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Nurturing tomorrow’s digital warriors
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How Huawei Technologies’ Seeds for the Future programme nurtures global talent and drives innovation

  • Firm’s flagship corporate social responsibility initiative works with 500 global universities and has benefited more than 18,000 students worldwide
  • Young European talent meet tech experts, examine realms of connectivity and innovation, and discuss diversity and sustainability during latest event

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Young talent from 18 European nations meet officials from the Delegation of the European Union to China and learn about China-EU relations during January’s Seeds for the Future educational trip to Shenzhen and Beijing, organised by Huawei Technologies.
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China, as the world’s second-largest economy populated by almost one-fifth of the global population, is a driving force in international affairs and human development. The technological advances the country has made in recent decades are also attracting attention and curiosity worldwide.

To boost inbound tourism and people-to-people exchanges, China began to grant 15-day visa-free entries to passport holders from France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Malaysia from last December as part of a policy trial that will run until the end of this November.

Nationals from Switzerland, Ireland, Hungary, Austria, Belgium and Luxembourg have since been added to the list. The international business community has welcomed the move as it makes business travel easier and will encourage more delegates to visit for meetings, conferences and exhibitions.

For Huawei Technologies, a leading Chinese global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices, the new policy is also conducive to its many international training programmes that are helping to nurture global talent and drive innovation for the future.

The company has just finished the latest round of its global Seeds for the Future programme, which saw a group of university students from 18 European nations travel to Guangdong province and Beijing in January for an enticing week of Chinese cultural, educational and collaborative activities.

European students on the Seeds for the Future programme visit Beijing’s Great Wall of China as part of the cultural events during January’s educational trip organised by Huawei Technologies.
European students on the Seeds for the Future programme visit Beijing’s Great Wall of China as part of the cultural events during January’s educational trip organised by Huawei Technologies.

The “Seeds for the Future European Grand Finale” enabled the students to take part in illuminating sessions with technology experts, examine the realms of connectivity and innovation, and contribute to insightful panel discussions on hot topics such as diversity, green skills and sustainability.

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