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17
Letter from the Chairwoman
group of people. We published a 5G white paper
and established our vision and key technological
goals for 5G development and deployment in the
hope of making 5G available sooner to advance
the ICT industry and improve quality of life for
all. We launched the world’s first service – and
user experience-centric agile network architecture,
along with the first-of-its-kind agile switch S12700.
These offerings are ideal for such new applications
as cloud computing, Bring Your Own Device
(BYOD), Software-Defined Networking (SDN), IoT,
multi-service support, and Big Data. In addition,
we will increase our investments in innovation
and research on basic scientific and engineering
technologies to drive the industry forward with
leading core technologies.
Huawei’s products and services have enabled
nearly half of the world’s population to enjoy easy
and affordable access to information networks.
We firmly believe that such networks increase
opportunity and should be available to everyone.
Glocalized operations
In the context of globalization, we believe that
open, cooperative, and free trade policies are
guarantees for improving the competitiveness of
the ICT industry and promoting the development
of the digital economy. With a global view in mind,
we integrate the best resources with comparative
advantages and manage these resources
consistently across the globe. We are working
hard to ensure a global industry chain grounded
in win-win approaches and reciprocal obligations
to help build a sound business ecosystem for
the long-term development of the industry. As a
responsible corporate citizen, we always contribute
significantly to the local markets in which we
operate.
We have fully leveraged the capabilities and cost
advantages in different regions, including finance,
services, consulting, and human resources, and
have set up over 40 centers of expertise (COEs) and
over 30 shared service centers (SSCs). In 2013, we
set up the Financial Risk Control Center (FRCC) in
London to manage global financial risks and ensure
that our financial operations remain efficient,
secure, and compliant. Our European Logistics
Center, based in Hungary, makes the best use
of regional resources and covers Europe, Central
Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. By localizing
our operations and cooperating extensively with
local and global partners, we have improved our
overall capabilities. In addition, our value chain
enables fluid capability transfer across the entire
world, creating great value. Through glocalization,
we have created tens of thousands of jobs in
local communities and helped to advance the ICT
industry in each market. Today, over 70% of our
employees outside of China are local hires.