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Ren Zhengfei

The latest news and updates on Ren Zhengfei, the visionary founder and CEO of Huawei Technologies, a global leader in telecommunications equipment and smartphones. A former engineer in the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, he established Huawei in 1987, steering its remarkable growth to become a multinational technology giant. His leadership, often described as disciplined and paternalistic, has fostered a culture of dedication and innovation, with a strong emphasis on research and development. While acknowledging Huawei’s Ascend chips currently lag behind US counterparts, he remains confident in China’s path to technological self-sufficiency. His strategic direction has been pivotal to Huawei’s international success.

An industry veteran has stressed the value of investing in mature nodes and specialty processes, which account for more than 80 per cent of global semiconductor demand. Photo: AFP

Semiconductors

SMIC founder warns against ‘blind pursuit’ of cutting-edge nodes

Richard Chang’s rare public remarks highlight importance of mature chips to China’s supply chain security.

12 May 2026 - 7:51AM

Semiconductors

Huawei’s chip research gains attention ahead of Trump visit to China

11 May 2026 - 8:30PM

Hong Kong stock market

China’s ChiNext Index up 3.5% as global semiconductor rally broadens

11 May 2026 - 5:11PM

US-China tech war

‘Horrible’ for US if DeepSeek AI models run on Huawei chips: Nvidia CEO

DeepSeek on Huawei chips could help China – powered by ‘abundant’ energy and large pool of researchers – catch up with US in AI: Nvidia CEO.

17 Apr 2026 - 6:00PM

Even if China has inferior chips, it can still catch up with the US in AI development given its abundant energy and large pool of AI researchers, according to Jensen Huang. Photo: Handout

Huawei

Huawei hails Ascend AI ecosystem as Atlas 900 supernode rolls out

Chairwoman Meng Wanzhou hails company’s breakthroughs in 2025, vowing to take advantage of ‘strategic opportunities’ in AI.

30 Dec 2025 - 1:06PM

Artificial intelligence

Sea change: China narrows AI gap with US 3 years after ChatGPT shock

The turning point came when DeepSeek released its V3 and R1 models, which were on par with OpenAI’s GPT and Meta’s Llama models at the time.

14 Dec 2025 - 12:57AM

Huawei

Huawei bolsters AI ambitions with foundation model unit, recruits global talent

In a recruitment ad posted in October, the Shenzhen-based firm said it was building a world-class AI team, wooing global talent.

12 Dec 2025 - 6:00PM

Huawei

Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei sees divergence in US and China AI strategies

US focusing on supercomputing power while China is adopting a more practical approach to solve real-world problems, says Ren Zhengfei.

8 Dec 2025 - 9:13AM

Artificial intelligence

Tech war: Huawei bets on AI tech to squeeze more performance from GPUs

Huawei to debut AI infrastructure software that it says can lift GPU and NPU use to about 70 per cent, cutting China’s Nvidia reliance.

17 Nov 2025 - 2:00PM

Artificial intelligence

Nvidia’s Huang says China is ‘nanoseconds’ behind in AI chips

Jensen Huang, head of Nvidia, says China is close behind the US in AI chips, marking a stark contrast to Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei’s views earlier this year.

29 Sep 2025 - 5:00PM

Artificial intelligence

How Huawei and DeepSeek are tending the garden of China’s AI aspirations

Amid growing AI rivalry with the US, the two companies are leading China’s drive to shake off the nation’s dependence on Nvidia processors.

27 Sep 2025 - 11:28AM

Huawei

Huawei’s Ren Zhengfei, Dongfeng Motor’s Yang Qing talk deeper EV collaboration

Dongfeng and Huawei ‘will collaborate in product definition, intelligent technologies and marketing’, the state-owned carmaker says.

23 Sep 2025 - 8:00PM

Huawei

Human-level AI to propel tech progress in the next decade: Huawei

The Chinese tech giant also projects a 100,000-fold increase in global computing power by 2035.

17 Sep 2025 - 6:00PMvideocam

China Future Tech briefing

Semiconductors | China chipmakers seek to loosen Nvidia’s AI stranglehold

Huawei and Cambricon are among Chinese companies trying to challenge Nvidia as export bans on the chip giant’s most advanced processors stoke government efforts to pare reliance on US technology.

26 Aug 2025 - 3:40PM

China chipmakers seek to loosen Nvidia’s AI stranglehold

Artificial intelligence

My Take | DeepSeek’s data format innovation fans fresh hopes of more disruption

DeepSeek’s incremental progress is significant as it has created a new trajectory for China to achieve AI supremacy.

26 Aug 2025 - 7:00AM

The stock market frenzy in China last week was akin to January when DeepSeek sent shock waves across the US equity market. Photo: Shutterstock Images

Semiconductors

Bargaining chip: Nvidia’s efforts to please US and China get harder

The world’s most valuable company by market cap finds itself in the centre of trade negotiations between Beijing and Washington.

16 Aug 2025 - 12:00PM

Huawei

Huawei’s Ren Zhengfei shares EV sector insights with Changan Automobile chairman

The meeting reflects how Chinese industry leaders look to Ren for possible direction, as Trump’s tariffs disrupt global trade.

11 Aug 2025 - 9:00PM

US-China tech war

Nvidia chips in China mark tactical shift in US tech war

Jensen Huang praised China’s AI developers after convincing the White House to scrap an export ban that had hobbled Nvidia’s ability to compete with Huawei in its home market.

16 Jul 2025 - 5:00PM

Semiconductors

Stanford-educated expert leads new semiconductor school in China

Wuhan University’s School of Integrated Circuits has teamed up with China’s top memory chipmaker to overcome US tech curbs.

11 Jul 2025 - 7:00PM

Artificial intelligence

China catching up fast with US in algorithms: ex-Microsoft AI head

While the US is still far ahead in AI chip technology, China is following very closely in algorithms, says computer scientist Harry Shum.

29 Jun 2025 - 7:00AM

Harry Shum Heung-yeung, former head of AI and research at Microsoft, speaks at an economic summit hosted by the HKU Business School on Friday. Photo: Handout

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Ren Zhengfei

SMIC founder warns against ‘blind pursuit’ of cutting-edge nodes

Richard Chang’s rare public remarks highlight importance of mature chips to China’s supply chain security.

Huawei’s chip research gains attention ahead of Trump visit to China

China’s ChiNext Index up 3.5% as global semiconductor rally broadens

‘Horrible’ for US if DeepSeek AI models run on Huawei chips: Nvidia CEO

DeepSeek on Huawei chips could help China – powered by ‘abundant’ energy and large pool of researchers – catch up with US in AI: Nvidia CEO.

Huawei hails Ascend AI ecosystem as Atlas 900 supernode rolls out

Chairwoman Meng Wanzhou hails company’s breakthroughs in 2025, vowing to take advantage of ‘strategic opportunities’ in AI.

Sea change: China narrows AI gap with US 3 years after ChatGPT shock

The turning point came when DeepSeek released its V3 and R1 models, which were on par with OpenAI’s GPT and Meta’s Llama models at the time.

Huawei bolsters AI ambitions with foundation model unit, recruits global talent

In a recruitment ad posted in October, the Shenzhen-based firm said it was building a world-class AI team, wooing global talent.

Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei sees divergence in US and China AI strategies

US focusing on supercomputing power while China is adopting a more practical approach to solve real-world problems, says Ren Zhengfei.

Tech war: Huawei bets on AI tech to squeeze more performance from GPUs

Huawei to debut AI infrastructure software that it says can lift GPU and NPU use to about 70 per cent, cutting China’s Nvidia reliance.

Nvidia’s Huang says China is ‘nanoseconds’ behind in AI chips

Jensen Huang, head of Nvidia, says China is close behind the US in AI chips, marking a stark contrast to Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei’s views earlier this year.

How Huawei and DeepSeek are tending the garden of China’s AI aspirations

Amid growing AI rivalry with the US, the two companies are leading China’s drive to shake off the nation’s dependence on Nvidia processors.

Huawei’s Ren Zhengfei, Dongfeng Motor’s Yang Qing talk deeper EV collaboration

Dongfeng and Huawei ‘will collaborate in product definition, intelligent technologies and marketing’, the state-owned carmaker says.

Human-level AI to propel tech progress in the next decade: Huawei

The Chinese tech giant also projects a 100,000-fold increase in global computing power by 2035.

.css-19im5qg{color:#c79a00;}Semiconductors | China chipmakers seek to loosen Nvidia’s AI stranglehold

Huawei and Cambricon are among Chinese companies trying to challenge Nvidia as export bans on the chip giant’s most advanced processors stoke government efforts to pare reliance on US technology.

.css-1pcrwvc{color:#2aa191;}My Take | DeepSeek’s data format innovation fans fresh hopes of more disruption

DeepSeek’s incremental progress is significant as it has created a new trajectory for China to achieve AI supremacy.

Bargaining chip: Nvidia’s efforts to please US and China get harder

The world’s most valuable company by market cap finds itself in the centre of trade negotiations between Beijing and Washington.

Huawei’s Ren Zhengfei shares EV sector insights with Changan Automobile chairman

The meeting reflects how Chinese industry leaders look to Ren for possible direction, as Trump’s tariffs disrupt global trade.

Nvidia chips in China mark tactical shift in US tech war

Jensen Huang praised China’s AI developers after convincing the White House to scrap an export ban that had hobbled Nvidia’s ability to compete with Huawei in its home market.

Stanford-educated expert leads new semiconductor school in China

Wuhan University’s School of Integrated Circuits has teamed up with China’s top memory chipmaker to overcome US tech curbs.

China catching up fast with US in algorithms: ex-Microsoft AI head

While the US is still far ahead in AI chip technology, China is following very closely in algorithms, says computer scientist Harry Shum.

Semiconductors | China chipmakers seek to loosen Nvidia’s AI stranglehold

My Take | DeepSeek’s data format innovation fans fresh hopes of more disruption