Ministry for the Development of Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic of Uzbekistan, together with the Center for Information and Public Security under the technological support of Huawei, is launching Safe City project in Uzbekistan. President Mirziyoyev’s visit to the exhibition complex was expected to provide a better knowledge of Huawei’s technological capabilities and advantages, especially in the creation of Safe Cities and E-Government systems.

During the visit, President Mirziyoyev was briefed on the global trends of 5G technologies, the Safe City and Smart City project, as well as Huawei‘s solutions on the improvement of the health system.

By creating integration network for emergency medical care, the digitization of emergency services will increase the speed of medical services delivery and bring the health system to a new “electronic” level.

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei visiting the EBC

President Mirziyoyev expressed support for the company in its cooperation with his country. He thanked Ren Zhengfei for his invitation，and invited him to visit Uzbekistan. Giving a high acclaim to Huawei’s presented solutions, the president emphasized the importance of using technologies based on Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, 5G and emergency medical care solutions, expressing hope for cooperation with Huawei in training of ICT talents.

“The visit of the President of Uzbekistan to Huawei exhibition center for us is a significant event that gives impulse to deeper understanding and trust to our company from the government side. The interest of the head of the country in such solutions and technologies as “safe” and “smart” city, gives us the confidence to realize the maximum potential of our company, not only in the telecom sector, ” said Thomas Xu, president of the Public Safety Enterprise BG Huawei.

Huawei has been operating in Uzbekistan for more than 19 years. During this period, Huawei participated in the construction and modernization of the ICT infrastructure in Uzbekistan, expanding the nation’s telecommunications network, and introducing high-speed data transmission technologies through fiber-optic lines.

Significant projects with Uzbek operators include Uztelecom ICT infrastructure, Uzcloud data center, and Uzmobile GSM network construction. Huawei also cooperated with the UMS in implementing the RuralStar project in rural areas, and launched the first public test of 5G technologies with Beeline Uzbekistan.