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Headquarters in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | |
Native name | 华为技术有限公司 |
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Romanized name | Huáwèi jìshù yǒuxiàn gōngsī |
Company type | Private |
ISIN | HK0000HWEI11 |
Industry | |
Founded | 15 September 1987 |
Founder | Ren Zhengfei |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Ren Zhengfei (CEO) Liang Hua (chairman) Meng Wanzhou (deputy chairwoman & CFO) He Tingbo (Director) |
Products | |
Brands | Huawei |
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47,515,000,000 renminbi (2016) ![]() | |
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Total assets | ![]() |
Number of employees | 207,000 (2023)[2] |
Parent | Huawei Investment & Holding[3] |
Subsidiaries | Caliopa Chinasoft International FutureWei Technologies HexaTier HiSilicon iSoftStone |
Website | consumer |
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Simplified Chinese | 华为 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 華為 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | "Splendid Achievement" or "Chinese Achievement" | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 华为技术有限公司 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 華為技術有限公司 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (/ˈhwɑːˌweɪ/; Chinese: 华为; [xwǎ.wèi] (listen)) is a Chinese multinational telecommunications equipment and consumer electronics company based in Shenzhen, Guangdong, South China. It was founded by Ren Zhengfei in 1987.[4]
The name Huawei may be translated as "splendid act" or "China is able"; Hua can mean "splendid" or "China", while wei can mean "action" or "achievement".
Huawei has had a lot of problems in some countries. They have mainly had problems with the United States government. The US government said that the Chinese government could use Huawei's 5G technology to spy on people. Because of this, the US government does not want other countries to use technology by Huawei or ZTE. In May 2019, the US government put Huawei on a blacklist. This meant that Huawei could not do business with American companies.[5][6]