Ren Zhengfei, the founder of Huawei Technologies, has told the company’s employees to learn from the United States. The official said in a newly published speech that the firm has to remain open and learn to continue to grow in the international markets.

According to a SCMP report, the senior executive of the Chinese tech giant made the statement despite the US having applied pressure through various sanctions on the company. Ren Zhengfei made this statement in a company forum back in May 2021. This speech was published the brand’s internal online forum earlier this week. During this forum, the founder also answered questions from employee representatives.

This includes questions regarding the company’s continues to face under US sanctions that have cut Huawei off from key technologies. In a response to a question if the brand should focus more on the China market due to US sanctions, Ren stated that “Is China a part of the world? Yes. Therefore, our insistence on globalization also includes the domestic market. We cannot be closed. We must stay open.”

The official added that the firm still needs to learn from the US since the country is flexible as well as stronger in both science and technology. Ren further added that “Just because the US is trying to suppress us does not mean we do not recognize it as a teacher. This will lead to isolation.” In other words, Huawei still aims on expanding its presence in the global market.

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Chinese tech powerhouse Huawei has endured a turbulent time with several setbacks after the US imposed tough restrictions on US suppliers of the company since 2019. The sanctions were targeted at disrupting the growth trajectory of the company, with Washington pointedly accusing Huawei of carrying out espionage activities for the Chinese government.

Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei, in an internal memo to the staff of the company, has thrown the gauntlet to the company by encouraging them to provide leadership to the world via software development. Huawei has continued to pursue its development and growth beyond its original hardware operations that were brought to a halt by the US sanctions.

The content of the internal memo, seen by Reuters, is a clear indication of the new direction the company plans to focus on. Ren had noted that Huawei was focusing on software development because success in the field will cut off the massive influence wielded by the US and guarantee independence and autonomy.

The recent development has already yielded the HarmonyOS operating system, which was developed in-house by the company in the wake of the US blockade. Other software solutions include the cloud AI system Mindspore and similar IT products. The new approach will be open source driven and Huawei will continue to pursue its development and deployment.

The goal obviously is to completely bypass the US and its allies in the deployment of software solutions for its operations. This would limit the influence and interference of the US government. In his view, once the company is able to dominate Europe, the Asia Pacific, and Africa, and if the US standards don’t match Huawei’s, then there will be a reciprocity of restrictions between both sides.

This looks like a good move as there is no sign of a respite in sight for the Chinese company. The current US administration is yet to make any concessions after former president Donald Trump imposed the restrictions.

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Ren Zhengfei, the Founder and CEO of Huawei Technologies, recently stated a few interesting points regarding his position in the company in an interview with South China Morning Post. He said that he is not a spiritual leader of Huawei, but rather a puppet leader.

According to the senior executive, he hopes to be forgotten over time and his biggest wish “is to drink coffee in a cafe unnoticed.” Ren Zhengfei went on to say that “I’m just an old man. What’s the point of remembering me? People should think more about the future and the world.” This is easier said than done considering his position in the Chinese tech giant, which is also currently in the epicenter of the US and China trade wars.

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In recent times, Huawei has been facing numerous complications and hindrances by the US government. This led to Ren to finally stepping out from his management position behind the stages and take the reigns of the company again after years. Back in 2019, the company faced a trade ban in the US, causing it to be blacklisted from buying or selling goods to US based companies. Earlier this year, the US tried to further hamper Huawei’s situation by limiting its chip supply through TSMC, the largest contract chip manufacturer.

Despite certain long time employees calling Ren “the definite leader, the spiritual leader in Huawei,” he considers himself to be just a puppet to the Rotating Chairmen. In Huawei’s top brass, there are three Rotating Chairman that cycle between one another to lead the company. The constant cycling is done to prevent ideas and creativity to lower under single management and apparently Ren abides by them as well.

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A couple of days back, we reported that Huawei’s CEO Richard Yu believed Huawei could have been the world’s largest smartphone marker, surpassing Samsung in 2019, if not for the U.S. ban. But that doesn’t rule out the possibility of Huawei becoming world’s no.1 even with the ban in place.

Huawei’s CEO and founder, Ren Zhengfei said in an interview with CNN that Huawei can become the world’s no.1 smartphone maker even without Google. When asked whether the company had a backup plan, Ren said that Huawei is working on a large scale solution to tackle this situation. He was likely referring to the company’s own HarmonyOS platform that was announced back in August in China.

He also said that he doesn’t know whether Google was ‘definitively ‘denied a license to trade with Huawei. This response comes at a time when some companies have been granted a license to trade with the telecommunications giant. For example, Microsoft recently got a license to export software to Huawei by the U.S. commerce department. Thanks to the trade license, Microsoft could supply Windows 10 to Huawei’s new MateBook D notebooks in China.

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However, the real question in our minds is whether Google will ever receive a license to trade with Huawei. It’s been six months since the U.S. ban came into effect and newly launched Huawei smartphones do not feature Google apps which have become more or less essential for international users. And without Google, Huawei smartphones are basically dead on arrival in the international markets.

But today’s comment reveals that Ren is pretty optimistic about Huawei’s comeback. He added in the interview that it was a matter of waiting for some time until Huawei got back into the international markets. According to Ren, Huawei will make a comeback in the next two years.

“We will have to resort to alternatives. If those alternatives become mature, I think it’ll become less likely to switch back to previous versions,” added Ren at the interview “It is a critical moment for all of us, I hope the US government can consider what’s best for American companies.”

While we still don’t know what Huawei is planning for the international markets without Google, it’s current strategy has been to double down its efforts in China. And thanks to the sales boosts in its home market, the company is doing better than most other smartphone companies on a global scale.

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