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Huawei Technologies

Huawei Technologies
Huawei Technologies
Huawei Technologies is one of the world's largest smartphone makers and telecommunications equipment providers. The company also sells a range of consumer electronics from smart home devices and appliances to rooftop solar products and electric vehicles. The company's 5G equipment has been banned outright in a number of countries – including the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, Sweden and the UK.
Founder & CEO
Ren Zhengfei
Chairman
Liang Hua
Deputy Chairman
Xu Zhijun
Industry
Technology
Website
huawei.com
Year founded
1987
in partnership with:
Huawei

Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices.

C-Suite Member

Sunny Shang
President, Huawei Cloud APAC

The Huawei Mate XT 2 tri-fold smartphone powered by the new Kirin 9050 Pro chip. Photo: Iris Deng
The Huawei Mate XT 2 tri-fold smartphone powered by the new Kirin 9050 Pro chip. Photo: Iris Deng
The Huawei Mate XT 2 tri-fold smartphone powered by the new Kirin 9050 Pro chip. Photo: Iris Deng
Smartphones

Huawei’s new US$3,500 trifold phone turns heads – but it’s not for everyone

The Mate XT 2 offers a tablet-sized screen at paperback weight – for an eye-watering price. Here’s what it’s actually like to use.

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China’s private sector

ByteDance heads first SCMP Plus Going Global 100 ranking

Malaysia

Can ‘neutral’ Malaysia stay above the fray in the US-China tech rivalry?

5G

Huawei, Qualcomm strike multi-year patent agreement across 5G, AI

Cross-licensing deal includes Qualcomm’s purchase of specific Huawei US patents across compute, AI and networking, Chinese firm says.

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People visit the Huawei booth at the 2025 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Photo: Xinhua
US-China tech war

Editorial | China must ensure R&D funding flows to where it matters most

China’s expenditure on research and development now exceeds the OECD average but private sector spending on basic research lags the US.

Artificial intelligence

AI | China’s AI compute ambitions demand innovation

Expanding China’s intelligent computing capacity fourfold in four years will require advances in power-grid management, domestic chips and software.

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China technology

Huawei steps up Tau chip roll-out, with Mate XT 2 on track for 1 million sales

The Chinese tech giant plans to use its self-developed advanced chips across the new Mate 90 series as it overcomes stringent US tech curbs.

A salesperson showcases the Huawei Mate 90 Pro Max Premium Edition at a store in Shenzhen on Tuesday. Photo: Iris Deng
Smartphones

Apple leads China smartphone sales after launch of iPhone 18 Pro. Can it last?

Sales in the first three days were 12 per cent higher than the previous generation’s entire first week.

China-EU relations

Ties between Beijing and Brussels on the brink ahead of make-or-break October

The mood in Brussels is hardening and Europe’s actions in coming weeks could set the course of EU-China relations for years to come.

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Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek opens tools to help Huawei chips supplant Nvidia in AI

With introduction of suite of six tools, AI model developer aims to create ‘independent’ software ecosystem for AI processors.

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Huawei’s CloudMatrix 384 system with Ascend 910 AI processors is displayed at the World Internet Conference in Tongxiang, in eastern China’s Zhejiang province, on November 8, 2025. Photo: Reuters
US-China relations

Why US chip controls took a back seat at the Xi-Trump summit

China’s growing semiconductor self-reliance may explain the relative calm, but looming US measures could put it to the test.

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AMD chief Lisa Su (left), her husband Daniel Lin, Nvidia chief Jensen Huang, his wife Lori Huang and Apple's former chief Tim Cook attend a White House state dinner on Thursday. Photo: AFP
US-China relations

Can the US and China verify an AI deal? Start-ups are building the tools

Researchers are developing technology to monitor AI development without relying on trust between Washington and Beijing.

US-China tech war

Huawei’s mobile chip narrows gap with Apple through Tau Scaling Law: Bernstein

Kirin 9050 Pro chip, the first based on Tau framework with 7nm technology, outperforms Apple’s 3nm A17 Pro in tests, research firm says.

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2026 Xi-Trump summits

In Focus | The US-China tech war has evolved since Xi and Trump last met. Who has the edge?

The two sides have found new sources of leverage across AI, chips, rare earths and wider technology supply chains since the US leader’s May visit to Beijing.

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Illustration: Henry Wong
2026 Xi-Trump summits

Rising toll of US-China trade, tech curbs in focus ahead of summit

Impacts of reciprocal restrictions eroding profits, disrupting supply chains and intensifying market competition are back in the spotlight.

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US chipmaker Nvidia recorded a US$400 million charge for excess H200 inventory and purchase obligations. Photo: Reuters
United States

China to see major shift to Huawei for AI model training in 2027: deputy chair

The firm’s Ascend chips are ahead of Nvidia in domestic market, Huawei’s Eric Xu Zhijun says.

Mainland China

How Huawei plans to bypass US chip curbs with its latest technology

The Chinese tech giant is leveraging its UnifiedBus technology to link hundreds or thousands of chips into single computing unit.

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Semiconductors

Once reliant on Korean memory, Chinese smartphone makers are turning to CXMT

Fuelled by a global memory shortage, China’s CXMT is winning spots in flagship handsets from ByteDance-powered AI devices to Xiaomi’s top models.

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Chinese memory chip giant CXMT is rapidly gaining traction in the global DRAM market. Photo: Reuters
Semiconductors

Huawei quickens AI chip pace, promises next entrant 3 quarters early

Company says ‘performance-doubling’ Ascend 960DT training chip to debut in first quarter, followed by 960PR inference chip in third quarter.

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Mainland China

Huawei unveils latest tech to boost AI power, curb China’s Nvidia reliance

Its SuperPoD will face off against offerings by US rivals in the global computing power arena, including Nvidia’s NVL system.

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US-China relations

Huawei accused of stealing robot tech to get hands on T-Mobile’s trade secrets

US prosecutors claim Chinese tech giant officials were intent on finding out about technical specifications of the robot, dubbed Tappy.

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An image of Tappy the robot. US prosecutors accuse Huawei of repeatedly trying to steal information about the T-Mobile robot's design. Photo: Eastern District of New York Court Records
Belt and Road 2026

Ancient Silk Road to modern Belt and Road: how Hong Kong bridges China and the Middle East

As the Middle East seeks economic diversification, Hong Kong acts as the financial gateway for investment.

In 2025, the Middle East was Hong Kong’s 10th largest trading partner, with bilateral trade in goods of HK$192.8 billion, making it a significant stand in the various t rade networks that make up the Belt and Road Initiative. Photo: Karim Sahib, AFP
US-China relations

ICE death, AI military strike proposal, Huawei trial: 7 US-China relations reads

From a drone ban to birth tourism, here are highlights from the SCMP’s overseas correspondents in the first half of September 2026.

US-China relations

Huawei’s US trial puts jury to the test amid China, Iran links

More than 80 questions sought to uncover potential biases in the landmark criminal case against the Chinese tech giant.

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North Korea

Foie gras, puppies and water parks: North Korea gets a glow-up

Kim Jong-un wants his middle class to splurge and is funding a splashy leisure boom to soak up their excess cash.

Visitors cavort at the Wonsan Kalma tourist area in Kangwon province, North Korea, last year. Photo: Kyodo
China energy security

In Focus | Chinese coal mine gets hi-tech, green makeover with autonomous electric trucks

The deployment of self-driving vehicles, now past the pilot stage, has improved safety, efficiency and operating costs, mine manager says.

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Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen
Artificial intelligence

Chinese optical supply chain relieved after US leaves transceivers off blacklist

The devices are emerging as central to artificial intelligence race, and China’s suppliers hold key market position.

Semiconductors

Semiconductors | With novel chip in Huawei phone, China heads for computing reset

Chinese tech giant’s launch of Mate XT 2 handset is first commercial test of Kirin 9050 Pro, a product of its new chip design paradigm, LogicFolding.

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