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Calculated Shard: 76 (from laksa169)

2. Crawled Status Check

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa076.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical, ml_categories_json AS ml_categories_json, ml_types_json AS ml_types_json, ml_intent_types_json AS ml_intent_types_json, meta_language AS meta_language, attrs_author AS attrs_author, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(attrs_publish_time), 0) AS attrs_publish_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(attrs_original_publish_time), 0) AS attrs_original_publish_time, ifNull(attrs_is_republished, 0) AS attrs_is_republished, ifNull(attrs_nr_words, 0) AS attrs_nr_words, ifNull(attrs_boilerpipe_nr_words, 0) AS attrs_boilerpipe_nr_words, ifNull(body_ext_links_number, 0) AS body_ext_links_number, ifNull(body_int_links_number, 0) AS body_int_links_number, ifNull(meta_nofollow, 0) AS meta_nofollow, ifNull(meta_noarchive, 0) AS meta_noarchive, ifNull(props_was_rendered, 0) AS props_was_rendered, ifNull(src_redirect, \'\') AS src_redirect, ifNull(download_time_msec, 0) AS download_time_msec, ifNull(download_ttfb_msec, 0) AS download_ttfb_msec, ifNull(download_size, 0) AS download_size FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://thediplomat.com/2024/07/how-is-huawei-growing-despite-heavy-us-sanctions/\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://thediplomat.com/2024/07/how-is-huawei-growing-despite-heavy-us-sanctions/\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

{"found_url":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/2024\/07\/how-is-huawei-growing-despite-heavy-us-sanctions\/","crawl_time":1775864134,"first_indexed_time":1719856905,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,thediplomat!\/2024\/07\/how-is-huawei-growing-despite-heavy-us-sanctions\/ s443","src_root_hash":"7372117259343613076","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"How Is Huawei Growing, Despite Heavy US Sanctions? – The Diplomat","meta_descriptions":["Huawei seems to be pivoting toward expanding its product portfolio and venturing into areas that could challenge the United States’ dominance in the global ICT industry."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"Hardly a day goes by without Huawei, the Chinese telecom and technology giant, making the news. The firm has been explicitly targeted by U.S. sanctions for over five years, making its continued success in the marketplace a story of both economic and geopolitical significance.\nU.S. sanctions on the Shenzhen-based conglomerate intensified in 2018 when it was added to the Department of Commerce\nEntity List.\nGiven its heavy reliance on Western technology, the United States anticipated Huawei’s demise. Indeed, facing significant revenue losses and a technology crunch, CEO Ren Zhengfei noted in an internal meeting, “Huawei is fighting for its life… we have a future if we survive.” \nRen’s military background has instilled a revolutionary spirit in the company since its inception. In military terms,\nhe said,\n“It’s time to pick up the guns, mount the horses, and go into battle.” \nDespite Washington tightening its grip on export controls over the past five years, Huawei is said to have risen from the ashes, boasting of supply chain independence and technological self-sufficiency. In fact, despite the heavy restrictions, Huawei seems to be pivoting toward expanding its product portfolio and venturing into areas that could challenge the United States’ dominance in the global ICT industry.\nHuawei’s Investment Spree\nHuawei’s renewed strategy is predominantly driven by its Hubble investment arm, which aims to acquire small equity stakes in top suppliers focusing on emerging technologies that hold the potential to advance Huawei’s in-house R&D and reduce its dependence on Western companies. Since its launch in 2021, Hubble has\ninvested\nin about 107 tech start-ups. \nHubble’s investments in Focuslight Technologies (a photolithography equipment maker) and Suzhou Everbright Photonics (a gallium-nitride chipmaker) are expected to support China’s quest to reduce reliance on the West and its allies. Hubble’s significant investments in Xuzhou Chemicals are enabling the company to make strides in photoresist technologies (used in lithography) and reduce its reliance on Japanese firms. \nAnother technology where Huawei is making strides is silicon carbide (SiC) chips, an area that remains untouched by U.S. sanctions. Hubble has invested in four leading firms manufacturing materials for SiC chips. These startups have acquired about 32 percent of the\nmarket share\nfor SiC wafers, previously dominated by the German firm Infineon Technologies. This also aids China’s plan to achieve supply chain independence, as both SiC and gallium nitride chips are crucial for supporting China’s drive to become a leader in electric vehicles and renewable energy grid supply. \nAs Chinese firms gear up with essential chipmaking instruments, global prices for such hardware are expected to decline due to China’s market-distorting cheap pricing policies. The aim of gaining control over the supply chain of chip technologies that fall outside U.S. sanctions also indicates Huawei’s proactive strategy of dodging any future restrictions on these chips.\nHuawei’s Venture Into Uncharted Territory\nThe software domain, China’s weak link and a key area of dependence on the West, appears to be shaping Huawei’s remarkable resurgence. Huawei’s homegrown mobile operating system, Harmony OS, exceeded Apple iOS’s\nmarket share\nin China in the first quarter of 2024. According to Huawei, it has sold 900 million consumer devices with Harmony OS. The much-hyped OS has now become the world’s second-largest, with a\n17 percent\nmarket share, just behind Android. \nRichard Yu,\nwho heads Huawei’s consumer business, boasted that “Harmony has made major breakthroughs. You can say in 10 years we’ve achieved what it took our European and American counterparts more than 30 years to do.”\nThe popularity of Harmony OS is demonstrated by record sales of Huawei’s new flagship smartphone, Pura 70, as Huawei’s smartphone sales\nrose by 72 percent\nin the first five months of 2024. Huawei has since incorporated Harmony OS into several other devices, including tablets, TVs, and watches. Huawei’s most recent version, “pure” Harmony OS, claims to be devoid of any source code derived from Android.\nIt is often argued that the United States’ restrictions on China’s tech industry are counterproductive as it boosts Chinese domestic demand for homegrown products. Huawei’s resurgence is a fitting demonstration of this. Huawei has reportedly\nincreased\nits smartphone market share in China from 9.3 percent to 15.5 percent in 2023, causing Apple to slip to the third spot in the first quarter of 2024 with only a 20 percent share. Apple was forced to cut its prices for Chinese buyers to maintain its sales record. \nAs more domestic firms work in synergy to fight the tech battle, domestic sales of Huawei’s products are expected to rise. With its own indigenously built OS, Huawei is looking forward to ending the reliance of Chinese smartphone markers on Google’s Android. With its growing popularity at home, there is no doubt that Huawei will push Harmony OS internationally with customization and lower costs, threatening Android’s dominance.\nTo support its drive to strengthen capabilities in cloud technologies, Huawei has made significant strides in enhancing its managerial system through innovative solutions. Early this year, Huawei launched the\nMeta ERP system,\nan in-house enterprise resource planning software over which it has full control. This heightened focus on cloud technologies is also reflected in its\nDeveloper Advocates Program\n, which aims to cultivate 3,000 developers while promoting ecosystems such as Kunpeng, Ascend, HarmonyOS, and Huawei Cloud. Additionally, Huawei introduced a new\nMainframe Modernization Solution\nthat provides cloud-hardware synergy and scenario-specific solutions, helping establish an open architecture for modern core systems.\nCatching up in the Hardware Game?\nThe United States’ favorite segment to cripple China is the hardware that Huawei cannot take for granted. Huawei’s new smartphone Pura 70, an iPhone challenger, is based on the same 7 nm (N+2) processor as the Huawei Mate 60 Pro, which made\nheadlines\nthe previous year for breaking free of U.S. sanctions. Unlike the Mate 60 series, which used the NAND Flash memory chip provided by SK Hynix, Pura’s NAND Flash memory chip is said to be\nput together\nby Huawei’s in-house design unit Hi-Silicon. \nHighlighting the progress in the de-Americanization drive, Ren\nclaimed\nthat in the last two years, the firm has replaced 13,000 foreign-made parts with Chinese ones. Huawei’s top leadership asserts that the company’s products are faring better than its competitors. Yu\nclaimed\nthat its Ascend processor has proven to be 1.1 times more efficient than others in training large language models and its AI infrastructure lies just behind Nvidia. Unintentionally recognizing the rising domestic demand, Nvidia’s CEO recently\nannounced\nHuawei as its biggest competitor.\nUndoubtedly, Huawei’s policies represent the Chinese government’s latest thinking on technology policy. Huawei’s excessive focus on cloud technologies showcases the rising importance of data in the ongoing war on AI technologies. With Huawei’s partially successful venture into previously uncharted territory – cloud and mobile OS – Huawei’s strategy is apparently aggressive and aimed at wiping out U.S. tech leaders from the Chinese market. \nAs China looks forward to commercializing these technologies further, the long-term vision is to present a Chinese alternative to global ICT products and services. Huawei’s success also emerges as a model and path for China’s indigenous innovation drive. ","attrs_markdown":"All Sections\n\nSearch\n\n[![](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/wp-content\/themes\/td_theme_v3\/assets\/logo\/diplomat_logo_black.jpg) Read The Diplomat, Know The Asia-Pacific](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/)\n\n|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |\n|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|\n| [Central Asia](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/regions\/central-asia\/) | [East Asia](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/regions\/east-asia\/) | [Oceania](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/regions\/oceania-region\/) | [South Asia](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/regions\/south-asia\/) | [Southeast Asia](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/regions\/southeast-asia\/) | \\| | [Security](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/topics\/security\/) | [Politics](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/topics\/politics\/) | [Diplomacy](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/topics\/diplomacy\/) | [Economy](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/topics\/economy\/) | [Society](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/topics\/society\/) | [Environment](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/topics\/environment\/) | [Opinion](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/topics\/opinion\/) | [Features](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/category\/features\/) | \\| | All |\n\nRegions\n\n- [Central Asia](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/regions\/central-asia\/)\n- [East Asia](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/regions\/east-asia\/)\n- [Oceania](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/regions\/oceania-region\/)\n- [South Asia](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/regions\/south-asia\/)\n- [Southeast Asia](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/regions\/southeast-asia\/)\n\nTopics\n\n- [Diplomacy](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/topics\/diplomacy\/)\n- [Economy](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/topics\/economy\/)\n- [Environment](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/topics\/environment\/)\n- [Opinion](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/topics\/opinion\/)\n- [Politics](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/topics\/politics\/)\n- [Security](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/topics\/security\/)\n- [Society](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/topics\/society\/)\n\nBlogs\n\n- [ASEAN Beat](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/category\/asean-beat\/)\n- [Asia Defense](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/category\/asia-defense\/)\n- [China Power](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/category\/china-power\/)\n- [Crossroads Asia](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/category\/crossroads-asia\/)\n- [Flashpoints](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/category\/flashpoints\/)\n- [Oceania](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/category\/oceania\/)\n- [Pacific Money](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/category\/pacific-money\/)\n- [The Debate](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/category\/the-debate\/)\n- [The Koreas](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/category\/the-koreas\/)\n- [The Pulse](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/category\/the-pulse\/)\n- [Tokyo Report](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/category\/tokyo-report\/)\n- [Trans-Pacific View](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/category\/trans-pacific-view\/)\n\nMore\n\n- [Features](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/category\/features\/)\n- [Interviews](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/category\/interviews\/)\n- [Photo Essays](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/category\/photo-essays\/)\n- [Podcasts](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/category\/podcasts\/)\n- [Videos](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/category\/videos\/)\n\nNewsletter\n\n[**Diplomat Brief**  Weekly Newsletter](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/newsletter\/)\n\nThe Diplomat\n\n- [Home Page](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/)\n- [About Us](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/the-diplomat\/)\n- [Contact Us](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/contact-us\/)\n- [Write for Us](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/write-for-us\/)\n- [Advertise](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/about-us\/advertise\/)\n- [Syndicate](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/syndication\/)\n- [Privacy](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/privacy-policy\/)\n- [Newsletter](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/newsletter\/)\n- [Subscriptions](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/subscriptions\/)\n\n##### China Power\n#### How Is Huawei Growing, Despite Heavy US Sanctions?\n\n### Recent Features\n[![India\\&\\#8217;s Worrying Plans for Dams on Transboundary Rivers Shared with Bangladesh ](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/wp-content\/themes\/td_theme_v3\/assets\/img-paceholder_square.gif)EnvironmentIndia’s Worrying Plans for Dams on Transboundary Rivers Shared with Bangladesh](https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/2026\/04\/indias-worrying-plans-for-dams-on-transboundary-rivers-shared-with-bangladesh\/)\n\n[![Can Uchral Hold On? 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The firm has been explicitly targeted by U.S. sanctions for over five years, making its continued success in the marketplace a story of both economic and geopolitical significance.\n\nU.S. sanctions on the Shenzhen-based conglomerate intensified in 2018 when it was added to the Department of Commerce [Entity List.](https:\/\/www.bis.doc.gov\/index.php\/federal-register-notices\/17-regulations\/1541-federal-register-notices-2019#:~:text=Effective%20May%2016%2C%202019%2C%20the,Huawei\\)%20to%20the%20Entity%20List.) Given its heavy reliance on Western technology, the United States anticipated Huawei’s demise. Indeed, facing significant revenue losses and a technology crunch, CEO Ren Zhengfei noted in an internal meeting, “Huawei is fighting for its life… we have a future if we survive.”\n\nRen’s military background has instilled a revolutionary spirit in the company since its inception. In military terms, [he said,](https:\/\/www.economist.com\/briefing\/2024\/06\/13\/americas-assassination-attempt-on-huawei-is-backfiring) “It’s time to pick up the guns, mount the horses, and go into battle.”\n\nDespite Washington tightening its grip on export controls over the past five years, Huawei is said to have risen from the ashes, boasting of supply chain independence and technological self-sufficiency. In fact, despite the heavy restrictions, Huawei seems to be pivoting toward expanding its product portfolio and venturing into areas that could challenge the United States’ dominance in the global ICT industry.\n\n**Huawei’s Investment Spree**\n\nHuawei’s renewed strategy is predominantly driven by its Hubble investment arm, which aims to acquire small equity stakes in top suppliers focusing on emerging technologies that hold the potential to advance Huawei’s in-house R\\&D and reduce its dependence on Western companies. Since its launch in 2021, Hubble has [invested](https:\/\/thechinaproject.com\/2023\/09\/22\/huaweis-made-in-china-smartphone-has-washington-scratching-its-head\/) in about 107 tech start-ups.\n\nHubble’s investments in Focuslight Technologies (a photolithography equipment maker) and Suzhou Everbright Photonics (a gallium-nitride chipmaker) are expected to support China’s quest to reduce reliance on the West and its allies. Hubble’s significant investments in Xuzhou Chemicals are enabling the company to make strides in photoresist technologies (used in lithography) and reduce its reliance on Japanese firms.\n\nAnother technology where Huawei is making strides is silicon carbide (SiC) chips, an area that remains untouched by U.S. sanctions. Hubble has invested in four leading firms manufacturing materials for SiC chips. These startups have acquired about 32 percent of the [market share](https:\/\/merics.org\/en\/report\/huawei-quietly-dominating-chinas-semiconductor-supply-chain) for SiC wafers, previously dominated by the German firm Infineon Technologies. This also aids China’s plan to achieve supply chain independence, as both SiC and gallium nitride chips are crucial for supporting China’s drive to become a leader in electric vehicles and renewable energy grid supply.\n\nAs Chinese firms gear up with essential chipmaking instruments, global prices for such hardware are expected to decline due to China’s market-distorting cheap pricing policies. The aim of gaining control over the supply chain of chip technologies that fall outside U.S. sanctions also indicates Huawei’s proactive strategy of dodging any future restrictions on these chips.\n\n**Huawei’s Venture Into Uncharted Territory**\n\nThe software domain, China’s weak link and a key area of dependence on the West, appears to be shaping Huawei’s remarkable resurgence. Huawei’s homegrown mobile operating system, Harmony OS, exceeded Apple iOS’s [market share](https:\/\/english.news.cn\/20240621\/66928cb9ac124e7fb167d0af22bea1eb\/c.html#:~:text=A%20report%20from%20market%20research,share%20dropped%20to%2016%20percent.) in China in the first quarter of 2024. According to Huawei, it has sold 900 million consumer devices with Harmony OS. The much-hyped OS has now become the world’s second-largest, with a [17 percent](https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/technology\/huawei-says-it-has-made-huge-strides-operating-systems-to-ai\/article68315728.ece) market share, just behind Android.\n\n[Richard Yu,](https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/tech\/technology\/huawei-says-it-has-made-huge-strides-from-operating-systems-to-ai\/articleshow\/111161903.cms?from=mdr) who heads Huawei’s consumer business, boasted that “Harmony has made major breakthroughs. You can say in 10 years we’ve achieved what it took our European and American counterparts more than 30 years to do.”\n\nThe popularity of Harmony OS is demonstrated by record sales of Huawei’s new flagship smartphone, Pura 70, as Huawei’s smartphone sales [rose by 72 percent](https:\/\/www.techtimes.com\/articles\/305945\/20240621\/huawei-approaches-1-billion-devices-challenging-apple-globally-premium-phone.htm) in the first five months of 2024. Huawei has since incorporated Harmony OS into several other devices, including tablets, TVs, and watches. Huawei’s most recent version, “pure” Harmony OS, claims to be devoid of any source code derived from Android.\n\nIt is often argued that the United States’ restrictions on China’s tech industry are counterproductive as it boosts Chinese domestic demand for homegrown products. Huawei’s resurgence is a fitting demonstration of this. Huawei has reportedly [increased](https:\/\/fortune.com\/asia\/2024\/04\/24\/apple-iphone-china-sales-drops-huawei-honor\/) its smartphone market share in China from 9.3 percent to 15.5 percent in 2023, causing Apple to slip to the third spot in the first quarter of 2024 with only a 20 percent share. Apple was forced to cut its prices for Chinese buyers to maintain its sales record.\n\nAs more domestic firms work in synergy to fight the tech battle, domestic sales of Huawei’s products are expected to rise. With its own indigenously built OS, Huawei is looking forward to ending the reliance of Chinese smartphone markers on Google’s Android. With its growing popularity at home, there is no doubt that Huawei will push Harmony OS internationally with customization and lower costs, threatening Android’s dominance.\n\nTo support its drive to strengthen capabilities in cloud technologies, Huawei has made significant strides in enhancing its managerial system through innovative solutions. Early this year, Huawei launched the [Meta ERP system,](https:\/\/www.huawei.com\/en\/news\/2023\/4\/metaerp-press-release) an in-house enterprise resource planning software over which it has full control. This heightened focus on cloud technologies is also reflected in its [Developer Advocates Program](https:\/\/www.huawei.com\/en\/news\/2024\/6\/huawei-advocate-program), which aims to cultivate 3,000 developers while promoting ecosystems such as Kunpeng, Ascend, HarmonyOS, and Huawei Cloud. Additionally, Huawei introduced a new [Mainframe Modernization Solution](https:\/\/www.huaweicloud.com\/intl\/en-us\/about\/info\/2024\/202406060001.html) that provides cloud-hardware synergy and scenario-specific solutions, helping establish an open architecture for modern core systems.\n\n**Catching up in the Hardware Game?**\n\nThe United States’ favorite segment to cripple China is the hardware that Huawei cannot take for granted. Huawei’s new smartphone Pura 70, an iPhone challenger, is based on the same 7 nm (N+2) processor as the Huawei Mate 60 Pro, which made [headlines](https:\/\/techhq.com\/2023\/09\/did-huawei-defy-us-sanctions-with-its-mate-60-pro\/) the previous year for breaking free of U.S. sanctions. Unlike the Mate 60 series, which used the NAND Flash memory chip provided by SK Hynix, Pura’s NAND Flash memory chip is said to be [put together](https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/what-is-huaweis-new-pura-70-smartphones-2024-05-09\/) by Huawei’s in-house design unit Hi-Silicon.\n\nHighlighting the progress in the de-Americanization drive, Ren [claimed](https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/article\/3214059\/huawei-has-replaced-more-13000-parts-redesigned-4000-circuit-boards-overcome-us-tech-sanctions#:~:text=Huawei%20Technologies%20Co%20has%20replaced,overcome%20years%20of%20US%20sanctions.) that in the last two years, the firm has replaced 13,000 foreign-made parts with Chinese ones. Huawei’s top leadership asserts that the company’s products are faring better than its competitors. Yu [claimed](https:\/\/ktvz.com\/money\/cnn-business-consumer\/2024\/06\/24\/huawei-isnt-just-back-from-the-dead-its-a-force-to-be-reckoned-with\/) that its Ascend processor has proven to be 1.1 times more efficient than others in training large language models and its AI infrastructure lies just behind Nvidia. Unintentionally recognizing the rising domestic demand, Nvidia’s CEO recently [announced](https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2024\/02\/23\/business\/china-nvidia-huawei-competitor-ai-chips-intl-hnk\/index.html#:~:text=The%20naming%20of%20Huawei%20came,according%20to%20a%20Reuters%20report.) Huawei as its biggest competitor.\n\nUndoubtedly, Huawei’s policies represent the Chinese government’s latest thinking on technology policy. Huawei’s excessive focus on cloud technologies showcases the rising importance of data in the ongoing war on AI technologies. With Huawei’s partially successful venture into previously uncharted territory – cloud and mobile OS – Huawei’s strategy is apparently aggressive and aimed at wiping out U.S. tech leaders from the Chinese market.\n\nAs China looks forward to commercializing these technologies further, the long-term vision is to present a Chinese alternative to global ICT products and services. Huawei’s success also emerges as a model and path for China’s indigenous innovation drive.\n\nAuthors\n\n##### Guest Author\n#### Megha Shrivastava\nMegha Shrivastava is a doctoral candidate and Dr. TMA Pai Fellow at the Department of Geopolitics and International Relations, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India. 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All Rights Reserved.","attrs_readable_markdown":"Hardly a day goes by without Huawei, the Chinese telecom and technology giant, making the news. The firm has been explicitly targeted by U.S. sanctions for over five years, making its continued success in the marketplace a story of both economic and geopolitical significance.\n\nU.S. sanctions on the Shenzhen-based conglomerate intensified in 2018 when it was added to the Department of Commerce [Entity List.](https:\/\/www.bis.doc.gov\/index.php\/federal-register-notices\/17-regulations\/1541-federal-register-notices-2019#:~:text=Effective%20May%2016%2C%202019%2C%20the,Huawei\\)%20to%20the%20Entity%20List.) Given its heavy reliance on Western technology, the United States anticipated Huawei’s demise. Indeed, facing significant revenue losses and a technology crunch, CEO Ren Zhengfei noted in an internal meeting, “Huawei is fighting for its life… we have a future if we survive.”\n\nRen’s military background has instilled a revolutionary spirit in the company since its inception. In military terms, [he said,](https:\/\/www.economist.com\/briefing\/2024\/06\/13\/americas-assassination-attempt-on-huawei-is-backfiring) “It’s time to pick up the guns, mount the horses, and go into battle.”\n\nDespite Washington tightening its grip on export controls over the past five years, Huawei is said to have risen from the ashes, boasting of supply chain independence and technological self-sufficiency. In fact, despite the heavy restrictions, Huawei seems to be pivoting toward expanding its product portfolio and venturing into areas that could challenge the United States’ dominance in the global ICT industry.\n\n**Huawei’s Investment Spree**\n\nHuawei’s renewed strategy is predominantly driven by its Hubble investment arm, which aims to acquire small equity stakes in top suppliers focusing on emerging technologies that hold the potential to advance Huawei’s in-house R\\&D and reduce its dependence on Western companies. Since its launch in 2021, Hubble has [invested](https:\/\/thechinaproject.com\/2023\/09\/22\/huaweis-made-in-china-smartphone-has-washington-scratching-its-head\/) in about 107 tech start-ups.\n\nHubble’s investments in Focuslight Technologies (a photolithography equipment maker) and Suzhou Everbright Photonics (a gallium-nitride chipmaker) are expected to support China’s quest to reduce reliance on the West and its allies. Hubble’s significant investments in Xuzhou Chemicals are enabling the company to make strides in photoresist technologies (used in lithography) and reduce its reliance on Japanese firms.\n\nAnother technology where Huawei is making strides is silicon carbide (SiC) chips, an area that remains untouched by U.S. sanctions. Hubble has invested in four leading firms manufacturing materials for SiC chips. These startups have acquired about 32 percent of the [market share](https:\/\/merics.org\/en\/report\/huawei-quietly-dominating-chinas-semiconductor-supply-chain) for SiC wafers, previously dominated by the German firm Infineon Technologies. This also aids China’s plan to achieve supply chain independence, as both SiC and gallium nitride chips are crucial for supporting China’s drive to become a leader in electric vehicles and renewable energy grid supply.\n\nAs Chinese firms gear up with essential chipmaking instruments, global prices for such hardware are expected to decline due to China’s market-distorting cheap pricing policies. The aim of gaining control over the supply chain of chip technologies that fall outside U.S. sanctions also indicates Huawei’s proactive strategy of dodging any future restrictions on these chips.\n\n**Huawei’s Venture Into Uncharted Territory**\n\nThe software domain, China’s weak link and a key area of dependence on the West, appears to be shaping Huawei’s remarkable resurgence. Huawei’s homegrown mobile operating system, Harmony OS, exceeded Apple iOS’s [market share](https:\/\/english.news.cn\/20240621\/66928cb9ac124e7fb167d0af22bea1eb\/c.html#:~:text=A%20report%20from%20market%20research,share%20dropped%20to%2016%20percent.) in China in the first quarter of 2024. According to Huawei, it has sold 900 million consumer devices with Harmony OS. The much-hyped OS has now become the world’s second-largest, with a [17 percent](https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/technology\/huawei-says-it-has-made-huge-strides-operating-systems-to-ai\/article68315728.ece) market share, just behind Android.\n\n[Richard Yu,](https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/tech\/technology\/huawei-says-it-has-made-huge-strides-from-operating-systems-to-ai\/articleshow\/111161903.cms?from=mdr) who heads Huawei’s consumer business, boasted that “Harmony has made major breakthroughs. You can say in 10 years we’ve achieved what it took our European and American counterparts more than 30 years to do.”\n\nThe popularity of Harmony OS is demonstrated by record sales of Huawei’s new flagship smartphone, Pura 70, as Huawei’s smartphone sales [rose by 72 percent](https:\/\/www.techtimes.com\/articles\/305945\/20240621\/huawei-approaches-1-billion-devices-challenging-apple-globally-premium-phone.htm) in the first five months of 2024. Huawei has since incorporated Harmony OS into several other devices, including tablets, TVs, and watches. Huawei’s most recent version, “pure” Harmony OS, claims to be devoid of any source code derived from Android.\n\nIt is often argued that the United States’ restrictions on China’s tech industry are counterproductive as it boosts Chinese domestic demand for homegrown products. Huawei’s resurgence is a fitting demonstration of this. Huawei has reportedly [increased](https:\/\/fortune.com\/asia\/2024\/04\/24\/apple-iphone-china-sales-drops-huawei-honor\/) its smartphone market share in China from 9.3 percent to 15.5 percent in 2023, causing Apple to slip to the third spot in the first quarter of 2024 with only a 20 percent share. Apple was forced to cut its prices for Chinese buyers to maintain its sales record.\n\nAs more domestic firms work in synergy to fight the tech battle, domestic sales of Huawei’s products are expected to rise. With its own indigenously built OS, Huawei is looking forward to ending the reliance of Chinese smartphone markers on Google’s Android. With its growing popularity at home, there is no doubt that Huawei will push Harmony OS internationally with customization and lower costs, threatening Android’s dominance.\n\nTo support its drive to strengthen capabilities in cloud technologies, Huawei has made significant strides in enhancing its managerial system through innovative solutions. Early this year, Huawei launched the [Meta ERP system,](https:\/\/www.huawei.com\/en\/news\/2023\/4\/metaerp-press-release) an in-house enterprise resource planning software over which it has full control. This heightened focus on cloud technologies is also reflected in its [Developer Advocates Program](https:\/\/www.huawei.com\/en\/news\/2024\/6\/huawei-advocate-program), which aims to cultivate 3,000 developers while promoting ecosystems such as Kunpeng, Ascend, HarmonyOS, and Huawei Cloud. Additionally, Huawei introduced a new [Mainframe Modernization Solution](https:\/\/www.huaweicloud.com\/intl\/en-us\/about\/info\/2024\/202406060001.html) that provides cloud-hardware synergy and scenario-specific solutions, helping establish an open architecture for modern core systems.\n\n**Catching up in the Hardware Game?**\n\nThe United States’ favorite segment to cripple China is the hardware that Huawei cannot take for granted. Huawei’s new smartphone Pura 70, an iPhone challenger, is based on the same 7 nm (N+2) processor as the Huawei Mate 60 Pro, which made [headlines](https:\/\/techhq.com\/2023\/09\/did-huawei-defy-us-sanctions-with-its-mate-60-pro\/) the previous year for breaking free of U.S. sanctions. Unlike the Mate 60 series, which used the NAND Flash memory chip provided by SK Hynix, Pura’s NAND Flash memory chip is said to be [put together](https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/what-is-huaweis-new-pura-70-smartphones-2024-05-09\/) by Huawei’s in-house design unit Hi-Silicon.\n\nHighlighting the progress in the de-Americanization drive, Ren [claimed](https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/article\/3214059\/huawei-has-replaced-more-13000-parts-redesigned-4000-circuit-boards-overcome-us-tech-sanctions#:~:text=Huawei%20Technologies%20Co%20has%20replaced,overcome%20years%20of%20US%20sanctions.) that in the last two years, the firm has replaced 13,000 foreign-made parts with Chinese ones. Huawei’s top leadership asserts that the company’s products are faring better than its competitors. Yu [claimed](https:\/\/ktvz.com\/money\/cnn-business-consumer\/2024\/06\/24\/huawei-isnt-just-back-from-the-dead-its-a-force-to-be-reckoned-with\/) that its Ascend processor has proven to be 1.1 times more efficient than others in training large language models and its AI infrastructure lies just behind Nvidia. Unintentionally recognizing the rising domestic demand, Nvidia’s CEO recently [announced](https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2024\/02\/23\/business\/china-nvidia-huawei-competitor-ai-chips-intl-hnk\/index.html#:~:text=The%20naming%20of%20Huawei%20came,according%20to%20a%20Reuters%20report.) Huawei as its biggest competitor.\n\nUndoubtedly, Huawei’s policies represent the Chinese government’s latest thinking on technology policy. Huawei’s excessive focus on cloud technologies showcases the rising importance of data in the ongoing war on AI technologies. With Huawei’s partially successful venture into previously uncharted territory – cloud and mobile OS – Huawei’s strategy is apparently aggressive and aimed at wiping out U.S. tech leaders from the Chinese market.\n\nAs China looks forward to commercializing these technologies further, the long-term vision is to present a Chinese alternative to global ICT products and services. 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Hardly a day goes by without Huawei, the Chinese telecom and technology giant, making the news. The firm has been explicitly targeted by U.S. sanctions for over five years, making its continued success in the marketplace a story of both economic and geopolitical significance. U.S. sanctions on the Shenzhen-based conglomerate intensified in 2018 when it was added to the Department of Commerce Entity List. Given its heavy reliance on Western technology, the United States anticipated Huawei’s demise. Indeed, facing significant revenue losses and a technology crunch, CEO Ren Zhengfei noted in an internal meeting, “Huawei is fighting for its life… we have a future if we survive.” Ren’s military background has instilled a revolutionary spirit in the company since its inception. In military terms, he said, “It’s time to pick up the guns, mount the horses, and go into battle.” Despite Washington tightening its grip on export controls over the past five years, Huawei is said to have risen from the ashes, boasting of supply chain independence and technological self-sufficiency. In fact, despite the heavy restrictions, Huawei seems to be pivoting toward expanding its product portfolio and venturing into areas that could challenge the United States’ dominance in the global ICT industry. Huawei’s Investment Spree Huawei’s renewed strategy is predominantly driven by its Hubble investment arm, which aims to acquire small equity stakes in top suppliers focusing on emerging technologies that hold the potential to advance Huawei’s in-house R&D and reduce its dependence on Western companies. Since its launch in 2021, Hubble has invested in about 107 tech start-ups. Hubble’s investments in Focuslight Technologies (a photolithography equipment maker) and Suzhou Everbright Photonics (a gallium-nitride chipmaker) are expected to support China’s quest to reduce reliance on the West and its allies. Hubble’s significant investments in Xuzhou Chemicals are enabling the company to make strides in photoresist technologies (used in lithography) and reduce its reliance on Japanese firms. Another technology where Huawei is making strides is silicon carbide (SiC) chips, an area that remains untouched by U.S. sanctions. Hubble has invested in four leading firms manufacturing materials for SiC chips. These startups have acquired about 32 percent of the market share for SiC wafers, previously dominated by the German firm Infineon Technologies. This also aids China’s plan to achieve supply chain independence, as both SiC and gallium nitride chips are crucial for supporting China’s drive to become a leader in electric vehicles and renewable energy grid supply. As Chinese firms gear up with essential chipmaking instruments, global prices for such hardware are expected to decline due to China’s market-distorting cheap pricing policies. The aim of gaining control over the supply chain of chip technologies that fall outside U.S. sanctions also indicates Huawei’s proactive strategy of dodging any future restrictions on these chips. Huawei’s Venture Into Uncharted Territory The software domain, China’s weak link and a key area of dependence on the West, appears to be shaping Huawei’s remarkable resurgence. Huawei’s homegrown mobile operating system, Harmony OS, exceeded Apple iOS’s market share in China in the first quarter of 2024. According to Huawei, it has sold 900 million consumer devices with Harmony OS. The much-hyped OS has now become the world’s second-largest, with a 17 percent market share, just behind Android. Richard Yu, who heads Huawei’s consumer business, boasted that “Harmony has made major breakthroughs. You can say in 10 years we’ve achieved what it took our European and American counterparts more than 30 years to do.” The popularity of Harmony OS is demonstrated by record sales of Huawei’s new flagship smartphone, Pura 70, as Huawei’s smartphone sales rose by 72 percent in the first five months of 2024. Huawei has since incorporated Harmony OS into several other devices, including tablets, TVs, and watches. Huawei’s most recent version, “pure” Harmony OS, claims to be devoid of any source code derived from Android. It is often argued that the United States’ restrictions on China’s tech industry are counterproductive as it boosts Chinese domestic demand for homegrown products. Huawei’s resurgence is a fitting demonstration of this. Huawei has reportedly increased its smartphone market share in China from 9.3 percent to 15.5 percent in 2023, causing Apple to slip to the third spot in the first quarter of 2024 with only a 20 percent share. Apple was forced to cut its prices for Chinese buyers to maintain its sales record. As more domestic firms work in synergy to fight the tech battle, domestic sales of Huawei’s products are expected to rise. With its own indigenously built OS, Huawei is looking forward to ending the reliance of Chinese smartphone markers on Google’s Android. With its growing popularity at home, there is no doubt that Huawei will push Harmony OS internationally with customization and lower costs, threatening Android’s dominance. To support its drive to strengthen capabilities in cloud technologies, Huawei has made significant strides in enhancing its managerial system through innovative solutions. Early this year, Huawei launched the Meta ERP system, an in-house enterprise resource planning software over which it has full control. This heightened focus on cloud technologies is also reflected in its Developer Advocates Program , which aims to cultivate 3,000 developers while promoting ecosystems such as Kunpeng, Ascend, HarmonyOS, and Huawei Cloud. Additionally, Huawei introduced a new Mainframe Modernization Solution that provides cloud-hardware synergy and scenario-specific solutions, helping establish an open architecture for modern core systems. Catching up in the Hardware Game? The United States’ favorite segment to cripple China is the hardware that Huawei cannot take for granted. Huawei’s new smartphone Pura 70, an iPhone challenger, is based on the same 7 nm (N+2) processor as the Huawei Mate 60 Pro, which made headlines the previous year for breaking free of U.S. sanctions. Unlike the Mate 60 series, which used the NAND Flash memory chip provided by SK Hynix, Pura’s NAND Flash memory chip is said to be put together by Huawei’s in-house design unit Hi-Silicon. Highlighting the progress in the de-Americanization drive, Ren claimed that in the last two years, the firm has replaced 13,000 foreign-made parts with Chinese ones. Huawei’s top leadership asserts that the company’s products are faring better than its competitors. Yu claimed that its Ascend processor has proven to be 1.1 times more efficient than others in training large language models and its AI infrastructure lies just behind Nvidia. Unintentionally recognizing the rising domestic demand, Nvidia’s CEO recently announced Huawei as its biggest competitor. Undoubtedly, Huawei’s policies represent the Chinese government’s latest thinking on technology policy. Huawei’s excessive focus on cloud technologies showcases the rising importance of data in the ongoing war on AI technologies. With Huawei’s partially successful venture into previously uncharted territory – cloud and mobile OS – Huawei’s strategy is apparently aggressive and aimed at wiping out U.S. tech leaders from the Chinese market. As China looks forward to commercializing these technologies further, the long-term vision is to present a Chinese alternative to global ICT products and services. Huawei’s success also emerges as a model and path for China’s indigenous innovation drive.

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Huawei seems to be pivoting toward expanding its product portfolio and venturing into areas that could challenge the United States’ dominance in the global ICT industry. By **Megha Shrivastava** July 02, 2024 ![How Is Huawei Growing, Despite Heavy US Sanctions?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/sizes/td-story-s-1/thediplomat_2022-06-15-080357.jpg) Credit: [Depositphotos](https://depositphotos.com/189913044/stock-photo-huawei-logo-on-a-building.html) Hardly a day goes by without Huawei, the Chinese telecom and technology giant, making the news. The firm has been explicitly targeted by U.S. sanctions for over five years, making its continued success in the marketplace a story of both economic and geopolitical significance. U.S. sanctions on the Shenzhen-based conglomerate intensified in 2018 when it was added to the Department of Commerce [Entity List.](https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/federal-register-notices/17-regulations/1541-federal-register-notices-2019#:~:text=Effective%20May%2016%2C%202019%2C%20the,Huawei\)%20to%20the%20Entity%20List.) Given its heavy reliance on Western technology, the United States anticipated Huawei’s demise. Indeed, facing significant revenue losses and a technology crunch, CEO Ren Zhengfei noted in an internal meeting, “Huawei is fighting for its life… we have a future if we survive.” Ren’s military background has instilled a revolutionary spirit in the company since its inception. In military terms, [he said,](https://www.economist.com/briefing/2024/06/13/americas-assassination-attempt-on-huawei-is-backfiring) “It’s time to pick up the guns, mount the horses, and go into battle.” Despite Washington tightening its grip on export controls over the past five years, Huawei is said to have risen from the ashes, boasting of supply chain independence and technological self-sufficiency. In fact, despite the heavy restrictions, Huawei seems to be pivoting toward expanding its product portfolio and venturing into areas that could challenge the United States’ dominance in the global ICT industry. **Huawei’s Investment Spree** Huawei’s renewed strategy is predominantly driven by its Hubble investment arm, which aims to acquire small equity stakes in top suppliers focusing on emerging technologies that hold the potential to advance Huawei’s in-house R\&D and reduce its dependence on Western companies. Since its launch in 2021, Hubble has [invested](https://thechinaproject.com/2023/09/22/huaweis-made-in-china-smartphone-has-washington-scratching-its-head/) in about 107 tech start-ups. Hubble’s investments in Focuslight Technologies (a photolithography equipment maker) and Suzhou Everbright Photonics (a gallium-nitride chipmaker) are expected to support China’s quest to reduce reliance on the West and its allies. Hubble’s significant investments in Xuzhou Chemicals are enabling the company to make strides in photoresist technologies (used in lithography) and reduce its reliance on Japanese firms. Another technology where Huawei is making strides is silicon carbide (SiC) chips, an area that remains untouched by U.S. sanctions. Hubble has invested in four leading firms manufacturing materials for SiC chips. These startups have acquired about 32 percent of the [market share](https://merics.org/en/report/huawei-quietly-dominating-chinas-semiconductor-supply-chain) for SiC wafers, previously dominated by the German firm Infineon Technologies. This also aids China’s plan to achieve supply chain independence, as both SiC and gallium nitride chips are crucial for supporting China’s drive to become a leader in electric vehicles and renewable energy grid supply. As Chinese firms gear up with essential chipmaking instruments, global prices for such hardware are expected to decline due to China’s market-distorting cheap pricing policies. The aim of gaining control over the supply chain of chip technologies that fall outside U.S. sanctions also indicates Huawei’s proactive strategy of dodging any future restrictions on these chips. **Huawei’s Venture Into Uncharted Territory** The software domain, China’s weak link and a key area of dependence on the West, appears to be shaping Huawei’s remarkable resurgence. Huawei’s homegrown mobile operating system, Harmony OS, exceeded Apple iOS’s [market share](https://english.news.cn/20240621/66928cb9ac124e7fb167d0af22bea1eb/c.html#:~:text=A%20report%20from%20market%20research,share%20dropped%20to%2016%20percent.) in China in the first quarter of 2024. According to Huawei, it has sold 900 million consumer devices with Harmony OS. The much-hyped OS has now become the world’s second-largest, with a [17 percent](https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/huawei-says-it-has-made-huge-strides-operating-systems-to-ai/article68315728.ece) market share, just behind Android. [Richard Yu,](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/huawei-says-it-has-made-huge-strides-from-operating-systems-to-ai/articleshow/111161903.cms?from=mdr) who heads Huawei’s consumer business, boasted that “Harmony has made major breakthroughs. You can say in 10 years we’ve achieved what it took our European and American counterparts more than 30 years to do.” The popularity of Harmony OS is demonstrated by record sales of Huawei’s new flagship smartphone, Pura 70, as Huawei’s smartphone sales [rose by 72 percent](https://www.techtimes.com/articles/305945/20240621/huawei-approaches-1-billion-devices-challenging-apple-globally-premium-phone.htm) in the first five months of 2024. Huawei has since incorporated Harmony OS into several other devices, including tablets, TVs, and watches. Huawei’s most recent version, “pure” Harmony OS, claims to be devoid of any source code derived from Android. It is often argued that the United States’ restrictions on China’s tech industry are counterproductive as it boosts Chinese domestic demand for homegrown products. Huawei’s resurgence is a fitting demonstration of this. Huawei has reportedly [increased](https://fortune.com/asia/2024/04/24/apple-iphone-china-sales-drops-huawei-honor/) its smartphone market share in China from 9.3 percent to 15.5 percent in 2023, causing Apple to slip to the third spot in the first quarter of 2024 with only a 20 percent share. Apple was forced to cut its prices for Chinese buyers to maintain its sales record. As more domestic firms work in synergy to fight the tech battle, domestic sales of Huawei’s products are expected to rise. With its own indigenously built OS, Huawei is looking forward to ending the reliance of Chinese smartphone markers on Google’s Android. With its growing popularity at home, there is no doubt that Huawei will push Harmony OS internationally with customization and lower costs, threatening Android’s dominance. To support its drive to strengthen capabilities in cloud technologies, Huawei has made significant strides in enhancing its managerial system through innovative solutions. Early this year, Huawei launched the [Meta ERP system,](https://www.huawei.com/en/news/2023/4/metaerp-press-release) an in-house enterprise resource planning software over which it has full control. This heightened focus on cloud technologies is also reflected in its [Developer Advocates Program](https://www.huawei.com/en/news/2024/6/huawei-advocate-program), which aims to cultivate 3,000 developers while promoting ecosystems such as Kunpeng, Ascend, HarmonyOS, and Huawei Cloud. Additionally, Huawei introduced a new [Mainframe Modernization Solution](https://www.huaweicloud.com/intl/en-us/about/info/2024/202406060001.html) that provides cloud-hardware synergy and scenario-specific solutions, helping establish an open architecture for modern core systems. **Catching up in the Hardware Game?** The United States’ favorite segment to cripple China is the hardware that Huawei cannot take for granted. Huawei’s new smartphone Pura 70, an iPhone challenger, is based on the same 7 nm (N+2) processor as the Huawei Mate 60 Pro, which made [headlines](https://techhq.com/2023/09/did-huawei-defy-us-sanctions-with-its-mate-60-pro/) the previous year for breaking free of U.S. sanctions. Unlike the Mate 60 series, which used the NAND Flash memory chip provided by SK Hynix, Pura’s NAND Flash memory chip is said to be [put together](https://www.reuters.com/technology/what-is-huaweis-new-pura-70-smartphones-2024-05-09/) by Huawei’s in-house design unit Hi-Silicon. Highlighting the progress in the de-Americanization drive, Ren [claimed](https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3214059/huawei-has-replaced-more-13000-parts-redesigned-4000-circuit-boards-overcome-us-tech-sanctions#:~:text=Huawei%20Technologies%20Co%20has%20replaced,overcome%20years%20of%20US%20sanctions.) that in the last two years, the firm has replaced 13,000 foreign-made parts with Chinese ones. Huawei’s top leadership asserts that the company’s products are faring better than its competitors. Yu [claimed](https://ktvz.com/money/cnn-business-consumer/2024/06/24/huawei-isnt-just-back-from-the-dead-its-a-force-to-be-reckoned-with/) that its Ascend processor has proven to be 1.1 times more efficient than others in training large language models and its AI infrastructure lies just behind Nvidia. Unintentionally recognizing the rising domestic demand, Nvidia’s CEO recently [announced](https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/23/business/china-nvidia-huawei-competitor-ai-chips-intl-hnk/index.html#:~:text=The%20naming%20of%20Huawei%20came,according%20to%20a%20Reuters%20report.) Huawei as its biggest competitor. Undoubtedly, Huawei’s policies represent the Chinese government’s latest thinking on technology policy. Huawei’s excessive focus on cloud technologies showcases the rising importance of data in the ongoing war on AI technologies. With Huawei’s partially successful venture into previously uncharted territory – cloud and mobile OS – Huawei’s strategy is apparently aggressive and aimed at wiping out U.S. tech leaders from the Chinese market. As China looks forward to commercializing these technologies further, the long-term vision is to present a Chinese alternative to global ICT products and services. 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Hardly a day goes by without Huawei, the Chinese telecom and technology giant, making the news. The firm has been explicitly targeted by U.S. sanctions for over five years, making its continued success in the marketplace a story of both economic and geopolitical significance. U.S. sanctions on the Shenzhen-based conglomerate intensified in 2018 when it was added to the Department of Commerce [Entity List.](https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/federal-register-notices/17-regulations/1541-federal-register-notices-2019#:~:text=Effective%20May%2016%2C%202019%2C%20the,Huawei\)%20to%20the%20Entity%20List.) Given its heavy reliance on Western technology, the United States anticipated Huawei’s demise. Indeed, facing significant revenue losses and a technology crunch, CEO Ren Zhengfei noted in an internal meeting, “Huawei is fighting for its life… we have a future if we survive.” Ren’s military background has instilled a revolutionary spirit in the company since its inception. In military terms, [he said,](https://www.economist.com/briefing/2024/06/13/americas-assassination-attempt-on-huawei-is-backfiring) “It’s time to pick up the guns, mount the horses, and go into battle.” Despite Washington tightening its grip on export controls over the past five years, Huawei is said to have risen from the ashes, boasting of supply chain independence and technological self-sufficiency. In fact, despite the heavy restrictions, Huawei seems to be pivoting toward expanding its product portfolio and venturing into areas that could challenge the United States’ dominance in the global ICT industry. **Huawei’s Investment Spree** Huawei’s renewed strategy is predominantly driven by its Hubble investment arm, which aims to acquire small equity stakes in top suppliers focusing on emerging technologies that hold the potential to advance Huawei’s in-house R\&D and reduce its dependence on Western companies. Since its launch in 2021, Hubble has [invested](https://thechinaproject.com/2023/09/22/huaweis-made-in-china-smartphone-has-washington-scratching-its-head/) in about 107 tech start-ups. Hubble’s investments in Focuslight Technologies (a photolithography equipment maker) and Suzhou Everbright Photonics (a gallium-nitride chipmaker) are expected to support China’s quest to reduce reliance on the West and its allies. Hubble’s significant investments in Xuzhou Chemicals are enabling the company to make strides in photoresist technologies (used in lithography) and reduce its reliance on Japanese firms. Another technology where Huawei is making strides is silicon carbide (SiC) chips, an area that remains untouched by U.S. sanctions. Hubble has invested in four leading firms manufacturing materials for SiC chips. These startups have acquired about 32 percent of the [market share](https://merics.org/en/report/huawei-quietly-dominating-chinas-semiconductor-supply-chain) for SiC wafers, previously dominated by the German firm Infineon Technologies. This also aids China’s plan to achieve supply chain independence, as both SiC and gallium nitride chips are crucial for supporting China’s drive to become a leader in electric vehicles and renewable energy grid supply. As Chinese firms gear up with essential chipmaking instruments, global prices for such hardware are expected to decline due to China’s market-distorting cheap pricing policies. The aim of gaining control over the supply chain of chip technologies that fall outside U.S. sanctions also indicates Huawei’s proactive strategy of dodging any future restrictions on these chips. **Huawei’s Venture Into Uncharted Territory** The software domain, China’s weak link and a key area of dependence on the West, appears to be shaping Huawei’s remarkable resurgence. Huawei’s homegrown mobile operating system, Harmony OS, exceeded Apple iOS’s [market share](https://english.news.cn/20240621/66928cb9ac124e7fb167d0af22bea1eb/c.html#:~:text=A%20report%20from%20market%20research,share%20dropped%20to%2016%20percent.) in China in the first quarter of 2024. According to Huawei, it has sold 900 million consumer devices with Harmony OS. The much-hyped OS has now become the world’s second-largest, with a [17 percent](https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/huawei-says-it-has-made-huge-strides-operating-systems-to-ai/article68315728.ece) market share, just behind Android. [Richard Yu,](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/huawei-says-it-has-made-huge-strides-from-operating-systems-to-ai/articleshow/111161903.cms?from=mdr) who heads Huawei’s consumer business, boasted that “Harmony has made major breakthroughs. You can say in 10 years we’ve achieved what it took our European and American counterparts more than 30 years to do.” The popularity of Harmony OS is demonstrated by record sales of Huawei’s new flagship smartphone, Pura 70, as Huawei’s smartphone sales [rose by 72 percent](https://www.techtimes.com/articles/305945/20240621/huawei-approaches-1-billion-devices-challenging-apple-globally-premium-phone.htm) in the first five months of 2024. Huawei has since incorporated Harmony OS into several other devices, including tablets, TVs, and watches. Huawei’s most recent version, “pure” Harmony OS, claims to be devoid of any source code derived from Android. It is often argued that the United States’ restrictions on China’s tech industry are counterproductive as it boosts Chinese domestic demand for homegrown products. Huawei’s resurgence is a fitting demonstration of this. Huawei has reportedly [increased](https://fortune.com/asia/2024/04/24/apple-iphone-china-sales-drops-huawei-honor/) its smartphone market share in China from 9.3 percent to 15.5 percent in 2023, causing Apple to slip to the third spot in the first quarter of 2024 with only a 20 percent share. Apple was forced to cut its prices for Chinese buyers to maintain its sales record. As more domestic firms work in synergy to fight the tech battle, domestic sales of Huawei’s products are expected to rise. With its own indigenously built OS, Huawei is looking forward to ending the reliance of Chinese smartphone markers on Google’s Android. With its growing popularity at home, there is no doubt that Huawei will push Harmony OS internationally with customization and lower costs, threatening Android’s dominance. To support its drive to strengthen capabilities in cloud technologies, Huawei has made significant strides in enhancing its managerial system through innovative solutions. Early this year, Huawei launched the [Meta ERP system,](https://www.huawei.com/en/news/2023/4/metaerp-press-release) an in-house enterprise resource planning software over which it has full control. This heightened focus on cloud technologies is also reflected in its [Developer Advocates Program](https://www.huawei.com/en/news/2024/6/huawei-advocate-program), which aims to cultivate 3,000 developers while promoting ecosystems such as Kunpeng, Ascend, HarmonyOS, and Huawei Cloud. Additionally, Huawei introduced a new [Mainframe Modernization Solution](https://www.huaweicloud.com/intl/en-us/about/info/2024/202406060001.html) that provides cloud-hardware synergy and scenario-specific solutions, helping establish an open architecture for modern core systems. **Catching up in the Hardware Game?** The United States’ favorite segment to cripple China is the hardware that Huawei cannot take for granted. Huawei’s new smartphone Pura 70, an iPhone challenger, is based on the same 7 nm (N+2) processor as the Huawei Mate 60 Pro, which made [headlines](https://techhq.com/2023/09/did-huawei-defy-us-sanctions-with-its-mate-60-pro/) the previous year for breaking free of U.S. sanctions. Unlike the Mate 60 series, which used the NAND Flash memory chip provided by SK Hynix, Pura’s NAND Flash memory chip is said to be [put together](https://www.reuters.com/technology/what-is-huaweis-new-pura-70-smartphones-2024-05-09/) by Huawei’s in-house design unit Hi-Silicon. Highlighting the progress in the de-Americanization drive, Ren [claimed](https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3214059/huawei-has-replaced-more-13000-parts-redesigned-4000-circuit-boards-overcome-us-tech-sanctions#:~:text=Huawei%20Technologies%20Co%20has%20replaced,overcome%20years%20of%20US%20sanctions.) that in the last two years, the firm has replaced 13,000 foreign-made parts with Chinese ones. Huawei’s top leadership asserts that the company’s products are faring better than its competitors. Yu [claimed](https://ktvz.com/money/cnn-business-consumer/2024/06/24/huawei-isnt-just-back-from-the-dead-its-a-force-to-be-reckoned-with/) that its Ascend processor has proven to be 1.1 times more efficient than others in training large language models and its AI infrastructure lies just behind Nvidia. Unintentionally recognizing the rising domestic demand, Nvidia’s CEO recently [announced](https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/23/business/china-nvidia-huawei-competitor-ai-chips-intl-hnk/index.html#:~:text=The%20naming%20of%20Huawei%20came,according%20to%20a%20Reuters%20report.) Huawei as its biggest competitor. Undoubtedly, Huawei’s policies represent the Chinese government’s latest thinking on technology policy. Huawei’s excessive focus on cloud technologies showcases the rising importance of data in the ongoing war on AI technologies. With Huawei’s partially successful venture into previously uncharted territory – cloud and mobile OS – Huawei’s strategy is apparently aggressive and aimed at wiping out U.S. tech leaders from the Chinese market. As China looks forward to commercializing these technologies further, the long-term vision is to present a Chinese alternative to global ICT products and services. Huawei’s success also emerges as a model and path for China’s indigenous innovation drive.

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99.8%

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Content Metadata

Language

en-us

Author

Megha Shrivastava

Publish Time

not set

Original Publish Time

2024-07-01 18:01:45 (1 year ago)

Republished

Word Count (Total)

2,263

Word Count (Content)

1,166

Links

External Links

Internal Links

Technical SEO

Meta Nofollow

Meta Noarchive

JS Rendered

Redirect Target

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Download Time (ms)

352

TTFB (ms)

352

Download Size (bytes)

25,366

Shard

76 (laksa)

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