# LongBench v2 / 66ed168b821e116aacb1ea8c task_id: 7135ab9b-ae35-5c7a-a40a-2036fb52d573 task_key: train--66ed168b821e116aacb1ea8c task_revision_id: 3 {"choice_A":"Provide network infrastructure for remote areas and global users, help upgrade innovative applications such as naked-eye 3D, new calls, and cloud mobile phones, with more than 1.5 billion global users.","choice_B":"Launch a series of Harmony OS ecosystem devices, with shipments of smart wearable products exceeding 150 million.","choice_C":"Develop large-scale models for industry-specific applications, particularly in the medical and meteorological fields.","choice_D":"Build cloud platforms for 40,000 enterprises in over 170 countries and regions to accelerate industry digitization and intelligence.","context":"Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\n2023 ANNUAL REPORT\n\n\nWho is Huawei?\nFounded in 1987, Huawei is a leading \nglobal provider of information and \ncommunications technology (ICT) \ninfrastructure and smart devices. We \nhave approximately 207,000 employees \nand we operate in over 170 countries \nand regions, serving more than three \nbillion people around the world. We are \ncommitted to bringing digital to every \nperson, home and organization for a \nfully connected, intelligent world.\nWalking the walk for steady, \nlong-term growth\nLaying the groundwork for an intelligent world\nIn 2023, we witnessed rapid advancement in emerging \ntechnologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and nonstop innovation \nin new applications for business. AI development has evolved \nfrom customization on a small scale to massive application at \nan industrial level, while digital technology has become more \ndeeply integrated with every aspect of our lives. This digital and \nintelligent transformation is bringing new value to individuals and \nbreathing new life into enterprises. We want to help all industries \nmake the most of these new developments. So we are leveraging \nthe collective strengths of our business portfolio, backed by a \nsolid grasp on complex hardware and software platforms, to build \na solid foundation for a digital and intelligent world.\nDelving deep into basic research and driving technological \ninnovation\nHuawei values research and innovation, and we take an \nopen approach to both. We continue to delve deep into basic \nscientific and theoretical research, and are working closely with \nacademia and the industry to push innovation forward. Together \nwith our customers and partners, we are pushing the limits of \ntechnology to address broader industry challenges. We also \ndevelop innovative products and solutions to address the unique \nproblems our customers face. We want to create greater value \nfor the world.\nFor the past three years, we have invested more than 20% of our \nannual sales revenue back into research and development. Our \naim is to drive industry development to help pave the way for the \nimminent arrival of an intelligent world – one with 100 billion \nconnections and a universal 10 gigabit experience.\nPrioritizing security and trustworthiness, succeeding through \nquality\nCyber security and privacy protection are Huawei's top priorities. \nWe continue to build up and improve on our end-to-end \ncyber security assurance system, embedding cyber security \nrequirements into all aspects of our operations, including policy, \nmanagement, and technology. Through industry exchange and \ninternational cooperation, we also share best practices and work \n\n\nwith stakeholders to build a secure, trustworthy, and intelligent \nworld. Our efforts have earned worldwide recognition, and we \ncontinue to maintain a solid track record in cyber security in over \n170 markets around the world. Customer trust is the most solid \ntestament to the security of our products and services.\nQuality is our path to success. Over more than three decades \nin the ICT domain, we have built up significant capabilities \nand experience in quality management and are adapting this \nexperience to meet the needs of new business domains. We are \nalso sharing these capabilities with our suppliers, channel partners, \nand other partners. Through end-to-end quality management \nsystems, we provide our customers with more competitive \nproducts and solutions.\nBuilding up thriving ecosystems for a more dynamic industry\nDigital, intelligent, and low-carbon transformation will continue to \nbe major development trends moving forward. We will continue to \nmaintain strategic focus while supporting free trade, open markets, \nand fair competition. We are committed to driving healthy \nindustry development and creating value for our customers, \npartners, and the world. To make this happen, we are working to \npromote a more open, diverse, and inclusive ecosystem.\nWe value openness and collaboration and work hard to help \nothers succeed. In particular, we are actively developing platform \ncapabilities for ecosystem-centric domains like HarmonyOS, \nKunpeng, Ascend, and cloud computing, and we are combining \nstrengths across the industry to promote the development \nof business ecosystems. By enabling ecosystem partners and \nenhancing experience for developers, we hope to stimulate \ninnovation and drive shared success.\nPowering sustainable development with technology\nWe use advanced ICT solutions to help industries reduce their \ncarbon emissions and accelerate the construction of new energy \ninfrastructure. This is part of our broader efforts to foster a more \ncircular economy and maximize the value of digital technology in \npowering green development.\nWe do our best to give back, and hope to make the intelligent \nworld a more inclusive, sustainable place. In particular, we are \nusing technology like broadband, cloud, and AI to promote \nequitable and quality education, environmental protection, \nand balanced development. We have also expanded our talent \ndevelopment program – Seeds for the Future – to help foster the \nnext generation of digital talent. Through this program, we are \nnurturing digital leadership, helping young people build digital \nskills, and upskilling ICT professionals. To date, this program has \nbenefited more than 3.4 million people from around the world.\nContents\nMessage from the Rotating Chairman\nBusiness Highlights in 2023\nFive-Year Financial Highlights\nMessage from the Chairman\n02\n05\n07\n08\n12\n17\n91\n92\n135\nIndustry Trends\nManagement Discussion and Analysis\nIndependent Auditors' Report\n\u0007\nConsolidated Financial Statements \nSummary\nRisk Factors\n138\n155\n189\nCorporate Governance Report\nSustainable Development\n\u0007\nAbbreviations, Financial Terminology, \nand Exchange Rates\n\n\n02 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nMessage from the Rotating Chairman\nWe've been through a lot over the past few years. But \nthrough one challenge after another, we've managed \nto grow.\nWe rounded off 2023 with CNY704.2 billion in revenue. \nOur ICT infrastructure business remained solid, and our \nconsumer business met expectations. Both our cloud \ncomputing and digital power businesses grew steadily, \nand our intelligent automotive solution business began \nlarge-scale delivery.\nThe trust and support of our customers, partners, \nand friends around the world is what helped us keep \ngoing, keep surviving, and keep growing. On behalf \nof Huawei, I'd like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to \neveryone for your ongoing support.\nThroughout the past year, the entire team at Huawei \nhas been forging ahead, working closely with partners \nto drive shared success and create value for our \ncustomers.\nIn the ICT infrastructure domain, we worked side-by-\nside with our carrier customers to maximize returns on \ntheir 5G network investment and steadily advance the \ncommercial deployment of 5.5G.\nIn the enterprise domain, we differentiated our \nproducts, portfolios, and industry solutions based on \nthe unique needs of different types of customers, \nincluding named accounts, SMEs, and MSMEs.\nIn the consumer domain, the HUAWEI Mate 60 Series \nand the HarmonyOS ecosystem received wide acclaim.\nIn cloud computing, we moved ahead with our AI for \nIndustries strategy. We launched innovative products \nlike our Pangu Models 3.0 and Ascend AI cloud service, \nwhich are designed to provide all industries with a \nsolid cloud foundation for going digital.\nIn the energy domain, Huawei Digital Power continues \nto use digital technology to help power the world's \ngreen and low-carbon development. In 2023, we made \ntremendous progress in areas like smart PVs and \nliquid-cooled ultra-fast charging.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 03\nAnd in the automotive domain, our solutions like \nintelligent driving and intelligent cockpits saw large-scale \nadoption in a growing number of automotive brands.\nOpen innovation for an intelligent \nworld\nIn today's world, emerging technologies progress \nby leaps and bounds, with nonstop innovation in \nnew business applications. AI models have moved \nbeyond small-scale customization and are now seeing \nmassive development on an industrial level. Looking \nahead, it's clear that digitalization, intelligence, and \ndecarbonation are the path forward. An intelligent \nworld is coming fast, and it will bring countless new \nopportunities for the ICT industry.\nOpen innovation is critical for social development and \ntechnological progress, and it's built into Huawei's \nvery DNA. We are actively working with other industry \nplayers and academia to advance technology and help \ndifferent industries modernize.\nHuawei has built up an extensive range of ICT \ntechnologies, and we will continue to invest heavily \nin R&D while strengthening strategic synergy across \nhardware, software, chips, devices, networks, and cloud.\nDespite a number of immense challenges over the past \nthree years, we continue to innovate based on two \ncore drivers: science and technology, and customer \nneeds. Throughout this time, we have invested over \n20% of our annual revenue back into R&D to ensure \nthe competitiveness of our products and solutions.\nTo meet industry demand for green transition, for \nexample, we recently launched a \"0 Bit 0 Watt\" \nwireless solution, which helps carriers strike the \noptimal balance between mobile network experience \nand energy consumption.\nHuawei Cloud's Pangu-Weather model is another \ngreat example. Featured in Nature, Pangu-Weather is \nthe world's first AI model that delivers more accurate \nweather forecasts than traditional numerical prediction \nmethods.\nHuawei's foundational software, including openEuler \nand GaussDB, has also seen broad application in \nmultiple industries.\nThese are all the result of innovation between Huawei, \ndifferent industries, and the academic community.\nPlatform capabilities for thriving \necosystems\nTrees need deep roots to grow a dense canopy \nof leaves. Likewise, our industry needs the active \nparticipation of many partners and developers in order \nto thrive.\nAt Huawei, ecosystem development is a key long-\nterm strategy. We advocate for open collaboration \nand helping others succeed. With this approach, we \nfocus on developing core ICT technologies, as well as \nbuilding up platform capabilities for complex hardware \nand sophisticated software, which we then open up to \nour partners to promote shared success.\nWe have fostered a robust device ecosystem based on \nHarmonyOS and Kirin, a general computing ecosystem \nbased on openEuler and Kunpeng, an AI computing \necosystem based on CANN and Ascend, and a \nmultiplatform developer ecosystem with Huawei Cloud \nas a unified portal.\nTo date, HarmonyOS has been deployed on more than \n800 million devices, and more than 6,300 partners \nhave joined our computing ecosystems. Among these, \nthe Ascend-based AI computing ecosystem has grown \nparticularly fast. We look forward to joining forces with \nother industry players to drive large-scale adoption \nof these technologies, optimize them, and move the \nindustry forward.\nAs for the developer ecosystem, we have attracted more \nthan 9.5 million developers to HarmonyOS, Kunpeng, \nAscend, and Huawei Cloud. We provide a rich array \nof development tools on Huawei Cloud, making it \neasier for application, operating system, and database \ndevelopers to do what they do best. The end goal is to \nstimulate innovation across the entire ecosystem.\n\n\n04 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nSucceeding through quality and \nachieving quality growth\nThese days, digital technology is tightly integrated \nwith every aspect of industry – and every aspect of our \nlives. In effect, ICT infrastructure has become the very \nbackbone of an intelligent world, so ensuring quality is \nmore important than ever. At Huawei, quality isn't just \nabout meeting customer needs. It's our responsibility. \nWe remain committed to succeeding through quality, \nand are working hard to make quality one of our core \ncompetitive strengths.\nBuilding a robust quality management system requires \nconcerted effort across the entire value chain. Huawei \nhas built up decades of experience and capabilities \nmanaging quality in the ICT sector, and we are \nworking to extend this experience to new domains \nlike digital power and intelligent automotive solutions. \nWe also hope to share these capabilities with our \nsuppliers, channel partners, and ecosystem partners up \nand down the value chain. Together, we can promote \nquality growth across the industry.\nPromoting digital inclusion and \ncreating social value\nHuawei's vision and mission is to bring digital to every \nperson, home and organization for a fully connected, \nintelligent world. We want to help more people reap \nthe benefits of digital technology.\nBack in 2019, we launched our TECH4ALL digital \ninclusion program, which focuses on four domains: \neducation, environment, health, and development.\nIn education, working together with a wide range of \ncustomers, partners, and NGOs, we use innovative \ndigital technology to make quality education more \naccessible and equitable. To date, we have launched \ndigital skills training programs in 630 schools around \nthe world, providing learning opportunities for more \nthan 400,000 people.\nIn addition, we continue to implement Huawei ICT \nAcademy programs and hold Huawei ICT Competitions \naround the world to provide young people with digital \ntraining and the opportunity to connect. To date, \nthese programs have benefited more than 1.1 million \nstudents from over 100 countries and regions.\nWhen it comes to the environment, we're using digital \ntechnology to promote nature conservation efforts in \n53 of the world's protected areas, covering endangered \nspecies like Hainan gibbons and jaguars, as well as \necosystems like tropical rainforests and estuaries.\nThrough these programs and more, we're taking \nconcrete action to make the world a better, more \nsustainable, and more inclusive place for all.\nA new journey awaits us in 2024. We will create \ngreater value for our customers and society by driving \nopen innovation, building thriving ecosystems, and \nsucceeding through quality. Here I'd like to thank \nthose who have joined us – and will join us – along \nthe way. Together, let's make something extraordinary. \nLet's build a fully connected, intelligent world.\nHu Houkun\nRotating Chairman\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 05\nBusiness Highlights in 2023\n Driving Ubiquitous \nConnectivity\n■\t We worked with carriers and partners around the \nworld to continue securing 5G's business success. \nBy the end of 2023, the number of 5G users \nacross the globe had exceeded 1.5 billion, and \n5G networks built by Huawei had continued to \ndeliver leading experiences. Innovative applications, \nsuch as naked-eye 3D, New Calling, and cloud \nphones, have comprehensively upgraded personal \nservice experiences. And 5G has enabled the \nlarge-scale digitalization of industries, with more \nthan 50,000 5G applications being put into use \nin many different industries. In addition, Huawei \nactively worked with other industry players to \ndrive the development of 5.5G, and partnered \nwith leading carriers around the world to promote \nthe technological verification and commercial \ndeployment of 5.5G and accelerate rollout.\n■\t We helped our carrier, government, and enterprise \ncustomers build ubiquitous optical networks and \nintelligent IP networks as well as 10 gigabit smart \nhomes, High-Quality 10 Gbps CloudCampus, Super-\nConnectivity 400GE CloudFabric, and Converged IP \nTransport Network. This infrastructure will create a \nsolid foundation for the digital transformation and \nintelligent upgrade of all industries.\n■\t We deepened cooperation with international \norganizations to provide connectivity to remote \nareas and continuously increase the access of \nremote communities to digital technology.\n Enabling Pervasive \nIntelligence\n■\t Digital, intelligent, and low-carbon transformations \nare continuing to gain traction. Therefore, Huawei \nunveiled its All Intelligence strategy this year in \norder to support a vast range of AI models and \napplications for all industries and accelerate their \nintelligent transformation. The Kunpeng and \nAscend ecosystems continued to grow steadily, \nattracting more than 5.7 million developers and \n6,300 partners, and more than 17,400 solutions \nhave been certified. Huawei also released a \nreference architecture that will drive industrial \nintelligent transformation, as well as a number \nof related solutions and a white paper titled \nAccelerating Intelligent Transformation, which offer \npractical advice and references that help industries \nmake the most of intelligence.\n■\t We released Pangu Models 3.0 to dive deep \ninto industries and develop tailored models and \ncapability sets for a wide range of industries, \nincluding finance, government services, \nmanufacturing, mining, meteorology, railways, \nautomobiles, and healthcare. These models \ncombine industry know-how with foundation model \ncapabilities, reshaping industries and boosting \nproductivity and efficiency.\n■\t In the intelligent automotive solution domain, we \nworked with more than 300 partners to build an \nintelligent industry ecosystem. Together, we have \ncreated experience benchmarks for intelligent \ndriving, intelligent cockpits, and intelligent vehicle \ncontrol and contributed to industry standards and \nkey technologies, jointly expanding the market and \naccelerating the intelligent transformation of the \nautomotive industry.\nIn 2023, our ICT infrastructure business remained solid, and our consumer business met expectations. Both our \ncloud computing and digital power businesses grew steadily, and our intelligent automotive solution business \nbegan large-scale delivery.\n\n\n06 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\n Delivering a Personalized \nExperience\n■\t In the consumer business, we have continued to \ninnovate by focusing on consumers, creating an \ninspired AI experience across all scenarios and \nbuilding a high-end brand that has a human \ntouch and is liked and trusted by consumers. We \nhave also worked with our partners to build a \nprosperous HarmonyOS ecosystem and achieve \nbusiness success.\n■\t We launched smartphones like the HUAWEI Mate \n60 Series and unveiled a new ultra-high-end \nbrand ULTIMATE DESIGN, all winning high acclaim \nfrom consumers. By the end of 2023, Huawei had \nshipped a grand total of over 100 million tablets \nand over 150 million wearables around the world, \nand served more than 450 million users in the \nfitness and health domain. Under the Huawei \nZhixuan model, we worked with partners around \nthe Harmony Intelligent Mobility Alliance (HIMA) \nto launch products that deliver ever-improving \nexperiences.\n■\t We officially launched HarmonyOS 4 in 2023, \nand by the end of the year HarmonyOS had been \ndeployed on more than 800 million devices.\n Building a Digital Platform\n■\t As industries rush to embrace digital and intelligent \ntransformation, Huawei Cloud continued to \nimplement its Everything as a Service strategy, \nhelping customers unleash the power of digital \nfaster. By the end of 2023, Huawei Cloud \nwas providing customers from more than 170 \ncountries and regions with stable, reliable, secure, \ntrustworthy, and sustainable cloud services.\n■\t Huawei Cloud also actively innovated and launched \nthe Ascend AI cloud service as well as the GaussDB \ndistributed database, more than 20 software \ndevelopment tools, and products like the CraftArts \nhardware development pipeline, to help industries \ngo digital and intelligent faster.\n■\t Huawei Cloud envisions an ecosystem that is Of \nAll, By All, and For All. We aggregate applications \nfor numerous industries and empower developers \nand partners around the world. By the end of 2023, \nover six million developers and 40,000 partners \nwere working with Huawei Cloud to jointly build a \nthriving ecosystem for innovation on the cloud.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 07\nFive-Year Financial Highlights\n2023\n2022\n2021\n2020\n2019\n(USD Million)\n(CNY Million)\n(CNY Million)\nRevenue\n99,448\n704,174\n642,338\n636,807\n891,368\n858,833\nOperating profit\n14,744\n104,401\n42,216\n121,412\n72,501\n77,835\nOperating margin\n14.8%\n14.8%\n6.6%\n19.1%\n8.1%\n9.1%\nNet profit\n12,280\n86,950\n35,562\n113,718\n64,649\n62,656\nCash flow from operating \nactivities\n9,859\n69,807\n17,797\n59,670\n35,218\n91,384\nCash and short-term \ninvestments\n67,128\n475,317\n373,452\n416,334\n357,366\n371,040\nWorking capital\n59,550\n421,662\n344,938\n376,923\n299,062\n257,638\nTotal assets\n178,454\n1,263,597\n1,063,804\n982,971\n876,854\n858,661\nTotal borrowings\n43,556\n308,414\n197,144\n175,100\n141,811\n112,162\nEquity\n71,682\n507,568\n437,076\n414,652\n330,408\n295,537\nLiability ratio\n59.8%\n59.8%\n58.9%\n57.8%\n62.3%\n65.6%\nNote: The financial information is in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards, and converted into United States dollars (\"USD\") using the \nclosing rate at the end of 2023 of USD1.00 = CNY7.0808.\nCNY Million\nCNY Million\nCNY Million\nRevenue\nOperating profit\nCash flow from \noperating activities\nCAGR: (5)%\n891,368\n636,807\n704,174\n858,833\n0\n200,000\n400,000\n600,000\n800,000\n1,000,000\nCAGR: 8%\n77,835 72,501\n121,412\n104,401\n0\n20,000\n40,000\n60,000\n80,000\n100,000\n120,000\n140,000\nCAGR: (7)%\n91,384\n35,218\n59,670\n69,807\n0\n20,000\n40,000\n60,000\n80,000\n100,000\n120,000\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\n642,338\n42,216\n17,797\n\n\n08 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nMessage from the Chairman\nPressing ahead to achieve our \nbusiness development goals\nIn 2023, all hands were on deck to achieve our \nbusiness development goals, and our performance was \nin line with forecast. I'd like to thank our customers, \npartners, and friends from all over the world for their \nongoing trust and support.\nOver the past year, we invested more in technological \ninnovation and continued to deliver high-quality \nproducts and services. We also buckled down to \nenhance our overall competitiveness. Our ICT \ninfrastructure business remained solid, and our \nconsumer business met expectations. Both our cloud \ncomputing and digital power businesses grew steadily, \nand our intelligent automotive solution business began \nlarge-scale delivery. All the while, we have worked \nhard to drive digital inclusion and promote green and \nsustainable development.\nIn 2024, we will continue to forge ahead, united as \none, investing strategically and strengthening the \ncapabilities we need to ensure sustainable survival \nand hone our overall competitiveness. We will focus \non creating greater value for our customers, partners, \nand society as we work to achieve steady, long-term \ngrowth.\nPromoting sustainable development \nthrough digital inclusion\nEveryone should have access to stable connectivity. \nWe believe that connectivity is not just a basic right \nfor every person, but also a cornerstone of the digital \neconomy.\nFor decades, Huawei has been committed to pushing \nthe boundaries of ICT and promoting its global \nadoption. We have actively promoted the deployment \nof digital infrastructure and interconnectivity to \n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 09\nbring more people into the digital fold. And now, \nwe are extending these efforts by innovating in both \nconnectivity and computing to provide our global \ncustomers with leading ICT solutions.\nHuawei is also an active member of the International \nTelecommunication Union's Partner2Connect Digital \nCoalition. After joining the coalition, as of 2023 our \nICT solutions have brought connectivity to 90 million \npeople in remote regions in nearly 80 countries around \nthe world.\nWhen Türkiye was struck by a catastrophic earthquake, \nwe worked side-by-side with our carrier customers to \nrebuild over 1,900 sites within 72 hours. Together, we \ngot the damaged networks back online so that people \nin affected areas could access critical network services.\nIn Pakistan, we worked together with international \norganizations and local governments to connect \nremote communities, giving residents access to \ntelemedicine services through broadband networks and \nbringing online education to students through a smart \nclassroom platform.\nIn China, when Jishishan County in Gansu Province \nwas rocked by a massive earthquake, we immediately \nset out to affected areas in both Gansu and Qinghai. \nAlongside our carrier customers, we quickly restored \ncommunications at more than 100 key sites in Gansu, \nand recovered all disrupted services in Qinghai \nProvince within 16 hours, helping people re-connect \nwith their loved ones.\nIn addition to connectivity, we are working to drive \nbroader digital inclusion through our TECH4ALL \nprogram. This program has brought about long-term \npositive change to remote areas and a wide range \nof environmental protection efforts. As of the end \nof 2023, our TECH4ALL education programs have \nbenefited 630 schools and more than 400,000 people. \nIn 53 of the world's protected areas, we are also using \ndigital technology to increase biodiversity, enhance \nnatural resource sustainability, and improve natural \nresource utilization.\nEnabling digital industries for an \nintelligent world\nDigital, intelligent, and low-carbon transformation is \npicking up speed around the world. Breakthroughs in \nAI technology and applications are enabling industries \nto go intelligent faster. Mobile networks are evolving \ntowards 5G and 5.5G. Smart device ecosystems for \nall scenarios are converging faster than ever, the \nautomotive industry is well on the way to going \nintelligent, and the transition to clean energy is \ngaining traction. As the intelligent world takes shape, \nICT will be further integrated into all industries, and \ncomputing will become a fundamental driver of \nproductivity, helping the digital economy take flight.\nHuawei will delve deeper into industry digitalization, \naccelerate the construction of computing \ninfrastructure, and promote digital and intelligent \ntransformation in all industries. Together with our \nglobal customers and partners, we want to build \na leading computing backbone that will power the \nintelligent world.\nPowering green and low-carbon \ndevelopment with digital technology\nGreen and low-carbon development has become an \nimportant part of socioeconomic transformation on \na global scale. At Huawei, we believe that digital \ntechnology is an effective tool to fight climate \nchange, protect the environment, and enable green \ndevelopment. Digitalization and decarbonization can \nwork hand-in-hand, propelling and reinforcing each \nother to help build a greener world.\n\n\n10 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nIn Saudi Arabia, for example, our latest energy-\nsaving technologies were used to build nearly 100 \nwireless sites in the NEOM project. Furthermore, \nour cooperation with Zain KSA has helped cut their \nwireless network energy consumption by nearly 28%.\nIn China, we also launched our green Wi-Fi solution \nfor smart campuses, which uses innovative algorithms \nto cut the average annual power consumption of \ncampus Wi-Fi networks by about 20%.\nRenewable energy will be crucial for green and \nsustainable development. At Huawei, we continue \nto increase the use of renewable energy in our own \noperations. Our digital power business is also working \nto drive the transition to renewable energy in all \nindustries by focusing on areas like clean power \ngeneration, mobility electrification, and green ICT \npower infrastructure. By the end of 2023, our digital \npower solutions have helped customers generate 997.9 \nbillion kWh of green power and save 46.1 billion kWh \nof electricity. These efforts resulted in a reduction of \n495 million tons in CO2 emissions.\nGreen and low-carbon solutions are providing new \nmomentum for sustainable development. Industries \nare also embarking on a new journey that combines \ndigital, intelligent, and green transformation. This will \nstimulate innovation and encourage efforts to build \nnext-generation digital and energy infrastructure that \nsupports green and low-carbon development.\nGrowing together with partners \nthrough open innovation\nHuawei delves deep into research and innovation, \nand we take an open approach to both as we work \nwith our partners worldwide to probe the frontiers of \nscience and technology. \nAs part of our broader collaboration efforts, we closely \nengage with academic associations around the world \nto explore the challenges that industries face. We \nhave also released more than 70 new research topics \nthrough academic platforms in an effort to drive \nadvancements in computer science and AI.\nIn 2023, Huawei and its partners held multiple \ncompetitions and training activities, including ICPC \nTraining Camps, the ICPC Challenge Championship, \nand various bootcamps. Through these programs, \nwe shared our industry know-how with academia \nand learned from their expertise. Together, we are \ninvigorating academic pursuits and encouraging \nstudents and researchers to unleash their full potential.\nWe are also working with global partners and \ndevelopers to improve the device ecosystem based \non HarmonyOS and Kirin, the general computing \necosystem based on openEuler and Kunpeng, as \nwell as the AI computing ecosystem based on CANN \nand Ascend. Together, we are working to stimulate \ninnovation across ecosystems and achieve shared \nsuccess.\nBy the end of 2023, HarmonyOS was deployed on \nmore than 800 million devices, and the HarmonyOS \necosystem attracted more than 2.2 million developers.\nThe Kunpeng ecosystem has also been developing \nsteadily. To date, we have worked with more than \n4,700 partners to launch over 14,500 industry-specific \nsolutions.\nIn computing, we have joined forces with industry \npartners to drive the development of the openEuler \noperating system, the openGauss database, and \nthe MindSpore AI framework. We have also further \nenhanced all-scenario collaboration for openEuler, \nand by the end of 2023, over 50% of the industry's \n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 11\nmajor foundation models were natively trained on \nMindSpore. The MindSpore open source community \nnow serves more than 5,500 enterprises.\nFor Ascend, we continue to build leading AI training \nclusters and a complete series of inference products. \nWe further opened up the heterogeneous compute \narchitecture – CANN 7.0. And by the end of 2023, \nmore than 1,600 independent software vendors (ISVs) \nhave used Ascend to launch over 2,900 industry-\nspecific AI solutions.\nOn the operations side, Huawei is committed to \nglobalized operations and diversifying our supply \nchains to ensure long-term, continuous, and stable \nsupply, and to lay the foundations for more sustainable \ndevelopment. We have established long-term \npartnerships with over 10,000 suppliers and partners \naround the world. Through open collaboration, we \nstrive to overcome all manner of difficulties and \nchallenges over the course of development. We are \nconfident that our work with partners will drive shared \ngrowth and benefits, and help forge a secure, reliable, \ncompetitive, and healthy value chain. Ultimately, this \nwill allow us to provide higher-quality products and \nservices for customers around the world.\nEnhancing corporate governance and \nensuring operational compliance to \nbetter serve our customers\nA robust corporate governance system is the \ncornerstone of sustainable development. In 2023, we \ncontinued to build up and optimize our corporate \ngovernance system. Last year, our Representatives' \nCommission held one meeting where a new Board of \nDirectors was elected, resulting in a new set of regular \nand alternate directors.\nIn 2023, our Board of Directors held 12 meetings \nwhere they reviewed and approved matters such as \nthe company's medium-to-long-term strategic plan, \nas well as the company's annual business plan, audit \nreport, profit distribution, and capital increases.\nAt Huawei, we believe that legal compliance is a \nbulwark against the uncertainties of international \npolitics. We are committed to conducting business with \nintegrity, adhering to business ethics, and observing \nall applicable laws and regulations in the countries \nand regions where we operate. This is a core guiding \nprinciple upheld by our management team. For \nyears, we have worked hard to build a compliance \nmanagement system that aligns with industry best \npractices and embeds compliance management into \nour business activities and processes. These efforts \ncontinue to this day. We work hard to create a culture \nof integrity, and require all employees to comply with \nour Business Conduct Guidelines (BCGs).\nWe continue to communicate openly and embrace \ntransparency so that our customers, partners, and the \nrest of the world can see what we truly stand for. We \nwelcome stakeholders – including governments, the \nmedia, researchers, and experts – to visit our company \nto strengthen mutual understanding and trust.\nNo matter what changes come our way, we will stay \ncommitted to openness, collaboration, and innovation. \nWe will continue to press ahead against all manner of \ndifficulties and stay true to our vision and mission – to \nbring digital to every person, home and organization \nfor a fully connected, intelligent world.\nLiang Hua\nChairman of the Board\n\n\n12 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nIndustry Trends\nThe Age of Intelligence Is Coming – and Fast\nDigital Infrastructure and Smart Devices Will Evolve Rapidly\nThe world is full of uncertainty these days. Economic \ninstability, geopolitical risks, climate change, and \nall manner of challenges have left us in a state of \nglobal flux. Against this backdrop, however, there is \none thing we can be certain about: Major trends like \ndigitalization, intelligence, and decarbonation are \ntaking hold – and gaining momentum all around us.\nThis momentum was especially clear throughout 2023 \nas the world made incredible progress towards a new \nage of intelligence. We now find ourselves in the midst \nof a new industrial revolution where AI is penetrating \nthe fabric of all sectors at an incredible rate, taking \nproductivity and creativity to new heights.\nRenowned futurist Kevin Kelly has characterized AI as \na type of artificial power, one that can eventually be \ntapped – as easily as electricity – to cognify everything \naround us. In the next 100 years, he said in a 2023 \ninterview, artificial intelligence will exceed anything \nthat other artificial powers can accomplish.\nAI will fuel the convergence of the digital and physical \nworlds, redefining everything and changing how we \nlive and work, both as individuals and as industries. It \nwill bring unprecedented challenges and opportunities.\nThe focus of network build-out has shifted from \nstraightforward connectivity to center around \nexperience itself. In the age of intelligence, 5.5G \nnetworks – the next evolution of 5G – will take it one \nstep further: They will be productivity-centric, helping \nall industries vastly enhance their ability to create. \n5.5G will deliver universal 10 Gbit/s access for digital \nservices, elastic ultra-broadband transport, and massive \ncomputing power from hyper-converged data centers. \nIt will be the cornerstone of new digital infrastructure \nTo bring the full value of intelligence to industries, we \nneed to make all things connectable, all applications \nmodellable, and all decisions computable.\n■\t All things connectable: Not just physical objects, \nbut also logical and virtual objects, including both \ndigital equipment as well as traditional terminals \nand devices. With everything connected, data can \nbe passed up and intent can be passed down.\n■\t All applications modellable: Broad adoption of AI \nfoundation models will bring the benefits of smart \napplications to people, homes, and organizations \nmore rapidly than ever.\n■\t All decisions computable: An accessible, ubiquitous \nsupply of computing power will make intelligence \nmore readily available wherever it's needed and \nhelp unleash the full potential of data.\nAI is giving rise to a staggering array of innovative \napplications. It's also stimulating across-the-board \nchanges to devices, networks, computing, and cloud, \ntaking us one step closer to a truly momentous \nintelligent world.\nand drive the digital economy forward. But evolving to \nthese productivity-centric networks will require effort \nin several areas:\n■\t Ubiquitous 10 Gbit/s ultrabroadband access: This \nupgrade will provide universal 10 Gbit/s broadband \naccess to mobile users everywhere they go, and \nbring ultrafast connectivity to every nook and \ncranny of homes around the world. Enterprises will \nalso benefit from an enhanced 10 Gbit/s experience \nConnectivity: Full speed ahead with 5.5G\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 13\non their campus networks, as well as 10 Gbit/s \nelastic private line services with higher throughput \nfor growing computing needs. Universal high-speed \nconnectivity will be vital to accelerate the adoption \nof digital services across all sectors of society.\n■\t 400G converged transport networks: Upgrading \nconverged transport networks to 400G will increase \ntransport power and, with end-to-end optical \ncross-connect (OXC), will guarantee experience for \nlatency-sensitive services across different latency \ncircles (e.g., 1 ms for access networks, 5 ms for city \nnetworks, and 20 ms for nationwide networks).\n■\t Advanced hyper-converged architecture for data \ncenter networks: Based on this architecture, 800GE \nBreakthroughs in AI technology and applications are \ndriving industrial transformation at a rate and scale \nnever seen before. In particular, foundation models \nhave brought artificial intelligence to an inflection \npoint, where AI is going beyond perception and \nanalysis to generate new content entirely; where \nmulti-modal models are taking precedence over \nsingle-modal models; and where special-purpose AI \nis giving way to more general-purpose application. AI \napplications themselves have gone beyond consumer \ndomains to support core industrial scenarios. Over the \nnext two years, AI applications will create even greater \nvalue in more than 50% of core industrial scenarios. \nTo help industries maximize the value of AI, we need \nto adapt computing infrastructure in two major ways:\n■\t Adopting new computing architectures that \ncater to diverse computing needs: Demand for \nheterogenous computing capabilities is changing \nthe way data centers are designed, and demand \nfor AI computing is growing exponentially fast. \nWe estimate that, between 2020 and 2030, global \ndemand for general computing power will increase \ntenfold to reach 3.3 ZFLOPS, while demand for AI \ncomputing power will grow by a factor of 500 to \nhit 105 ZFLOPS. The world will generate roughly 1 \nyottabyte of data annually, a 23-fold increase over \nComputing infrastructure: Making computing power and intelligence available wherever it's needed\ninterconnection will help fully unlock the potential \nof general computing, AI computing, high-\nperformance computing, and storage. Congestion \nnotification algorithms will ensure zero packet loss, \nand network-scale load balancing algorithms will \nhelp increase the training efficiency of AI cluster \nnetworks by 20%.\n■\t Telecom foundation models: AI models specifically \ndesigned for telecom networks will enable carriers \nto evolve towards L4 autonomous driving networks \n(ADNs) that are more autonomous, digitalized, \nand intelligent than ever, allowing network \nmanagement engineers to double their efficiency.\n2020. To address these diverse needs for massive \ncomputing power, we need to replace CPU-\ncentric computing architecture with peer-to-peer \narchitecture – structures that help us overcome \nlimitations in conventional architectures, boosting \nboth computing bandwidth and performance while \nreducing latency.\n■\t Breaking through bottlenecks in large-scale \ncomputing: Computing power is crucial for AI \ninnovation. The amount of computing power \navailable determines the speed of AI iteration \nand innovation, and massive amounts are needed \nto train foundation models. Through systematic \ndesign, we can evolve data centers into de facto AI \nsupercomputers that tightly integrate computing, \nstorage, networking, and power supply. Data \ncenters like this can deliver incredible amounts of \ncomputing power with greater availability, better \nenergy efficiency, and a more stable environment \nfor long-term model training. This will lay the \ngroundwork for developing a wide range of AI \nmodels and applications.\n\n\n14 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nAll industries are actively embracing AI, infusing their \nknow-how and ingenuity into foundation models \nthat help them tackle complex issues, including those \nin research, production, supply, sales, and service. \nNew innovations in AI and foundation models are \nemerging every day, and as AI theory gains more \npractical application, developments in this sector will \nturbocharge the intelligent transformation of industries.\nBut to speed up the transformation process, there \nare a number of technical gaps that industries need \nto overcome. On the cloud front, AI is reshaping \nthe technical stack, redefining the cloud's unique \nstrengths, and transforming cloud infrastructure – as \nwell as the applications running on it. To keep up with \nthese trends, cloud service providers (CSPs) need to \nrevamp their architecture, their computing and storage \nsystems, the relationship between data and AI, app \ndevelopment, and their overall security posture.\n■\t Architecture: CSPs will need to move from CPU-\ncentric client-server architecture towards peer-\nto-peer architecture that can keep up with more \ndiverse computing needs.\n■\t Computing and storage systems: CSPs will need to \nshift from general computing to high-performance \nAI computing, and upgrade from data lake storage \nto AI-native intelligent storage.\nAs more and more consumer devices make use of \nAI, we will see greater convergence in multiple fields: \nchip architectures, operating systems, and device \necosystems across different scenarios. Formerly \ndisparate ecosystems will begin to converge at a \ngrowing rate, such as mobile device ecosystems, office \ndevice ecosystems, and IoT device ecosystems. This \ntrend promises huge benefits: Users will receive a \nsmarter, more intuitive experience across all scenarios \n– one characterized by a larger variety of services, \ngreater convenience, and better security. At the same \ntime, developers will see a boost in their productivity \nand returns.\nWith AI, smartphones, personal computers, and tablets \nwill provide a far superior experience, even for basic \nfunctions like taking photos, processing images, \ncommunications, entertainment, and productivity. On-\nSmart devices: Providing an intelligent experience across all consumer scenarios\n■\t Data and AI: CSPs will need to move towards \"Data \nfor AI\" and \"AI for Data\" approaches, where data \nand AI work more seamlessly together to create \ngreater value.\n■\t App development: CSPs will need to transition from \nfull-code development to low-code or zero-code \ndevelopment, and further towards AI-assisted or \neven autonomous development.\n■\t Security posture: CSPs will need to go beyond \ntraditional network and information security and \nfocus on building zero-trust systems. Embracing \nzero-trust will help them better align with \never-growing customer requirements for cyber \nsecurity and privacy protection, and contribute to \ntrustworthy cloud services.\nAccelerating intelligent transformation will also \nrequire an entirely new tech ecosystem. Innovating \naround industry needs raises the bar for the quality \nand efficiency of R&D tools. Developers will need \ncloud-native core software and development \ntoolchains (e.g., software code repositories, hardware \ndevelopment pipelines, and software development \npipelines). Building these tools will take more in-depth \ncollaboration across the entire value chain, including \nindustry, academia, researchers, and users alike. \nCollaboration is the driving force behind a truly robust \ntech ecosystem.\ndevice AI assistants will be better able to understand \nuser intent and provide people with exactly what they \nneed. Users will be able to accomplish what they want \nfaster and let their creativity run wild.\nNew ways of human-computer interaction (e.g., spatial \ncomputing, gesture tracking, and eye tracking) and \nnew form factors (e.g., foldable phones, augmented \nreality and virtual reality devices, robots, and intelligent \ncockpits) will keep emerging in greater numbers.\nAnd with greater convergence across different scenarios \n(like fitness, office, travel, and home), users will have \naccess to an intuitive, consistent, and intelligent \nexperience across devices that work seamlessly together \nwith AI-native technology. Greater convergence will \nalso allow for better personal data management and a \nsmarter experience across the board.\nCloud: Providing Everything as a Service to accelerate industrial intelligence\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 15\nElectrification, intelligence, and connectivity are \nmegatrends in the automotive industry. In 2023, \nglobal production and sales of new-energy vehicles \nreached record highs, and China's automotive market \nin particular performed remarkably well. Now with \nelectrification well underway, carmakers are shifting \ngears towards intelligence.\nWe will see a dramatic upgrade in mobility experience \nas vehicles integrate new ICT technologies. These \ninclude radar, new electrical/electronic architectures, \nautonomous driving platforms with massive computing \npower, intelligent cockpits for more intuitive \ninteraction with on-board systems, and intelligent \ncommunications modules. Equipped with these \ntechnologies, intelligent electric vehicles will deliver \nsafer and more comfortable mobility – and a more \npersonalized experience along the way.\nThe UAE Consensus was signed in 2023, representing \nanother significant global push for decarbonation. \nThe transition to clean energy is picking up speed \nworldwide. For solar energy, advancements in \nphotovoltaics and energy storage technology are \ndriving down both the levelized cost of storage (LCOS) \nand the levelized cost of energy (LCOE). New energy \nsources, solar and wind power in particular, will take \ncenter stage – a trend that will bring huge changes \nto conventional electric power systems based on fossil \nfuels. As digital and AI technologies continue their rapid \nadvance, digital will further weave its way into the \nenergy domain, supporting three new types of energy \ninfrastructure that will power the intelligent world.\n■\t New energy infrastructure for power systems: \nGrid forming technology will play a central role in \nthese systems, fueling the adoption of new energy \nand shifting their role from secondary sources to \nprimary sources.\n■\t New energy infrastructure for electric vehicles \n(EVs): Electric vehicles and charging piles are \nIntelligent vehicles: Bringing ICT technology on board to redefine the mobility experience\nIntelligent driving will continue to gain traction. \nAccording to a recent report on consumer preference, \nintelligent vehicle controls, intelligent driving, and \nintelligent cockpits have become more important \nfactors in purchase decisions. This is especially true of \nfunctionality like mapless navigation, which enables \nintelligent vehicles to effectively navigate in all types \nof unknown environments, whether it be highways, \nring roads, or even urban streets. At the same time, \nthe intelligent cockpit sector will continue to grow and \nexpand to cover a wider range of mobility scenarios, \nincluding various types of vehicles, high-speed trains, \nand ships. Going intelligent is an unstoppable trend in \nthe mobility industry.\nDigital power: Building three new types of energy infrastructure to power the intelligent world\nessential components of new power systems, so \ncoordinated development of EVs, charging piles, \nand charging networks will be vital moving forward. \nElectricity will play a dominant role in the energy \nsector, with its share in final energy consumption \nrising sharply.\n■\t New energy infrastructure for the digital industry: \nNew power supply systems, especially those for \nlarge low-carbon data centers, will use green \nenergy to provide more eco-friendly computing \npower for digital and intelligent transformation.\nNew power systems will increasingly depend on \nrenewables, power electronics equipment, and high-\ndensity energy storage systems with large capacity. \nThis means the end-to-end quality and safety of these \npower systems will be more important than ever. The \nthree new types of energy infrastructure outlined \nabove will operate with enhanced quality, safety, and \nreliability to power the intelligent world.\n\n\n16 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nBuilding an intelligent world will take concerted effort \nfrom a wide range of stellar players.\nOver the past 30 years, from the information age to \nthe digital age, Huawei has never stopped imagining \nwhat the future might hold. More importantly, we've \nnever stopped working to make that future happen. \nBack in 2003, we introduced our All IP Strategy to \nboost connectivity. In 2013, we announced the All \nCloud Strategy to expedite digitalization. In 2023, we \ntook yet another huge step forward, unveiling our All \nIntelligence Strategy in a bid to accelerate intelligence. \nExploring Nonstop for a Fully Connected, Intelligent World\nMoving forward, we will support a vast range of AI \nmodels and applications across industries by driving AI \ninnovation across all aspects of our organization, from \ntheory, architecture, and engineering to our products, \nportfolios, and business models.\nOn a river with a hundred ships, those who paddle \nthe hardest will take the lead. So let's take the same \nship. Amidst the rising tides of intelligence, if we work \ntogether and keep exploring, we can chart a solid \ncourse towards a fully connected, intelligent world.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 17\nManagement \nDiscussion and \nAnalysis\n18\nOur Vision, Mission, and Strategy\n21\n2023 Business Review\n22\nICT Infrastructure Business\n22  Carrier Market\n30  Enterprise Market\n37  Connectivity\n40  Computing\n41  ICT Services and Software\n44\nCloud Computing Business\n49\nDigital Power Business\n54\nConsumer Business\n62\nIntelligent Automotive Solution \nBusiness\n64\nResearch and Innovation\n68\nImproving the Management System\n77\nCyber Security and Privacy \nProtection\n82\nOpenness. Collaboration. Shared \nSuccess.\n87\nResults of Operations\n89\nFinancial Risk Management\n\n\n18 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nOur Vision, Mission, and Strategy\nHuawei's mission is to bring digital to every person, home and organization for a fully connected, intelligent world. \nTo this end, we will:\n■ Drive ubiquitous connectivity and promote equal access to networks to lay the foundation for the intelligent \nworld\n■ Provide diversified computing power to deliver ubiquitous cloud and intelligence\n■ Redefine user experience with AI, offering consumers a more personalized and intelligent experience across all \nscenarios, including home, travel, office, entertainment, and fitness & health\n■ Build powerful digital platforms to help all industries and organizations become more agile, efficient, and \ndynamic\nA new digital wave is sweeping the globe. Digital \nand AI technologies are helping all governments \nand enterprises become more agile, efficient, and \ndynamic. Open, secure, flexible, and easy-to-use \ndigital platforms are facilitating innovation and \ntransformation in all industries. They will be the \nbedrock and the fertile ground for our digital \nsociety to flourish.\nUsing AI, cloud, and big data technologies, \nenterprises can better understand their \ncustomers' needs and innovate with greater \nagility to craft a more personalized experience. \nCoordination and collaboration across \nindustries will drive innovation at scale. With \nthe continuous evolution of smart devices, a \nseamless experience across all scenarios will \nbecome the foundation of an intelligent life.\nIn the digital economy, computing power is a \nnew driver of productivity. Data itself is a core \nasset, and cloud and AI are the new tools of \nproductivity. Moving forward, AI computing will \naccount for more than 80% of a computing \ncenter's capacity, providing the muscle for \npractical AI applications in all areas of life. To \ndeliver ubiquitous cloud and intelligence, we will \nneed to provide diversified computing power.\nEvery person has the right to be connected. \nConnectivity is the foundation for social \nprogress and economic growth. Connections \nwill soon become a natural and ubiquitous \nresource, provided by networks that proactively \nsense changes and user needs. These networks \nwill offer intelligent, seamless, and secure \nconnections to people and things whenever and \nwherever they want. With the advent of 5G, we \nbegin a new chapter in this story.\nUbiquitous Connectivity\nPervasive Intelligence\nDigital Platform\nPersonalized Experience\nBuilding a Fully \nConnected, \nIntelligent \nWorld\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 19\nUbiquitous Connectivity\nConnectivity has extended from people to things and \nfrom our homes to the factory floor. Now it's the \nfoundation of everything in an increasingly intelligent \nworld. Huawei is doing what it can to help our \ncustomers get ready for the future.\nFor mobile and home users, Huawei teams up with \ncarriers to provide an ultra-broadband experience \nacross all aspects of everyday life.\nFor governments and enterprises, Huawei works \nwith our partners to enable digital and intelligent \ntransformation in different industries. We provide \nintelligent connectivity solutions for different industrial \nscenarios, including ubiquitous ultra-broadband, \ndeterministic experience, and hyper-automation, to \nsupport the diverse needs of all customers.\nWe are working to push connectivity to its limits with \nproducts and solutions like 5.5G, simplified green sites, \nfully-converged cloud-native core networks, best-in-\nclass Wi-Fi 7, Super-Connectivity 400GE CloudFabric, \noptical cross-connect (OXC), fiber to the room \n(FTTR), and green data centers. We are also actively \ncollaborating with the industry to define its next steps \nand drive the advancement of connectivity. To better \nmeet connectivity requirements in industrial scenarios, \nwe are using AI to enable hyper-automation of \nnetwork O&M and developing new algorithms to pave \nthe way for truly deterministic IP networks.\nAs green development becomes the clear path \nforward for all industries, the compounding forces of \ndigitalization and decarbonization will drive us ever \ncloser to a sustainable future. Huawei works closely \nwith customers and partners on nonstop innovation \nfor new digital and energy infrastructure. We aim to \nprovide green ICT that will enable green development \nand bring greener connections to all parts of the world.\nPervasive Intelligence\nData has become a valuable raw material, and \ncomputing power has become the new driver of \nproductivity. The amount of data we produce will \nexplode as more and more of the devices around us \nbecome smart, and more industries will need massive, \nintelligent storage capabilities to handle these new \nresources. Abundant and affordable computing power \nwill determine the future of the digital economy.\nThrough nonstop innovation in data storage, \ndiversified computing, and cloud services, Huawei is \nhelping industries go digital and intelligent by making \npervasive intelligence possible. Together we will build \na fully intelligent world.\nIn data storage, Huawei provides customers with \nproducts and solutions that span all domains and \nscenarios, in a bid to satisfy requirements for sufficient \nstorage, free mobility, and the full utilization of \nmass data. Our goal is to build a high-performance, \nreliable, green, and secure data storage foundation for \ncustomers.\nIn computing, Huawei sticks to our strategy of \"open \nhardware, open source software, partner enablement, \nand talent cultivation\". We are developing the \nKunpeng, Ascend, and openEuler ecosystems as part of \nour efforts to bring more diversified computing power \nto the whole world.\nIn cloud computing, Huawei Cloud is focusing on AI \nfor Industries and AI for Science. We are diving deep \ninto industrial scenarios and harnessing AI to help \nenterprises tackle their biggest challenges, thereby \nreshaping industries with AI.\nPersonalized Experience\nThe physical and digital worlds are converging, and \nthe process is speeding up. Mass production is giving \nway to mass customization, leading to greater business \ninnovation, closer collaboration across ecosystems, and \na richer user experience.\nUsing new technologies like AI and cloud, \nenterprises can better understand their customers' \nneeds and innovate with greater agility to craft a \nmore personalized experience. Coordination and \ncollaboration across industries will drive innovation at \nscale.\nIn our user-centric intelligent world, usage scenarios \nand experiences are evolving. The boundaries between \nproducts and services continue to break down, \nwith many converging scenarios, including home, \ntravel, office, and fitness & health. Soon all content \nand services will travel with users for a completely \nseamless, holistic experience. Smart collaboration \nbetween software and devices will give users an \nintelligent experience across all scenarios.\n\n\n20 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nWe will continue working closely with partners across \nour software, service, and hardware ecosystems to both \nintegrate existing technology and drive innovation to \nbetter serve consumers. Our \"1 + 8 + N\" Seamless AI \nLife strategy is centered on smartphones and touches \non five major scenarios: Smart Office, Fitness & Health, \nSmart Home, Easy Travel, and Entertainment. Through \nHarmonyOS, we empower our ecosystem partners \nto provide consumers with a superior, intelligent \nexperience across all scenarios.\nDigital Platform\nData volumes are growing exponentially as more and \nmore industries embrace intelligence. Enterprises are \napplying digital and intelligence to a growing array \nof scenarios as cutting-edge technologies, innovative \nmodels, and intelligent algorithms continue to \nemerge. All of this is creating a multiplying effect of \naccelerated innovation.\nFrom video data and industrial data to personal data \nand consumption data, all data is coming from more \nsources and in more forms and is becoming more \nfragmented. Powerful digital platforms are needed to \nintegrate this data.\nNew technologies in connectivity, cloud, AI, computing, \nand industry applications are converging to support \ncomprehensive intelligent connections between \npeople, things, and information at multiple levels. \nThese technologies will help industries expand their \ntraditional boundaries, and enable enterprises to \nexpedite intelligent upgrade. Enterprises will have \nto adapt their strategies, organization, processes, \nmarketing, services, manufacturing, and R&D to \ncope with changes. To do so, enterprises need to \nsynergize the cloud, networks, edge, and devices \nto build an open, powerful digital platform with \nmultidimensional perception, all-domain collaboration, \naccurate judgment, and continuous evolution. With \ncloud as the foundation and AI at its core, this digital \nplatform helps users accumulate industry know-how, \nrapidly innovate their core business processes, and \nquickly iterate to respond to changes in their business \nenvironments.\nA digital platform is one of the core engines that \ndrives success in digital and intelligent transformation. \nNew information technologies can make organizations \nmore efficient through intelligent management of their \nphysical assets like buildings, factories, production \nlines, and utilities. At the same time, advanced digital \ntechnologies in connectivity, cloud, AI, and computing \ncan change the way organizations operate and create \nnew business models. This is the process of digital and \nintelligent transformation. An organization's IT systems \nand the corresponding operational methods combine \nto form a digital platform.\nTogether with its ecosystem partners, Huawei provides \ninnovative technologies, products, and solutions that \nhelp its customers build open, secure, flexible, and \neasy-to-use digital platforms. With its digital platform, \nHuawei assists customers in crafting their own \nintelligent solutions, and enables industries to navigate \ndigital transformation and intelligent upgrade. \nHuawei's digital platform is injecting new momentum \ninto the digital economy.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 21\n67% China\n21% EMEA\n6%\nAsia Pacific\n5% Americas\n2023 Business Review\nIn 2023, Huawei maintained strategic focus and fully leveraged the collective strengths of our business portfolio, \nour ability to innovate, and our grasp on complex software and hardware platforms. This allowed us to keep \nproviding our customers with high-quality products and services alongside our ecosystem partners. In 2023, \nHuawei's annual revenue was CNY704,174 million, an increase of 9.6% year-over-year. Our overall performance \nwas in line with forecast.\n■ In the Chinese market, industries were going \ndigital, intelligent, and low-carbon at a faster \nrate. To adapt to this market trend, we improved \nour ability to integrate software, hardware, chips, \nedge, devices, and cloud, and fully leveraged \nour collective strengths in computing, storage, \nnetworks, digital power, devices, and intelligent \nautomotive solutions. As a result, Huawei saw \ngrowth in all of its business domains in China. Our \nrevenue from the Chinese market was CNY471,303 \nmillion in 2023.\n■ In Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), ICT \ninfrastructure such as 5G and optical networks was \nbeing constructed rapidly and industries sped up \ndigital, intelligent, and low-carbon transformation. \nAs a result, our cloud computing business grew \nrapidly, our ICT infrastructure business remained \nsteady, and the performance of our digital power \nbusiness was in line with forecast. In addition, our \nconsumer business remained focused on building \nout the HMS ecosystem and developing converged \nproducts. Huawei's revenue from this region was \nCNY145,343 million in 2023.\n■ In the Asia-Pacific Region, industries stepped up \ntheir efforts in digital, intelligent, and low-carbon \ntransformation. As a result, our digital power and \ncloud computing businesses continued to grow, our \nconsumer business ramped up innovation and saw \na rapidly growing ecosystem, and the performance \nof our ICT infrastructure business was in line with \nforecast. Huawei's revenue from this region was \nCNY41,041 million in 2023. \n■ In the Americas, customers increased investment \nand industries accelerated digital, intelligent, and \nlow-carbon transformation. Our ICT infrastructure \nbusiness grew steadily, our digital power and cloud \ncomputing businesses continued to grow, and our \nconsumer business remained focused on developing \nconverged products. In 2023, our revenue from this \nregion was CNY35,362 million.\nBy business segment\n(CNY Million)\n2023\n2022\nYoY\nICT Infrastructure\n361,997\n353,978\n2.3%\nConsumer\n251,496\n214,463\n17.3%\nCloud Computing\n55,287\n45,342\n21.9%\nDigital Power\n52,607\n50,806\n3.5%\nIntelligent \nAutomotive \nSolutions\n4,737\n2,077\n128.1%\nOther\n8,624\n3,978\n116.8%\nElimination\n(30,574)\n(28,306)\n8.0%\nTotal\n704,174\n642,338\n9.6%\n \n \n \n \nBy region\n(CNY Million)\n2023\n2022\nYoY\nChina\n471,303\n403,999\n16.7%\nEMEA\n145,343\n149,206\n(2.6)%\nAsia Pacific\n41,041\n48,048\n(14.6)%\nAmericas\n35,362\n31,898\n10.9%\nOther\n11,125\n9,187\n21.1%\nTotal\n704,174\n642,338\n9.6%\n \n \n \n \n\n\n22 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nICT Infrastructure Business\nICT is the core engine that drives the development of the digital and intelligent economy. It is a key technology \nthat drives industry upgrade and high-quality development for enterprises. As digital, intelligent, and low-carbon \ntransformations continue to gain traction, Huawei has focused its efforts in the ICT infrastructure business on \ninformation distribution, interaction, transmission, processing, and storage. This allows us to provide leading \nproducts and solutions for telecom carrier, government, and enterprise customers around the world and support \nthe digital and intelligent transformation of numerous industries.\nWe provide high-quality services to the carrier, \ngovernment, and enterprise markets and create \nnew value for customers:\n■ Carrier market: We work to build ubiquitous \nconnectivity and enable pervasive intelligence, \nin order to help our carrier customers achieve \nbusiness success. Together, we are accelerating the \ncommercial deployment of 5.5G, taking digital and \nintelligent transformation to the next level, and \nleading humanity to an intelligent world faster.\n■ Government and enterprise market: To facilitate \ndigital and intelligent transformation, we have \nlaunched a collaborative, open, agile, and \ntrustworthy reference architecture for intelligent \ntransformation. We have become a reliable partner \nfor intelligent transformation across industries \nby providing digital and intelligent products and \nsolutions that enable industries to go intelligent \nfaster.\nWe are continuing to invest in the ICT industry \nto lead industry development and technological \ninnovation. In 2023, we worked with other industry \nplayers to drive connectivity to new heights. As part \nof this, we also explored the evolution to 5.5G and \nhelped establish 10 gigabit showcase cities around \nthe world. In addition, we have worked to nurture the \nKunpeng and Ascend ecosystems in order to support a \nvast range of AI models and applications that will help \nall industries thrive.\nWe also provide ICT services and software to \nsupport the digital and intelligent transformation \nof our carrier, government, and enterprise \ncustomers in operations and maintenance (O&M). \nIn the ICT services and software domain, we have \ncalled upon our more than 30 years of experience \nin ICT services to provide a broad portfolio of digital \nand intelligent ICT service and software solutions by \nfocusing on the entire business process that covers \neverything from network planning and construction to \nO&M, optimization, operations, and training. We aim \nto facilitate the digital and intelligent transformation \nof carrier, government, and enterprise customers \nby building green, efficient, secure, and robust ICT \ninfrastructure that provides the ultimate experience.\nCarrier Market\nIn 2023, Huawei remained customer-centric and continued to innovate. We enabled carriers to maximize the value \nof networks and explore potential monetization channels. We worked alongside carriers to expand the boundaries \nof their business and achieve sustainable business growth, and helped carriers achieve a positive business loop with \n5G and explore the opportunities of 5.5G.\nSince 5G networks were put into commercial use five \nyears ago, they have been deployed by more than 300 \ncarriers in more than 100 countries. There are now \nmore than 1.5 billion 5G users. It took nine years – \nalmost twice as long – for 4G to get to that level.\nIn the tests conducted by global authoritative \ninstitutions in 2023, Huawei helped multiple carriers \naround the world rank first in mobile network \nexperience. We helped carriers start 5.5G commercial \nverification and testing in multiple cities around the \nworld, and worked with them to fully explore five \nconnectivity businesses to connect people, homes, \nthings, vehicles, and industries. In 10 gigabit smart \nhome scenarios, we helped carriers accelerate the \nupgrade to the 10 gigabit experience and explore new \nbusiness opportunities.\nHuawei helps carriers upgrade and build their network \ninfrastructure and software systems into intelligent \nones that have the capacity to evolve and support \nrobust networks, converged cloud, and intelligence. \nHuawei Cloud works with carriers on cloud \ntransformation and helps carriers seize new business \nopportunities that arise from intelligent upgrade \nthrough a variety of industry APIs and B2B practices.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 23\n2024 will mark the first year of 5.5G commercial use. \nHuawei will work with carriers to actively explore \nthe evolution to 5.5G, build efficient, coordinated, \ngreen, stable, and intelligent networks which feature \nubiquitous 10 gigabit access and offer a premium \nexperience. This type of collaboration will take digital \nand intelligent transformation to a new level and \npropel us towards an intelligent world.\nDriving Ubiquitous Connectivity to Help \nCustomers Achieve Business Success\nHuawei continues to innovate our products and \nsolutions. We have worked with carriers and industry \npartners to explore service applications and verify \nkey technologies, help carriers achieve business \nsuccess with 5G, and unlock new applications and \nopportunities in 5.5G. \nJointly Creating New Value with 5G and Fueling \nNew Business Growth\nIn 2023, Huawei actively helped carriers accelerate 5G \nmonetization, including traditional traffic monetization \nand monetization through differentiated experiences \nand converged new services, and this helped to \nfurther unleash 5G potential and facilitate ongoing 5G \nbusiness success.\n■ In terms of traffic monetization, by the end \nof 2023, many global carriers served by Huawei \nhad invested in 5G construction and user base \nexpansion. In China, the proportion of 5G package \nsubscribers exceeded 70%, and this fueled the \ndevelopment of the digital economy. In markets \noutside China, Huawei helped carriers deploy 5G \nfixed wireless access (FWA) services that provided \n100 Mbit/s wireless home broadband access to \nmillions of households. These 5G FWA services \nsignificantly increased carriers' overall revenue \ngrowth.\n■ In terms of experience monetization, Huawei \nworked with carriers to shift towards 5G experience \noperations based on network capabilities such \nas rates, uplink, and latency. 5G experience \noperations have become a key driver of new \ngrowth. Deterministic rates have become a new \nparadigm for rate monetization. In markets outside \nChina, FWA offerings have shifted from rate-based \npackages to experience-guaranteed packages, and \nthis has increased the average revenue per user \n(ARPU) by about 25%. In China, carriers were some \nof the first to launch 5G livestreaming packages, \nwhich provided ultra-high uplink rates and VVIP \nservices and increased the ARPU by more than \n70%. Carriers also launched 5G packages with \nfaster network access for gamers and financial \ninvestors to deliver a differentiated user experience \nand further increase ARPU. In markets outside \nChina, carriers released 5G hotspot acceleration \npackages which supported on-demand and time-\nbased subscriptions and these packages increased \nthe ARPU by about 23%.\n■ In terms of monetization through new services, \nHuawei recognizes the fact that the applications \nof new technologies such as 5G, cloud, and AI \nare converging quickly, and that this is leading to \na wide variety of new services and bringing new \nvalue to the industry in the following two domains:\n– In individual-facing domains, Huawei has \nactively supported carriers in developing \nconverged applications such as cloud phones, \nNew Calling, and naked-eye 3D. Chinese carriers \nhave attracted a large number of new subscribers \nto the cloud phone service. Through cloud \nphones, individual users can access computing \npower. Cloud phones have become the portal \nto hallmark 5G applications. The first carrier to \nlaunch New Calling with visualized voice calling \nservices has attracted many new customers. The \naverage minutes of use (MOU) per customer \nincreased by about 21% and the video call \npenetration rate increased by about 24%.\n– In industry-facing domains, Huawei has \nworked alongside carriers to facilitate large-\nscale industry digitalization through 5G. 5G \nhas been applied at scale in industries such \nas oil and gas, mining, ports, manufacturing, \nand healthcare. In China, more than 1,000 \nfully connected 5G factories have been built. \nIn markets outside China, 5G has enabled \nremote assistance through augmented reality \n(AR) for offshore oil and gas platforms, and \nthis has significantly improved these platforms' \noperating efficiency.\nBuilding 5G Networks to Deliver Exceptional \nExperience and Facilitate Ongoing Business \nSuccess\nHuawei continues to innovate to help carriers build 5G \nnetworks that are highly coordinated, green, stable, \nintelligent, and capable of delivering exceptional \nuser experiences. We also facilitate evolution to 5.5G \nby helping carriers build networks that deliver a 10 \ngigabit experience. These networks offer ten times \n\n\n24 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nstronger capabilities and create a new space with \nhundreds of billions of connections.\n■ Huawei helped carriers provide exceptional \nuser experiences and meet differentiated \nservice requirements. In markets outside China, \nthe rapid increase of 5G users has brought higher \nrequirements on consistent indoor and outdoor \nexperiences. Huawei deployed large-capacity, wide-\ncoverage MetaAAUs on a large scale to deliver \nan exceptional and ubiquitous experience. In \nChina, Huawei provided a 5.5G solution to deliver \nnew capabilities such as ultra-high-speed uplink \nand downlink, deterministic experiences, and all-\nscenario Internet of Things (IoT). These have \nopened up a new market where all things are \nconnected and intelligent.\n■ Huawei helped carriers greatly improve \noperational and energy efficiency and \nmaximize spectrum utilization. In markets \noutside China, Huawei helped carriers deploy \nthe ultra-broadband, energy-efficient GigaGreen \nsolution to deliver consistent, high-quality 5G \nexperiences across urban and suburban areas. \nThis solution increased the camping ratio of 5G \nusers to 98% and drastically improved the uplink \nexperience. Huawei's energy-efficient Eco antennas \nreduce the power consumption of each site, which \nleads to a lower operating expenditure (OPEX) for \ncarriers. As traditional frequency band resources \nbecome increasingly insufficient, it becomes more \ndifficult to meet ultra-high-bandwidth backhaul \nrequirements in the 5G era. Huawei's innovative \nmicrowave solution helped carriers implement \nlong-distance, large-capacity backhaul, which \ngreatly improved spectrum utilization and reduces \nenergy consumption.\n■ Huawei helped carriers relieve network \ncongestion to accelerate growth in dataflow \nof usage (DOU) and ARPU. In markets outside \nChina, the number of users and the network traffic \ndemand increased sharply, and most networks in \nurban areas became congested. Huawei's Massive \nmultiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) solution \nwith large capacity and multi-band integration \nincreased the network capacity several-fold and \nshortened the return on investment (ROI) cycle \nfor carriers. In densely populated areas, networks \ngenerally carry heavy loads and traffic demand is \nincreasing rapidly. Huawei's innovative intermediate \nfrequency (IF) solution helped carriers quickly \nupgrade their networks to almost double the \ncapacity and reduce energy consumption by 27%. \nThe solution also primed the carrier networks for \n5G evolution.\n■ Huawei helped carriers deploy 5G core \nnetworks with carrier-class stability and \nreliability. In markets outside China, Huawei \nlaunched a six-dimensional high-stability core \nnetwork model to solve the problem of frequent \nsignaling storms on carriers' 5G networks. By \ndetecting and eliminating potential risks in \nadvance, this network model helped carriers build \nan AI-native, stable 5G core network. \nHuawei also worked with customers to innovate \nand leverage the intelligent network functions \nof 5G core networks. Together, we implemented \ndifferentiated experience assurance that can be \nevaluated in real time, optimized dynamically, and \nmonetized to achieve business profitability, thereby \nenabling monetization across multiple dimensions \nsuch as network traffic, rates, and latency.\nLeading the Way to Intelligent Connectivity with \n5.5G and Jointly Exploring New Businesses\nIn 2023, Huawei worked with leading carriers around \nthe world and industry partners to innovate and meet \nthe requirements arising from new 5.5G applications \nand scenarios. Together, we promoted 5.5G technology \nverification and network deployment, and explored \nnew business opportunities for 5.5G.\n■ Individual- and home-facing applications: \nHuawei has helped multiple carriers around the \nworld verify 10 Gbit/s downlink and 1 Gbit/s uplink \nrates of 5.5G, to deliver exceptional experiences \nwith FWA services. In October 2023, Huawei helped \na carrier outside China launch the world's first 5.5G \nsmart home service, featuring brand-new services \nsuch as naked-eye 3D, home care, and whole-\nhouse intelligence, which further unleashed the \nbusiness potential of smart homes.\n■ Industry-facing applications: Huawei used \n5.5G network technologies to support carriers \nin exploring and verifying digital and intelligent \ntransformation in multiple sectors, such as \nmanufacturing, mining, and transportation. In 2023, \nin the field of automobile manufacturing, Huawei \nworked with Chinese carriers to build flexible \nproduction lines based on 5.5G technologies, which \nreduced downtime in high-end core manufacturing \nprocesses and improved manufacturers' delivery \ncapabilities. In the field of mining, Huawei helped \na carrier build the world's first 5.5G smart mining \n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 25\npilot network with an uplink rate of 1 Gbit/s. This \nnetwork implemented panoramic visualization and \nremote control of fully mechanized underground \ncore mining operations, thereby improving the \nsafety of mining. In the field of transportation, \nHuawei worked with carriers to complete the \nverification of the low-latency 5.5G IoV solution \non the wide area network (WAN). The solution is \nexpected to be put into commercial use in 2024, \nand estimates suggest that it will reduce urban \ntraffic congestion by about 20%.\nEnabling 10 Gigabit Smart Homes to Help \nCarriers Achieve FBB Business Success\nAccording to third-party statistics, by the end of 2023, \nthere were more than 200 million gigabit broadband \nusers, and more than 50 carriers had released \n5-Gbit/s-or-higher packages. This was the perfect \ntime to release 10 gigabit offerings. Drawing on \nour innovation capabilities in the optical broadband \ndomain, Huawei helped carriers achieve fast coverage \nof 100 Mbit/s fiber to the home (FTTH), smooth \nupgrade to gigabit FTTH, and large-scale deployment \nof 10 gigabit smart homes, which led to business \nsuccess in fixed broadband (FBB).\n■ For 100 Mbit/s coverage, Huawei used the central \noffice (CO) + AirPON all-scenario solution to \neffectively reuse existing resources, implement fast \nnetwork construction at low costs, reduce carbon \nemissions, and provide users with a high-quality \nnetwork access experience. Currently, this solution \nhas been deployed at scale in multiple countries \nand regions around the world.\n■ For upgrades to gigabit, Huawei provided the \ngigabit access solution to facilitate a smooth \nevolution to gigabit services. This solution has been \nused by many carriers around the world to improve \nuser experiences and achieve stable ARPU growth.\n■ For 10 gigabit smart homes, Huawei leveraged \nthe FTTR F30 solution's new capabilities such as \nwhole-house coverage and beyond-gigabit to solve \nproblems in indoor Wi-Fi coverage. In markets \noutside China, Huawei helped carriers explore \nopportunities to monetize new services, such as \nultra-fast cloud-based network-attached storage \n(NAS) and gaming, as well as smart care. As a \nresult, carriers were able to attract new users and \nincrease the ARPU of home broadband services.\nBuilding Converged Bearer Networks with the \nBest Experience to Facilitate 5G Business Success\nNew scenarios, such as 10 Gbit/s access and \nenterprises' digital and intelligent transformation, \nrequire bearer networks with higher bandwidth, lower \nlatency, and higher reliability. Huawei helped carriers \nbuild congestion-free, low-latency, scalable, and highly \nreliable bearer networks. These networks facilitate the \ndevelopment of emerging services and help carriers \nachieve business success with 5G.\n■ In the all-optical domain, Huawei helped carriers \nbuild ubiquitous all-optical foundations with \nsolutions such as optical cross-connect (OXC) and \nAlps-WDM. Globally, Huawei's Alps-WDM solution \nhelped carriers increase deployment efficiency, \nlower overall costs, and streamline the O&M of \nHuawei and a Chinese carrier were \namong the first to deploy a 5.5G 10 \ngigabit network and quickly incubate \nnew businesses and ecosystems.\n\n\n26 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\noptical cables. In China, we have helped carriers \nbuild more than 60 all-optical cities, and these \nhave consolidated the network foundation for \ndeveloping the digital and intelligent economy.\n■ In the data communication domain, Huawei's \nNetEngine series routers, which feature large \ncapacity, tight integration, ultra-high stability, \nand high energy efficiency, have been deployed \nby many carriers around the world to help them \nbuild converged bearer networks oriented to all \nservices. In addition, carriers used the routers' \nnew capabilities such as network slicing to ensure \nuser experiences and improve user satisfaction. \nIn addition, Huawei's Network Digital Map \nSolution enables multi-dimensional visualization, \nmanagement, and optimization of networks, \nand this improves network O&M efficiency and \naccelerates network resource monetization.\n■ In the IP+optical converged bearer domain, to \nhelp carriers resolve cross-domain O&M difficulties, \nHuawei used the iMaster NCE-Super solution to \nimplement end-to-end IP+optical orchestration \nand unified cross-domain management. This \nsolution covers network planning, construction, \nmaintenance, and optimization, and offers benefits \nsuch as visualized O&M, improved network \norchestration efficiency, and significantly lower \nOPEX.\nInspiring New Growth with XtoB\nIn 2023, Huawei helped carriers around the world \nfocus on sectors such as government services, \neducation, healthcare, industrial, finance, and \nsmall- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). By \ntaking differentiated measures such as enhancing \nconnectivity, diving deep into campus scenarios, \nand developing cloud services, Huawei has helped \naddress the challenges faced by numerous industries, \nincluding diverse scenarios, complex requirements, \ndifficult maintenance, and multiple risks. Together, we \nhelped enterprises make progress on their digital and \nintelligent transformation and achieve new business \ngrowth.\n■ Enhancing connectivity – Maximizing network \nmonetization through differentiated private \nline solutions: Different enterprises have different \nrequirements on private line services, such as \nreliability, latency, and service provisioning speed. \nIn markets outside China, Huawei helped carriers \ndeploy premium international private lines to \nconnect multiple adjacent countries in the region, \nbuild international latency circles of 3, 6, and 9 ms, \nprovision services about 50% faster, and enable \nthe digital and intelligent transformation of large \nenterprises in the region. Huawei's innovative \nsecure software-defined wide area network (SD-\nWAN) solution helped configure networks in \nminutes, made them capable of self-healing in \nseconds, and made them over 30% more secure.\n■ Diving deep into campus scenarios – Opening \nup new campus spaces with scenario-based \nservices: Enterprises in the production and \nmanufacturing sector have requirements for co-\nexisting services such as keeping their core data \nwithin their campuses while using cloud-based \noffice services. In China, Huawei helped carriers \nprovide one-stop services including campus \nnetworking and edge IT, so that manufacturing \nenterprises could store their core design data \nassets securely on campus while enjoying remote \noffices on the cloud. The one-stop services \nimproved productivity by more than 20% and \nreduced the TCO by about 50%. Campus scenarios \nsuch as education, healthcare, culture and tourism, \nand sports usually face challenges such as the \ncoexistence of multiple networks and complex \ndelivery. In markets outside China, Huawei worked \nwith a carrier to provide a campus network \nsolution that integrates 5G, Wi-Fi, optical fibers, \nand IoT technologies for stadiums. This solution \nimproved the campus network delivery efficiency by \nmore than 30% and more than tripled the carrier's \nrevenue.\n■ Developing cloud services – Providing one-stop \nvalue-added cloud services to improve service \nstickiness: Based on the extensive enterprise \nbroadband networks, carriers leveraged the strong \ncapabilities of Huawei's localized service teams \nto provide scenario-based and standardized one-\nstop cloud network services for SMEs and the \ncommercial market to solve problems such as \nnumerous scenarios and difficult maintenance. \nIn China, Huawei helped carriers release value-\nadded cloud services for the commercial market \nsuch as small office and home office (SOHO), and \nthese services doubled the ARPU and increased \nthe proportion of first-time users to 60% of all \nnew package users in one year. For chain retail \nenterprises in markets outside China, Huawei \nprovided carriers with the Easy Branch solution. \nThis integrated solution is designed for the multi-\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 27\nbranch scenario. It integrates a smart retail \nsolution from Huawei Cloud and an electronic price \ntag solution from a third-party partner, and helps \ncarriers increase their cloud service revenue.\nEnabling Pervasive Intelligence to Lead \nthe Way to an Intelligent World\nIntelligence will greatly improve user experiences and \nenergy efficiency for the telecom industry. In 2023, \nthrough non-stop innovation, Huawei provided carriers \naround the world with intelligent, efficient, and secure \ndata storage products and solutions; helped carriers \nbuild DC-centric, agile, lossless, and elastic networks; \nand offered carriers one-stop, cloud-based application \ndelivery solutions and Autonomous Driving Network \n(ADN) solutions, in order to continue to facilitate \ncarriers' digital and intelligent transformation and \naccelerate our journey towards an intelligent world.\nEnabling Carriers to Unleash Data Potential with \nIntelligent Data Infrastructure\nHuawei provides the OneStorage 2.0 storage data \nlake solution. The solution realizes the transformation \nfrom device management to data management. It uses \nan innovative global file system (GFS) to implement \nvisible, manageable, and flexibly flowing data, and \nhelps carriers manage data elements as assets to \nunleash the value of data. By the end of 2023, Huawei \nhad provided intelligent, efficient, and secure data \nstorage products and solutions for many carriers.\n■ In China, carriers' intelligent computing centers \nhave hybrid load requirements for data training \nin AI scenarios. Huawei provided an innovative \nstorage solution to upload massive amounts of \ntraining data much more efficiently.\n■ In markets outside China, Huawei provided a \nstate-of-the-art active-active storage solution \nfeaturing reliable network-attached storage (NAS). \nThe solution ensures that enterprise resource \nplanning (ERP) analysis reports run smoothly and \nimproves system speeds by about 50%, to meet \ncarriers' requirements for accelerated and stable \ncore systems on the IT cloud. To meet carriers' \nrequirements for developing 4K HD video services, \nHuawei provided a distributed storage solution for \nvideos. This solution takes up 66% less equipment \nroom space and reduces the energy consumption \nof data storage infrastructure by 12%. To meet \ncarriers' constantly increasing requirements for \nbacking up live-network core service data, such \nas billing data, Huawei provided a backup storage \nsolution which builds a unified backup pool to \nmake backup 50% faster.\nEnabling Intelligent Networks with ADN\nBuilding intelligent networks is an important strategy \nfor carriers. 91% of carriers worldwide have \nincorporated automation into their corporate strategies \nand are aiming to reach Level 3 Autonomous \nNetworks or above by 2025. By the end of 2023, 47 \nleading enterprises around the world had signed the \nAutonomous Networks Manifesto. Huawei uses its \nown ADN technology to help carriers improve network \nintelligence and accelerate the evolution toward highly \nautonomous networks.\n■ In China, Huawei worked with carriers to focus \non increasing quality, revenue, efficiency, \nenvironmental sustainability, stability, and \nsimplicity. Huawei has actively explored \nfoundational technologies such as telecom \nfoundation models and native intelligence for \nnetwork elements (NEs), and implemented more \nthan 10 technological innovations to evolve toward \nLevel 4 Autonomous Networks.\n■ In markets outside China, Huawei has helped \ncarriers deploy over 70 ADN applications, such \nas network energy saving, user experience \nassurance, intelligent troubleshooting, high-\nvalue customer exploration, and agile service \nprovisioning. The iPowerStar solution has reduced \npower consumption for wireless networks. The \nintelligent Fault Management (iFM) solution has \nhelped multiple carriers improve troubleshooting \nefficiency by 80%. The cell outage detection and \ncompensation (CODC) solution has enabled base \nstations to automatically compensate for signals \nin poor weather conditions, ensuring uninterrupted \nnetwork connectivity and improving customer \nsatisfaction.\nEnabling Carriers' Digital and Intelligent \nTransformation with Huawei Cloud Stack\nIn 2023, Huawei Cloud provided a distributed cloud \nfoundation for global carrier customers on Huawei \nCloud Stack. With its flexible deployment modes and \nbusiness models, Huawei Cloud Stack helped carriers \naccelerate innovation in key internal IT applications, \nconsumer-/home-/business-facing services, and \nintelligent services and increase revenue.\n\n\n28 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\n■ Accelerating carriers' migration of key internal \nIT applications to the cloud: In markets outside \nChina, carriers have used Huawei's full-stack, one-\nstop delivery services to smoothly migrate their \ncore business systems, such as the billing system, \nto Huawei Cloud. Since then, they have been able \nto add advanced capabilities such as cloud-native \nservices and big data to their systems, and realize \ntheir strategy of 100% internal applications on \nthe cloud. By doing this, they greatly improved \noperational efficiency, and were able to roll out \nnew services more than 30% faster.\n■ Helping carriers increase the revenue from \nconsumer-/home-/business-facing services: \nCarriers in markets outside China used the \necosystem capabilities of Huawei Cloud's \nKooGallery to quickly replicate more than 120 \nservices through software as a service (SaaS) \napplications, including digital government, smart \neducation, and smart agriculture. In this way, \ncarriers have helped accelerate the digital and \nintelligent transformation of numerous industries \nand have increased the revenue from consumer-/\nhome-/business-facing services.\n■ Facilitating carriers' innovation: In China, \nHuawei has helped carriers innovate in fields such \nas operation, customer service, and R&D to improve \nuser experiences. These innovations include smart \nassistants for cloud drives and gesture-based \ninteractions on cloud phones. As a result, carriers \nwere able to attract more than 10 million new \nusers each year and increase the dataflow of usage \n(DOU) by more than 30%.\nEnabling New Momentum in the AI Era with DC-\ncentric Efficient Networks\nHuawei helped carriers build DC-centric, agile, lossless, \nand elastic networks to meet industries' requirements \nfor large computing power and large transport power \nand to help them stay competitive in the intelligent era.\n■ Within data centers, Huawei used its brand-\nnew CloudEngine series switches and autonomous \ndriving capabilities to provide customers with a \nhyper-converged data center network solution that \nhelped carriers seize new opportunities presented \nby enterprise cloudification and computing power \nrental. The innovative network-scale load balancing \n(NSLB) algorithm nearly doubled network \nthroughput and improved training efficiency by \nabout 20% with the same number of servers.\n■ Between data centers, Huawei's elastic DCI \nsolution provides customers with agile transport \npower services based on the all-optical foundation, \nintelligent elephant flow identification, and precise \nscheduling of tens of millions of flows, thereby \nimproving network resource utilization from 40% \nto about 60%. One carrier has used this solution \nto transmit 500 TB of media materials to the \ndata center for a film and television production \ncompany. Compared with the traditional solution, \nHuawei's solution shortened the transmission time \nfrom two weeks to just one day, and as such was \nable to meet user requirements for differentiated \ntimeliness services of TB-level data.\nFacilitating Digital and Intelligent \nTransformation to Enable New Growth\nIn 2023, Huawei set carrier transformation benchmarks \nfor revenue increase from digital and intelligent \ntransformation services, upgrades to O&M models \nfor digital and intelligent transformation, and green \nand simplified infrastructure deployment. In addition, \nHuawei worked with carriers to unveil seven showcases \nin digital and intelligent transformation in O&M. These \ninitiatives helped carriers accelerate their digital and \nintelligent transformation and create greater business \nvalue.\nTapping into the Potential of Innovative Digital \nServices to Increase Revenue\nIn 2023, Huawei launched the Mobile Money solution \nto help carriers improve the conversion rate of high-\nvalue users and accelerate the development of \nMicro Finance services. Huawei also launched the \nintelligent cloud customer service center based on \nconverged data, and this has effectively improved \nuser experiences in customer services and driven new \nrevenue growth in carriers' business-facing services. \nIn addition, Huawei launched the convergent billing \nsolution, which uses intelligent technologies to help \ncarriers monetize digital services more efficiently.\n■ In markets outside China, an auxiliary operation \nsolution enabled by converged data rapidly \nconverted about 57% telecom users into Mobile \nMoney users and helped carriers develop more \nthan 3 million Micro Finance users in two years. \nThe convergent billing solution enabled a carrier to \nintegrate multiple billing systems into one, which \nfacilitated the launch of new converged marketing \nproducts within days. The number of new users \nincreased six-fold in the first month after the \nproduct's launch.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 29\n■ In China, Huawei helped carriers expand the \nbusiness-facing service market using the intelligent \ncloud customer service center solution. This \nsolution provided omni-channel, intelligent \nprofessional services for multiple industries such as \ngovernment services, finance, retail, transportation, \nmanufacturing, and energy, and helped carriers \nsubstantially increase their revenue.\nUpgrading O&M Models to Enable Service \nDevelopment and Experience Improvement\nCarriers are leveraging converged data and foundation \nmodels to transform their O&M models from being \nnetwork-centric to being service-centric. In 2023, \nHuawei built an intelligent operation engine based on \nSmartCare. By converging the data from the operations \nsupport system (OSS), business support system (BSS), \nand third-party public sources, the engine helped \ncarriers optimize end user experiences and their \nnetwork net promoter scores (NPS) and enabled service \ndevelopment. By the end of 2023, Huawei's digital and \nintelligent transformation solution for O&M had been \napplied in more than 200 projects around the world, \ncontinuously helping carriers achieve business growth.\n■ In markets outside China, Huawei's comprehensive \ndigital and intelligent transformation solution \nfor O&M, which features the collaboration \nof SmartCare, intelligent O&M, and network \noptimization, increased network traffic by about \n8%, improved customer-experienced rates by \nabout 40%, and shortened the mean time to repair \n(MTTR) by about 40%. In addition, the SmartCare-\nbased intelligent operation engine helped carriers \ndevelop Mobile Money users, increasing the \nconversion rate of high-value users more than \ntenfold.\n■ In China, our customers used Huawei's network \nsatisfaction modeling for end-to-end mobile \nnetwork problem demarcation, location, \nrectification, and result evaluation to proactively \nmanage network satisfaction problems and improve \nsatisfaction rates.\nInjecting Momentum into Infrastructure with \nGreen Development\nIn 2023, Huawei provided a three-layer solution \nencompassing green sites, green networks, and green \noperations to systematically improve network energy \nefficiency and help carriers achieve More Bits, Less \nWatts. We helped carriers build simplified, efficient, \nintelligent, and low-carbon target networks. We \nworked together to apply this solution first to sites and \nthen to networks, and we optimized target networks \nfirst in individual domains and then on a systematic \nbasis. Huawei helped customers build new green data \ncenters that anticipate the exponential growth of \ncomputing power in the future. \n■ In markets outside China, Huawei worked with \ncarriers to digitally reconstruct the power systems \nof base stations using an intelligent optimization \nsolution that coordinates the main equipment and \nauxiliary equipment. This greatly improved the \nstability and efficiency of the power supply for base \nstations. The power availability (PAV) increased to \n99%, and the network traffic increased by more \nthan 50%, which helped carriers increase revenue. \nHuawei also worked with carriers to successfully \ndeploy 5G zero-carbon sites. Powered by solar \npower systems and lithium batteries, the sites are \nmanaged in real time by an intelligent network \nmanagement system (NMS) which visualizes site \nenergy efficiency (SEE) and helps significantly \nreduce annual carbon emissions.\n■ In 2023, Huawei released a full series of green data \ncenter solutions, including the hybrid architecture \nfor air and liquid cooling and the converged \npower supply system. These solutions helped \ncarriers deploy green data centers featuring high \npower density, the lowest possible power usage \neffectiveness (PUE), high reliability, and the ability \nto provide general and intelligent computing \npower. In China, carriers used our solutions to build \nefficient and reliable cloud data centers with high \npower density and diversified computing power. Our \ncabinets provide about 30% more capacity, which \nmeans there is more space for IT and this maximizes \nbusiness value. Our efficient, energy-saving cooling \nsystems help to reduce the annual PUE.\nStaying Customer-centric and Providing \nCarriers with Services That Have a Positive \nImpact\nIn 2023, Huawei stayed customer-centric and provided \nour carrier customers with services that have a \npositive impact on the environment, society, and \nbusiness. Huawei is proud to be the most trusted \npartner of carriers worldwide, and has continued \nto build a comprehensive service system of experts, \ntalent, partners, platforms, and processes, while also \ncontinuing to create value for customers. Together, we \nare working tirelessly towards the goal of building a \nfully connected, intelligent world.\n\n\n30 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\n■ Huawei continued to explore delivery modes \nthat leverage digital and intelligent technologies, \nand built delivery capabilities suited to diverse \nscenarios. Our exploration and practices helped \ncarriers efficiently build high-quality, green, \nsimplified, resilient, and reliable ICT infrastructure \nto facilitate digital and intelligent transformation.\n■ Huawei worked with carriers to ensure the stable \nrunning of more than 1,500 networks around the \nworld. Our stable and reliable communication \nassurance services have enabled users to enjoy \nhigh-quality networks at over 200 sports events \nand major activities. We worked side by side with \nour customers to overcome challenges during \ndisaster relief efforts. Our agile and professional \nservices helped to quickly recover network \ncommunication and reduce losses.\n■ Huawei helped carriers provide network services \nof high quality and exceptional experience. \nAccording to tests run by third-party authoritative \ninstitutions, carriers who used the products and \nnetwork optimization services provided by Huawei \nranked top in terms of network quality and user \nexperience.\nEnterprise Market\nA new chapter in intelligent transformation is unfolding. And so, Huawei is working with customers and partners \naround the world to deeply integrate ICT with industry scenarios and spearhead the kind of innovation in ICT \ninfrastructure that will drive digital and intelligent transformation and support a vast range of AI models and \napplications for all industries. Together, we are helping all industries go intelligent, and helping them do it faster.\nDriven by customer scenarios and technological \ninnovation, and always starting from top-level \ndesign, we focus on creating value for customers and \nguiding them throughout their digital and intelligent \ntransformation journey. These efforts cover numerous \nsectors such as smart cities, finance, transportation, \nenergy, manufacturing, education, healthcare, and \nInternet services. Based on our extensive experience \nin industrial intelligence, we have released a reference \narchitecture that will drive industrial intelligent \ntransformation, as well as a number of related \nsolutions and a white paper titled Accelerating \nIntelligent Transformation, which offer practical advice \nand references that help industries make the most of \nintelligence.\nWe are committed to strengthening the breadth and \ndepth of our strategy and have increased investment \nin the small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) \nmarket. We have continued to optimize our \"partner \n+ Huawei\" sales and service system and develop \nmarketable products and solutions. In addition, we \nhave launched HUAWEI eKit, a sub-brand dedicated \nto SMEs and micro enterprises, to better meet their \nrequirements for digital and intelligent transformation.\nA thriving and sustainable ecosystem is crucial for \ndigital and intelligent transformation across industries. \nAs such, we team up with partners to build a healthy \necosystem that advocates open collaboration for \nshared success, and grow with partners with shared \nbenefits as the bridge, integrity as the foundation, and \nrules as the guarantee. We have developed more than \n40,000 partners worldwide to help customers achieve \nbusiness success.\nA Wealth of Experience in Helping \nGovernments and Enterprises Go Digital \nand Intelligent\nSmart Cities\nHuawei released the Architecture for Intelligent \nTransformation of Public Services in order to \naccelerate the intelligent transformation of public \nservices to drive a cognitive society. We support the \ndigital and intelligent transformation of government \nservices, more efficient public services, and innovation \nin scientific research and help governments and public \nservice customers around the world go intelligent, \nmaking public services fairer and more inclusive. We \ncurrently serve over 700 cities across more than 100 \ncountries and regions.\nWe use \"City Intelligent Twins\" and a universal \nreference architecture and integrate multiple \ntechnologies to build new infrastructure that can \nact as the digital foundation for cities. We enable \nservice innovation and work alongside partners to \ndevelop tailored solutions that significantly expand \n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 31\nthe adoption of digital and intelligent technologies \nin public services. Focusing on the goals of ensuring \nhigh-quality and intelligent government services \nand improving service handling efficiency, we \nreleased foundation models for government services, \ngovernment office applications, and city governance. \nWe also continued to optimize our One-Stop Public \nServices Solution and Intelligent City Governance \nSolution. These models and solutions have significantly \nenhanced government service efficiency.\nWe have worked with customers and partners to build \n\"City Intelligent Twins\" and accelerate the intelligent \ntransformation of cities. By the end of 2023, our \"City \nIntelligent Twins\" solutions had been implemented in \nmore than 220 urban districts and cities across China \nas well as a number of cities outside China, creating \npeople-friendly cities that can sense, think, and evolve.\nFinance\nHuawei jointly innovates and openly collaborates with \nfinancial institutions and partners, serving over 3,300 \nfinancial customers from more than 60 countries and \nregions.\n■ In the infrastructure domain, we help financial \ninstitutions build digital infrastructure that is \nhighly stable, resilient, elastic, and agile by \nintegrating multiple innovative technologies, thus \ncomprehensively improving user experience, system \nresilience, and service security.\n■ We have delved deep into architecture \ntransformation by releasing our Financial PaaS \nand fully upgrading the Digital CORE Solution 3.0, \nsupporting the application modernization of more \nthan 150 financial customers around the world.\n■ We released the Finance Foundation Model \nSolution and launched an upgraded version of \nthe Financial Data Intelligence Solution 3.0. With \nthese solutions, we have built enterprise-level data \nintelligence platforms for more than 200 financial \ninstitutions, making their decision-making and \noperations systems more intelligent.\n■ Our financial warehouse solution for inventory \nfinancing enables industrial finance innovation and \ndrives growth of the real economy.\n■ We have stayed focused on the securities and \ninsurance domains. Our next-generation core \ntransaction solution for securities helps modernize \ncore transaction systems, serving more than 10 \nstock exchanges and 100 securities traders around \nthe world. We are also working with insurance \ncustomers to build their digital foundations.\nTransportation\nHuawei has continued to build its in-depth \nunderstanding of the transportation industry. We \ncurrently adopt an innovation-driven approach based \non customer needs that focuses on transportation hubs \nand networks, as well as movement of passengers and \ngoods to build a digital and intelligent foundation for \ncomprehensive transportation and logistics systems. \nThese are intended to support secure and efficient \noperations of both supply chains and value chains.\nWe work with partners to develop scenario-based \nsolutions that create value for customers, facilitate \nsmooth mobility and logistics, and help customers \nsucceed through digital and intelligent transformation. \nWe currently serve over 210 airports, airlines, and \nair traffic management authorities, more than 300 \nurban rail lines across over 70 cities, over 150,000 \nkm of railways, a road network covering more \nthan 200,000 km, and over 100 waterway and port \ncustomers. We help these customers continuously \nimprove their transportation capabilities, supporting \nthe transportation economy and ensuring digital \ntransportation solutions remain secure.\nUrban transportation and roads:\n■ We worked with customers to build an Intelligent \nTransportation System (ITS) that has continuously \nimproved the management of urban traffic, \nimproving overall traffic efficiency by 15%.\n■ We built a comprehensive transportation big data \nsystem along with a new management, control, \nand service model for integrated transportation.\n■ We expanded the adoption of intelligent \ntechnology in emergency response services related \nto in-service roads, reconstruction and expansion of \nroads, and toll systems to improve the safety and \nefficiency of the road network.\n■ We also built digital and intelligent platforms and \nconducted converged data governance to maximize \ndata value and boost the transportation economy.\nUrban rails and railways:\nIn 2023, we worked with customers and partners to \nexpand the adoption of ICT in rail transportation, \n\n\n32 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\naiming to build a secure and reliable digital and \nintelligent foundation which would further improve \nO&M efficiency.\n■ We launched the Urban Rail Cloud 3.0 solution \nwhich can help build fully connected urban rail \nnetworks that are secure, reliable, and simplified.\n■ We launched the Future Railway Mobile \nCommunication System (FRMCS) solution that \nhelps railway customers build high-reliability, high-\nbandwidth, and future-oriented train-to-ground \nwireless broadband networks.\n■ Our Smart Railway Trouble of moving Freight \ncar Detection System (TFDS) Solution triples the \noperational efficiency of manual operations and \nhas a comprehensive fault identification rate \nexceeding 99.3%.\n■ We also launched the Smart Railway – Perimeter \nDetection Solution to improve the security of \nrailway assets and operations.\nAviation:\n■ We developed an Airport Cloud Solution that offers \nhigh-performance computing power and an open \nintelligent platform to support the secure migration \nof core airport services to the cloud.\n■ We also developed the Perimeter Security with \nFiber Sensing Solution for smart airports. This \nsolution guarantees full coverage over long \ndistances, increases the optical fiber signal \ncollection rate to 99.9%, and reduces false alarms \nby approximately 90%, ensuring 24/7 operational \nsafety for airports.\nWaterways and ports:\n■ We worked with customers to build multi-level \nport operations management platforms that enable \ndigital, centralized, and cloud-based management \nof ports.\n■ Our Smart Gate Solution for smart customs \nleverages Huawei's products and services that \noffer powerful computing and low latency and \nsupport unified O&M. The solution slashes the \naverage vehicle processing time at gates from 15 \nminutes to 10 seconds, significantly reducing port \ncongestion during peak seasons.\n■ Our logistics cloud solution works together with \ncustomers' campus management solutions to \nimprove logistics service experiences.\nEnergy\nElectric power: \nHuawei combines ICT with industry best practices and \ndigital platforms for electric power scenarios. We have \nworked with partners to provide digital and intelligent \nsolutions and services to nearly 200 power companies \nbased on our Spark architecture, helping them move \ntowards secure, efficient, green, and sustainable \ndevelopment.\nOur foundation model for electric power has been \nsuccessfully adopted in multiple scenarios, and our \nintelligent substation inspection solution has been \nput into use, successfully eliminating data silos and \nsupporting real-time intelligent O&M.\n■ Our electric power communication network solution \nintegrates the main communication network and \npower distribution communication network to build \na scenario-based target communication network \nfor customers, which delivers 99.9999% reliability \nand supports 1 ms latency in urban areas.\n■ We helped customers deploy more than 1,000 \nsubstations in China with our solutions like secure \nGrid Wireless LAN, field operations management, \nand edge intelligence, enabling a 60% jump in \nO&M efficiency.\n■ Our Intelligent Distribution Solution (IDS) helps \ncustomers enhance transparent sensing in \ndistribution transformer districts and reduce the \naverage outage duration by 42% and line loss \nby 1.4%, enabling a transition from single-point \ndigitalization to architecture-based digital and \nintelligent transformation that is open, evolvable, \nand systematic.\n■ We worked with power companies to explore \na new model of one fiber for multiple services, \nhelping one customer expand its home broadband \nuser base by 150%.\n■ An industrial park project that adopted Huawei's \nintelligent net-zero carbon campus solution won \nthe 2023 Energy Globe World Award.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 33\nMining:\nHuawei has worked with customers and partners \nin the mining, smelting, and chemical industries \nto accelerate the realization of secure, green, and \nefficient operations.\n■ Our Pangu Mine Model now supports more than \n40 application scenarios across nine specialized \ndomains.\n■ We helped a steel company implement the world's \nfirst AI foundation model in the steel industry, \nwhich will soon support the implementation of 42 \nmodels targeting 21 scenarios.\n■ We worked with customers and partners to develop \ninnovative applications for MineHarmony to rapidly \ndrive the large-scale adoption of MineHarmony-\npowered equipment.\n■ Our remote control and autonomous driving \nsolutions for open-pit mines have reduced the \nnumber of on-site workers by 80%.\n■ Our low-frequency 5.5G solution customized for \nmining was commercially deployed for the first \ntime in 2023, supporting intelligent applications in \nfive mining scenarios (i.e., transportation, mining, \nexcavation, auxiliary transport, and power supply & \ndrainage).\n■ We developed the Edge Intelligence Cloud (EIC) \nand Huawei Metaworks Digital Twin Platform \nin order to build next-generation integrated \nmanagement and control platforms for mining.\nOil & gas:\nHuawei launched an intelligent architecture for oil and \ngas, providing a new methodology for the industry's \nintelligent transformation.\n■ Exploration and development: We helped customers \ndevelop well logging foundation models to boost \nassessment efficiency and accuracy.\n■ Production: We launched the Intelligent Oil and \nGas Fields Solution that covers wellsites and \nfacilities to drive the optimization of oil and gas \nproduction and management.\n■ Storage and transportation: Our pipeline \nmonitoring and warning solution provides warnings \nand prevents oil theft through the drilling of holes. \nThis solution identifies different types of intrusions \nwith an accuracy of over 95%, providing enhanced \nprotection for oil and gas pipelines.\n■ Refinery: Our smart refining solution has helped \ncustomers build fully-connected 5G factories, \nimproving product shipping and transportation \nefficiency by 30%, increasing the effectiveness of \nsecurity risk management by 18%, and reducing \ncarbon emissions and energy consumption by 15%.\nManufacturing, Retail, Real Estate, and Other \nRelated Domains\nHuawei leverages its own experience in digital and \nintelligent transformation and works with partners to \nsupport customers in manufacturing, retail, real estate, \nand other sectors as they continue their transformation \njourneys. Our solutions have been implemented by \nover 8,000 manufacturers and in numerous other \ndomains like retail and real estate.\n■ Manufacturing R&D design: Huawei's R&D digital \nplatform solution supports the end-to-end R&D \nprocess from defining product requirements to \nreleasing products, helping carmakers, electronics \ncompanies, and many other companies boost \nproduct development efficiency.\n■ Manufacturing production: Our Intelligent Factory \nSolution architecture streamlines engineering \ndata flows, business information flows, and \nproduction process flows. We also work with \npartners to implement intelligent applications such \nas advanced production scheduling, quality issue \ntracing, and digital twins, which support production \nmodel transformation, productivity improvement, \nand green and sustainable development.\n■ Retail: We have worked with our partners to \ndevelop a digital platform solution for sales. \nBased on the cloud-edge synergy model between \nHuawei's retail cloud and smart retail stores, the \nsolution helps companies reduce construction costs, \nimprove the operating efficiency and service quality \nat stores, and increase consumer satisfaction.\n■ Construction and real estate: We have worked \nwith customers and partners to develop solutions \nfor multiple scenarios like intelligent construction \nand intelligent buildings, in order to drive the \nintelligent, efficient, green, and low-carbon \ndevelopment of the construction industry.\n\n\n34 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nEducation\nHuawei applies ICT to education to bridge the digital \ndivide, drive equity in education, cultivate high-\nquality talent for universities and vocational schools, \nand accelerate innovation in teaching and scientific \nresearch. To date, we have served more than 5,000 \neducation ministries, administrative organizations at all \nlevels, colleges and universities, and research institutes \nin over 120 countries and regions.\n■ In higher education, we help universities build \nsmart campuses and cultivate ICT talent for \nthe future intelligent world. We are also driving \nindustry-academia collaboration to bring research \nand application closer together. By the end of \n2023, more than 40 of the QS World University \nRankings' top 100 universities had chosen Huawei \nas their partner for intelligent transformation.\n■ In primary and secondary education, our solutions \nfor high-speed inter-school network, education \ncloud platform, and smart classroom are helping \ndrive equity and accessibility in education.\nHealthcare\nHuawei's intelligent healthcare solutions have served \nmore than 5,000 medical institutions in over 110 \ncountries and regions.\n■ In China, Huawei is contributing to digital and \nintelligent healthcare by participating in the \nconstruction of national health information \nplatforms. Our solutions have been used in \nmore than 600 telemedicine platforms as well as \nhealthcare security information platforms at the \nnational, provincial, and city levels and served more \nthan 1,800 tertiary hospitals. Huawei has served \n97 of the top 100 hospitals on the 2022 China \nHospital Rankings list released by the Hospital \nManagement Institute of Fudan University.\n■ In regions outside China, Huawei is helping \nhealthcare customers consolidate the foundation \nof digital transformation and drive universal \nhealthcare access. We also support efficient and \nstable 24/7 operations for hospital core service \nsystems and protect medical data throughout its \nlifecycle.\nInternet Services\nHuawei is committed to creating innovative technical \nsolutions that make the most of our vast portfolio to \nprovide Internet service providers (ISPs) and Internet \ncompanies with leading products, solutions, and \nservices. To date, we have served more than 5,900 ISPs \nand Internet companies from more than 100 countries \nand regions, helping them build 10 gigabit, service-\noriented, and intelligent ICT infrastructure.\n■ Home broadband: We have a full portfolio of \nhome broadband products and solutions that \nhelp ISPs build elastic ultra-broadband networks \ncapable of delivering superior service experiences \nand supporting intelligent operations. These \nofferings include solutions for gigabit fiber to the \nroom, intelligent and simplified metropolitan area \nnetworks (MANs), and ultra-broadband backbone \nnetworks.\n■ Hosting services: Our network hosting and data \ncenter infrastructure hosting solutions help \nmanaged service providers (MSPs) build efficient, \nintelligent, and secure hosting service platforms for \nbusiness success.\n■ Internet content services: Our solutions, like \ndata center multi-architecture computing and \nultra-broadband network, support collaborative \ninnovation with Internet public clouds to help \ne-commerce, video, and other customers achieve \nservice agility and rapidly expand their business.\nIntelligent Campus\nHuawei's portfolio solutions for intelligent campuses \npre-integrate ICT technologies for campus scenarios \nto support industry digitalization. Together with our \npartners, we have used these solutions to serve more \nthan 1,000 customers across various sectors, including \ngovernment, education, healthcare, manufacturing, \nand stadiums, helping them build efficient, green, and \nconvenient digital campuses.\nIn 2023, Huawei was named a leader in China's \nintelligent campus solution market by IDC \nMarketScape, thanks to its leading technology and \narchitecture, full-lifecycle services, comprehensive \necosystem, large-scale commercial practices, and \noverwhelming influence on the industry. Other \nstandout projects in 2023 included:\n■ In China, we worked with partners to help one \nlarge stadium go intelligent. We interconnected \nmore than 40 of the stadium's subsystems and \n18,000 of its device locations to provide first-\nclass communications and security assurance, \nservice and spectating experiences, and operations \nmanagement for the stadium.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 35\n■ In regions outside China, we worked with partners \nto build intelligent campuses for manufacturing \ncompanies by providing end-to-end campus \nportfolio solutions. For example, we helped \ncustomers build ICT infrastructure for campus \nmanagement systems, access management systems, \nand campus networks that could be used to \neffectively manage the security of key assets, such \nas substations and pumping stations, and meet \nfuture business development needs.\nData Centers\nHuawei has launched a series of portfolio solutions \nfor scenarios like Centralized Cloud-DC, MultiDC, and \nLightDC to serve more than 300 customers in finance, \ngovernment, and other sectors. These solutions will \nhelp build new green data centers that are more \nintelligent, more efficient, and more reliable.\nWe released the industry's first multilayer ransomware \nprotection (MRP) solution based on network-storage \ncollaboration to make data centers more secure and \nreliable.\nThe High Performance Database Solution (HDBS) \nprovides another database option for customers' \ncritical systems to support their business innovation. \nThis year, we also worked with industry partners and \ncustomers to release the White Paper on Database \nTransformation of Open Financial Platforms which \ndetails the future trends we expect to see in the \nfinancial database sector.\nWe also released the Data Center 2030 report, which \nproposes a reference architecture for new data centers \nthat will drive the innovation and development of data \ncenters worldwide.\nDigital Sites\nHuawei has developed a series of portfolio solutions \nfor digital sites such as Digital Pole Site and Digital \nPipeline to address customer needs like long-\ndistance accurate sensing, intensive deployment of IoT \nnetworks, and edge intelligence. These solutions are \nleading the digital and intelligent transformation of \noutfield infrastructure.\n■ In intelligent highway and urban transportation \nscenarios, our Radar- and Video-based \nManagement Pole Site Portfolio Solution supports \ntravel safety by enabling long-distance sensing that \nis up to 95% accurate at 1,000 meters.\n■ In airport perimeter, railway protection, and oil and \ngas pipeline inspection scenarios, our Perimeter \nProtection Site Portfolio Solution improves security \nby supporting multi-dimensional sensing and \naccurate protection and has proven to reduce \nsafety incident response times by 30%.\nWANs\nHuawei has developed WAN solutions for customers \nin multiple sectors including government, finance, \nmanufacturing, energy, transportation, and ISPs. These \nsolutions help customers build high-quality and easy-\nto-use networks.\nWe help government customers design the top-\nlevel blueprint and target architecture of \"One City, \nOne Network\" to unify top-level plans and evolution \npaths regarding city networks and support the \ncollaborative development of digital government, \ndigital economy, and digital society. We have also \nreleased a \"One Enterprise, One Network\" target \narchitecture and solution for large enterprises to \nsupport the intensive construction and service-oriented \noperations of networks, accelerating enterprises' digital \ntransformation.\nHelping SMEs Go Digital and Intelligent\nIn 2023, we continued to increase our investment \nin the SME market. We adopted a partner-centric \napproach where we worked closely with partners \nto help SMEs accelerate their digital and intelligent \ntransformation.\nCommercial Market\nIn the commercial market, our partner-centric strategy \nfocuses on continuously optimizing our partner \nsales and service systems so that we can provide \ncomprehensive sales and delivery support to our \npartners. This makes it easier for them to use Huawei \nproducts and solutions to independently serve their \ncustomers. In addition, we have created IT platforms \nfor these partners, such as the eFly app and the \nofficial website for partners, based on their business \njourneys, making it easier for partners to attract new \ncustomers and provide quality services to customers.\nWe have focused on building an effective partner-\nled business model and helping SMEs rapidly go \ndigital and intelligent by simplifying the integration, \ndelivery, and O&M of our products and improving their \ncost effectiveness. In 2023, we customized a series \nof products and solutions for SMEs to better meet \nspecific industry scenarios.\n\n\n36 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nDistribution Business\nIn 2023, Huawei unveiled HUAWEI eKit, a sub-brand \ndedicated to SMEs and micro enterprises. This brand \noffers products designed for scenarios such as SME \noffices, budget hotels, and primary and secondary \nschools. Our HUAWEI eKit official website and \nHUAWEI eKit app provide a one-stop digital platform \nthat supports the efficient operations of distribution \npartners.\nFollowing the \"distribution partner-led and \nsubcontractor-centric\" model, HUAWEI eKit has \nestablished a comprehensive distribution partner \nsystem and a healthy market and offers marketable \nproducts and portfolio solutions that are easy to \nbuy, sell, install, maintain, learn, and use, as well as \ndigital platforms and services. Through these actions, \nwe aim to help our distribution partners tap into the \nunlimited business opportunities created by SMEs and \nmicro enterprises going digital. Currently, Huawei's \ndistribution business spans more than 70 countries and \nregions.\nA Thriving, Symbiotic Partner Ecosystem \nand Global Service Capabilities\nAs always, Huawei works with our partners to \nconsistently provide high-quality services to customers.\nPartner Strategy\nIn the enterprise market, Huawei is committed to our \nlong-term \"Being Integrated\" strategy, and adopts fair, \njust, transparent, and simple partner policies. We team \nup with partners to build a healthy ecosystem that \nadvocates open collaboration for shared success, and \ngrow with partners with shared benefits as the bridge, \nintegrity as the foundation, and rules as the guarantee.\nWe have over 40,000 partners in the enterprise market, \nincluding more than 33,000 Acceleration Partners (i.e., \nDistributors, Resellers, Registered Sales Partners, and \nDistribution Partners) and more than 7,000 Association \nPartners (i.e., Consulting and Planning Partners, \nSolution Development Partners, Service Partners, and \nBusiness Operation Partners). Huawei and partners \nstay customer-centric and strive to co-build \na customer-centric culture and mechanism. We aim \nto create a healthy business environment to grow \ntogether with partners and help customers succeed.\nHuawei is committed to working with partners \nto develop leading industry solutions, integrating \nresources and complementing capabilities in the areas \nof market expansion, consulting and planning, solution \ndevelopment and integration, and delivery verification. \nAs part of these efforts, we have opened 14 OpenLabs \nwhere we have collaborated to develop more than 200 \nscenario-based solutions.\nEnterprise Services\nHuawei's customer-centric core value inspires us to \nconstantly improve the customer experience. Currently \nwe collaborate with over 6,600 service and operation \npartners to provide a global service system for our key \naccounts, the commercial market, and the distribution \nbusiness. Together, we consistently provide high-\nquality services to more than 56,000 customers \nworldwide, and support the secure and stable \noperation of over 120,000 customer networks. In 2023, \nwe launched the online O3 Community through which \nwe share our wealth of knowledge and experience with \ncustomers around the world. We have built a one-stop \nmanagement platform for partners, to assist them with \nnetwork operations and help them deliver world-class \nservices to customers.\nWe will continue to increase our investment into \nservices that drive digital and intelligent transformation \nacross industries, improve our service capabilities, and \ndevelop ever more competitive service solutions, tools, \nand platforms. We aim to provide customers with \na complete range of services for the entire solution \nlifecycle, from consulting, planning, design, and \nimplementation to O&M support and optimization. In \naddition, we will continue to develop more training \nand certification services to cultivate more skilled \nprofessionals for industry digitalization and help \naccelerate industrial intelligent transformation.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 37\nConnectivity\nAs we stride towards an intelligent world, individuals, homes, and industries will raise unprecedented new \nrequirements for connectivity. Individuals will need ubiquitous 10 Gbit/s connections for extended reality (XR), New \nCalling, and other emerging services. Homes will need 10 Gbit/s all-optical networks to support a growing range \nof smart services. As industries embrace digital and intelligent transformation, they will need a growing number \nof higher-quality connections, as well as differentiated experiences. At the same time, industries will raise new \nrequirements for intelligent scheduling of computing power.\nWireless Network\n■ Continuing to lead value creation in the \nwireless industry\n– 5G is developing rapidly. By the end of 2023, \nmore than 260 carriers were offering 5G \nservices to more than 1.5 billon users in over \n90 countries and regions. It took nine years for \n4G to reach this number of users, but just five \nyears for 5G to do the same.\n– 5G continues to drive digital transformation \nin a variety of industries. By the end of 2023, \nmore than 65,000 5G private network projects \nand over 50,000 5G industry applications had \nbeen deployed around the world.\n– 5.5G is the next step of 5G evolution, and the \nindustry has hailed the dawn of the 5.5G age. \nEvolving to 5.5G will benefit carriers because it \nwill protect their existing investments in 5G and \nimprove their network performance tenfold. \nNew technologies, particularly passive IoT, will \nopen up a new market of over 100 billion IoT \nconnections, putting the industry on a path to \nrealize a new development vision.\n■ Full-series 5.5G products and solutions: \nImproving network capabilities tenfold, \ndelivering optimal network efficiency, and \nenabling carriers' efficient and smooth \nevolution to 5.5G\n– Huawei advocates \"Native 10 Gbps\", \"Native \nGreen\", and \"Native Intelligence\". These are \nthe key capabilities that carriers will need for \nmultipath evolution to 5.5G across all available \nbands. Huawei's 5.5G GigaGreen full-series \nproducts and solutions can boost network \nperformance tenfold through the use of state-\nof-the-art integrated software and hardware \ntechnologies, particularly the \"Native 10 Gbps\" \nultra-wideband and multi-antenna technologies.\n– Huawei is committed to making 5.5G accessible \nin all scenarios. Our LampSite series solutions \nbring incredible 5.5G capabilities to indoor \nscenarios, addressing the needs of both \nconsumer applications and a diverse range of \nindustrial scenarios. In rural areas, our RuralLink \nsolution eliminates the need for fiber cables \nand equipment rooms, providing ubiquitous \ncoverage at an ultra-low cost and with minimal \npower consumption.\n– Huawei has translated its systematic innovations \ninto the \"Native Green\" capabilities to realize \n\"0 Bit 0 Watt\", where wireless networks can \nwork around the clock with minimal power \nconsumption.\n– Huawei's IntelligentRAN enables carriers to \nupgrade to L4 autonomous networks that \noffer gains in cost reduction and efficiency \nimprovement.\n■ The world is ready for 5.5G: Global \ncommercialization of 5.5G commences in 2024\n– The characteristics of 5.5G have been defined: \n10 Gbit/s downlink, 1 Gbit/s uplink, 100 billion \nconnections, and native intelligence. 5.5G is ten \ntimes more capable than 5G in multiple areas \nwhile also offering various new capabilities. \nAs a result, 5.5G is ideal for better connecting \npeople, homes, things, industries, and vehicles.\n– The first commercial uses of 5.5G have already \noccurred outside China, and Huawei has been \nworking with carriers to verify 5.5G's 10 Gbit/s \ncapabilities and other key technologies (e.g., \npassive IoT) in commercial scenarios, in \npreparation for 5.5G commercialization in 2024.\nCloud Core Network\nThe large-scale commercial application of 5G gives \nrise to new services and scenarios, which in turn raise \nnew requirements for networks. After more than \ntwo years of technological exploration, ecosystem \n\n\n38 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nbuilding, and standardization, breakthroughs have \nbeen made in 5.5G intelligent core networks, including \nin key technologies for 10 Gbit/s experiences and \nnative intelligence. 5.5G intelligent core networks can \nprovide service intelligence, network intelligence, and \nO&M intelligence to create new business value for \ncustomers. Extensive verification is underway around \nthe world.\n■\t Service intelligence: New Calling is an innovation \nborn from service intelligence and has been \ncommercialized in China. An open network \narchitecture can transform conventional audio \nand video communications, making ultra-HD, \ninteractive, and intelligent calling a reality.\n■ Network intelligence: An intelligent personalized \nexperience solution can enable carriers to eliminate \nbarriers to their experience-based operations, and \nbetter monetize services for which people expect \ndifferentiated experiences. Carriers can also provide \nubiquitous 10 Gbit/s experiences by using high-\nthroughput user plane functions (UPFs).\n■ O&M intelligence: Technologies like digital twin \nand foundation models are transforming O&M \nfrom a reactive approach, where engineers have \nto rely on disparate tools, to a more proactive \napproach, where engineers work more efficiently \nwith intelligence. This transition makes delivery \nmore agile and networks more resilient. Foundation \nmodels create multiple benefits for customers: \nThey accelerate service rollout and guarantee \noperational security during network changes. \nThey support digital employees that improve \nthe efficiency and quality of O&M. In addition, \nfoundation models can facilitate simulations to \nhelp customers identify network bottlenecks in \nadvance and defend against signaling storms.\nOptical\nHuawei continues to innovate in optical transmission, \noptical access, enterprise optical networks, and many \nother areas. By cooperating with our customers, \npartners, and industry organizations, we are supporting \nthe sustainable development of a green all-optical \nindustry and turbocharging digital and intelligent \ntransformation.\nIn November 2023, the European Telecommunications \nStandards Institute (ETSI) released F5G Advanced \n(F5G-A) standards. To address the needs of smart \nhome and enterprise applications, Huawei has \nproposed a F5.5G all-optical target network \narchitecture to provide 10 Gbit/s ultra-broadband. \nHuawei has also launched a range of technologies and \nproducts to bring F5.5G to life.\n■ Optical transmission\nIn the age of intelligence, networks will need larger \nbandwidth, lower latency, and higher reliability \nthan ever before. Huawei addresses these needs \nwith Kepler, a DC-oriented OTN product. With the \nsupport of Kepler, a single subrack can deliver \nthe required capacity to handle traffic surges. The \nproduct's innovative technology greatly increases \nnetwork availability, reduces power consumption, \nand boosts network capacity and efficiency for \nbetter computing.\nHuawei has partnered with multiple carriers \nto commercialize 400G for ultra-long-haul \ntransmission and 800G for medium-to-long-haul \ntransmission.\nFor the third consecutive year, GlobalData has \nranked our OptiX OSN 9800 as the leader in \nits Core Packet-Optical Platform: Competitive \nLandscape Assessment and Metro Packet-Optical \nTransport: Competitive Landscape Assessment \nreports, and our OptiX OSN 1800 as the leader in \nits Packet-Optical Access: Competitive Landscape \nAssessment report.\n■ Optical access\nIn response to new requirements for smart home \nconnectivity, Huawei has upgraded its lineup of \nFTTR OptiXstar F30 products with enhancements in \naesthetics, data rates, coverage, roaming, support \nfor concurrent access requests, and service quality. \nTogether with carriers, Huawei has delivered one-\nstop, premium services to bring more convenient \ndigital lifestyles to end users. We have also \nunveiled the FTTR-B OptiXstar B30 series products, \nwhich make superior Wi-Fi connectivity available to \nmicro and small businesses.\nWe have also launched the industry's first \ncommercial 50G PON solution, which supports \nGPON, 10G PON, and 50G PON on one port to \nenable smooth evolution towards 10 Gbit/s all-\noptical access networks.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 39\nAt Network X 2023 (formerly Broadband World \nForum), Huawei was honored with the Outstanding \nFTTH Service Award in recognition of its sustained \nleadership in the optical access industry.\n■ Enterprise optical networks\nHuawei has released the FTTO 2.0 solution for \ncampus scenarios to create green, 10 Gbit/s all-\noptical campus networks. We have also unveiled \nan end-to-end optical service unit (OSU) solution \nto drive the evolution of production networks in \nvarious industries. To support industrial networking, \nwe have launched the Lossless Industrial Optical \nNetwork solution to increase production quality \nand efficiency in industrial settings.\nHuawei's FTTO solution received the Outstanding \nPOL Use Case Award at Network X 2023.\nData Communication\nAs digital and intelligent transformation continues \nacross sectors, the data communication industry is \nreshaping network connectivity, experience, security, \nand O&M. Huawei is committed to making IP on \nEverything a reality. To this end, we provide customers \nwith products and solutions – including High-Quality \n10 Gbps CloudCampus, Super-Connectivity 400GE \nCloudFabric, Converged IP Transport Network, and \nIntegrated Network Security – as well as Real-Time \nNetwork Digital Maps, which are instrumental to \nintelligent ultra-broadband network infrastructure. \nWe have continued to work with customers, partners, \nand industry organizations to promote an industry \nconsensus on Net5.5G and accelerate innovation in \nrelated business scenarios.\n■ High-Quality 10 Gbps CloudCampus\nThe focus of campus network build-out has \nshifted to experience as enterprises continue to \nadopt digital and intelligent technologies, and \nnew services and applications keep emerging. \nHuawei's High-Quality 10 Gbps CloudCampus \nsolution stands out by offering three types of \nexperience upgrade, namely wireless experience \nupgrade, application experience upgrade, and \nO&M experience upgrade. This solution is built on \nnew technologies and capabilities like Wi-Fi 7 (for \nultra-broadband access), audio & video experience \nassurance, and network digital map functionality. \nIn 2023, Huawei's Wi-Fi 7 served customers in \nmultiple industries, including education, healthcare, \nand public services. We received the Best Enterprise \nWi-Fi Network Award from the Wireless Broadband \nAlliance (WBA).\n■ Super-Connectivity 400GE CloudFabric\nAs foundation models gain traction and cloud-\nbased data center architecture becomes a \nnew norm, customers are looking to build and \nmaintain data center networks that support \nboth AI computing and general computing \ninfrastructure. Huawei addresses this need with \nthe CloudFabric 3.0 solution, which delivers ultra-\npowerful performance, ultra-fast deployment, \nultra-high reliability, and ultra-intelligent O&M. \nCloudFabric 3.0 offers network-scale load balancing \n(NSLB), device-network collaboration, digital map \nfunctionality, and other advanced technologies that \ncustomers will need to build data center networks \nwith high bandwidth, throughput, and reliability.\n■ Converged IP Transport Network\nMobile broadband, home broadband, enterprise \nprivate lines, and enterprise campus services \nwill gradually upgrade to 10 Gbit/s connections. \nConsequently, conventional IP transport networks \nneed to evolve towards 400GE converged transport \nnetworks. This is where Huawei can help. Our \nfull-service routers provide 400GE, SRv6, slicing, \nNetwork Digital Map, and other cutting-edge \ntechnologies that help carriers build networks \nwith minimal TCO and achieve new growth in all \nof their service areas. In the enterprise market, \nHuawei's CloudWAN 3.0 – featuring a converged \narchitecture – helps customers create agile, reliable, \nand intelligent WANs.\n■ Integrated Network Security\nHuawei HiSec 3.0 solution provides integrated \nsecurity protection for clouds, networks, edges, and \nendpoints. This solution is a great fit for enterprise \ncustomers seeking to build resilient and secure \nnetworks.\n\n\n40 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nBuilding the Foundation of the Computing \nIndustry for a Digital and Intelligent \nFuture Together\nOver the past year, Huawei has continued to ramp up \ninvestment in the computing industry. Our strategy \nremained focused on \"open hardware, open source \nsoftware, partner enablement, and talent cultivation\". \nWith a focus on innovation in foundational software \nand hardware, we have worked with partners and \ndevelopers to build a solid computing backbone that \nsupports a vast range of models and applications and \nenables industries.\nBy the end of 2023, more than 6,300 partners and \n5.7 million developers had joined the Kunpeng and \nAscend ecosystems, and over 17,400 solutions had \nbeen certified. In addition, over 6,000 instructors \nand 700,000 students had been trained under the \nIntelligent Base industry-academia collaboration \nprogram.\nIn Kunpeng, we continued to dive deep into industry \ndigitalization by pursuing full-stack optimization, \nenabling partners, and serving users. We have worked \nwith our more than 4,700 partners to launch over \n14,500 solutions that have been used extensively \nin core services across different sectors such as \ngovernment, finance, and telecommunications. In \n2023, the Kunpeng DevKit and the Kunpeng BoostKit \nwere upgraded to boost performance for eight \nmajor scenarios. This improvement makes native \ndevelopment more efficient and service launch faster.\nIn Ascend, we continued to build leading training \nclusters and a complete series of inference products. \nWe further opened up the heterogeneous compute \narchitecture CANN 7.0 to unlock computing power and \nenable developers to develop their own \nhigh-performance operators. The past year has \nalso seen a new development in the programming \nlanguage that has reduced the average development \ntime for a complex operator from two person-months \nto two person-weeks. By the end of 2023, more than \n1,600 independent software vendors (ISVs) had used \nAscend to launch over 2,900 industry solutions.\nHuawei also continued to invest in open source \ncommunities, by working with industry partners to \ndrive the development of the openEuler operating \nsystem, the openGauss database, and the MindSpore \nAI framework. By the end of 2023, the MindSpore \nopen source community had served more than 5,500 \nenterprises, supporting the native training of over 50% \nof the industry's major foundation models.\nContinuously Innovating to Build a \nHigh-performance, Reliable, Green, and \nSecure Data Storage Foundation\nDigitalization has resulted in massive amounts of \nunstructured data entering production systems and \nturning into hot data. Foundation models and new \napplications are driving a data awakening, where data \nis quickly turned into assets. As a result, much more \nwarm and cold data is being stored. The need to \nprotect data has made data storage more important \nthan ever across all industries.\n■ For critical enterprise applications, Huawei offers \nstorage solutions that cover the entire data lifecycle, \n\nfrom data production to data backup and archiving. \nOur latest OceanStor Dorado All-Flash Storage \npowers the Geo-Redundant 4-Data-Center Disaster \nRecovery Solution that supports failover in seconds. \nIn 2023, Huawei also made its CANTIAN storage \nengine open source in order to work alongside \npartners to build a new ecosystem around \nscale-out database storage that features \nstorage-compute decoupling. To address the \ngrowing data security threats, Huawei's \nOceanProtect all-flash data backup appliance helps \nboost the security of data.\n■ For mass unstructured data, Huawei OceanStor \nPacific Scale-Out Storage reduces the five-year \ntotal cost of ownership (TCO) by 20% compared \nwith storage using hard disk drives (HDDs). In \n2023, Huawei's OceanStor Pacific lineup topped the \nIO500 rankings.\nComputing\nAn intelligent world is fast approaching, and we are seeing explosive growth in data and tremendous advancements \nin intelligent technologies. This has turned computing power into the new primary source of productivity. At \nHuawei, we are committed to open collaboration for shared success. Together with our partners around the world, \nwe strive to build a solid computing backbone and a vibrant computing ecosystem.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 41\nFor cloud and Internet data centers, Huawei \nlaunched OceanDisk Smart Disk Enclosure, a new \ntype of disk enclosure that supports \nhigh-performance, energy-efficient, intensive, and \nrobust storage and enables disks as storage media.\n■ To address the explosive growth of foundation \nmodels, Huawei launched high-performance \nstorage that makes foundation model training \ndata globally visible, manageable, and available \nand doubles the efficiency of data aggregation, \npreprocessing, and training. In addition, Huawei \nlaunched the FusionCube training/inference hyper-\nconverged infrastructure (HCI) appliance to work \nwith partners to develop solutions tailored for \ndifferent industry scenarios. The appliance has \nlowered the threshold for the deployment and use \nof foundation models, which, in turn, accelerates \ntheir application in industries.\n■ Huawei also launched a Datacenter Virtualization \nSolution (DCS) and hyper-converged products that \nhave been built on virtualization and containers \nto support virtualization and full-stack data center \nscenarios. These comprehensive infrastructure \nas a service (IaaS) and platform as a service \n(PaaS) products support data collection, storage, \ncomputing, management, and usage.\nIn 2023, Huawei was recognized for the third year \nin a row as a Leader in the IDC PRC Software-\nDefined Compute Market Overview and Analysis.\n■ Our Data Management Engine (DME) helps \ncustomers more efficiently manage and optimize \nmassive data assets by moving from equipment \nO&M to data management. DME delivers \nfive-times higher O&M efficiency than traditional \nO&M methods.\nBringing Digital and Smart Office to Every \nWorkspace and Every Person\nIn 2023, Huawei continued to explore smart office \nand smart education applications and launched its \nnext-generation flagship IdeaHub ES2 Plus which is \npowered by an intelligent triple-lens camera and a \nhigh-precision PTZ. In addition, Huawei launched the \ndual-mode engine Multipoint Control Unit (MCU), \nadding to its diverse lineup of telepresence products. \nThis engine supports collaborative office experiences \nfor massive access with guaranteed security and \nreliability. It is already being used by customers across \nthe globe.\nIn intelligent collaboration, Huawei is a forerunner \nin smart office and has been a leader in professional \naudiovisual conferencing systems in the Chinese \nmarket for 11 years in a row.\nICT Services and Software\nHuawei ICT Services and Software strives to keep leading, be the most reliable service partner, and build an \nintelligent world with the ultimate experience. Focusing on the entire business process from ICT infrastructure \nplanning and construction to O&M, optimization, operations, and training, Huawei ICT Services and Software \ninnovates continuously to provide a series of digital and intelligent service and software solutions. It aims to \nfacilitate digital and intelligent transformation across industries by building green, efficient, secure, and robust ICT \ninfrastructure that provides the ultimate experience.\nthe energy efficiency of green networks. As part of this \neffort, we released the Green Management White Paper \nand the Resilient Network White Paper to help build \ngreen target networks capable of smooth evolution. In \n2023, our work helped reduce electricity consumption by \naround 640 million kWh.\nIntelligent Connectivity Integration: \nBuilding Green, Simplified, and Resilient \nNetworks\nEnergy efficiency and the ultimate experience are equally \nimportant for networks. Huawei has worked alongside \nindustry partners to develop a standard for measuring \n\n\n42 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nBy building simplified sites and introducing green \npower, we have reduced per-site energy consumption \nby over 35%. Through measures like modernization \nand smooth service migration in legacy networks and \nequipment rooms, we have helped customers reduce \nenergy consumption by more than 30%, increase \nnetwork traffic by over 15%, and explore ToH and \nToB services. In addition, we have improved network \narchitecture to enhance network resilience, further \nreducing the fault rate during network changes.\nIntelligent IT Integration: Building \nDiversified Computing Centers in the \nIntelligent Era\nOver the past year, Huawei has continued to innovate \nin terms of data center integration to meet the \nrequirements for diversified computing power in the \nintelligent era, provide fast computing services for \nmore than 1,000 enterprises, and help accelerate \nindustry innovation. We have also continued to use \ninnovative technologies such as prefabricated and \nassembled modules, full-stack liquid cooling, and \nmulti-domain collaborative planning and integration \nto quickly build greener data centers that offer higher \ncomputing power. In 2023, Huawei was honored with \nthe China Green Demonstration Project Award for its \nefforts in building data centers that provide optimal \npower usage effectiveness (PUE).\nCustomer Support: Underpinning \nIntelligent Connectivity\nRelying on our global technical service centers and \nover 6,000 maintenance experts, Huawei provides \n24/7 support services for customer networks in nine \ndifferent languages. We have worked with partners \naround the world to support the robust operations \nof thousands of networks for carrier and industry \ncustomers. We always go wherever our customers \nneed us, offering warm and professional services that \nsupport robust network operations, even in the face \nof natural disasters such as earthquakes, typhoons, \nand floods, or during major sporting events. We have \nintroduced new technologies such as AI and Digital \nTwin into our solutions to provide risk prediction and \nprevention capabilities. These efforts, alongside regular \ncontingency plans and drills, have helped ensure \nnetwork resilience.\nIntelligent Operations: Advancing the \nTransformation from Network-Centric to \nService-Centric O&M\nIn 2023, Huawei AUTIN™, along with TM Forum and \nleading carriers, released New-Generation Intelligent \nOperations: The Service-Centric Transformation \nPath. This white paper explores ways in which \ncommunications service providers (CSPs) can increase \nA green data center that uses new \ntechnologies, such as full-stack liquid \ncooling, to realize efficient integration \nand optimal PUE.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 43\nnetwork benefits by transforming from network-centric \nto service-centric O&M. In 2023, Huawei continued \nworking with carriers on projects to drive digital \nO&M. We received TM Forum's Excellence Award \nin the Market Innovation Category and the Driving \nDigital Transformation Award at the Global Telecoms \n(GLOTEL) Awards.\nSmartCare: Delivering Leading Network \nPerformance and the Ultimate Experience \nto Unleash the Value of Data\nHuawei continued to innovate in terms of network \nperformance and service experience to help carriers \nprovide leading network performance and a superior \nuser experience and protect brand value. Huawei \nand TM Forum jointly released the Digital Twin for \nDecision Intelligence (DT4DI) white paper which \nprovides a reference architecture for the new phase \nof digital and intelligent transformation. In 2023, we \nworked to improve the user experience of typical \nover-the-top (OTT) applications, helping carriers \nmonetize user experience. We also worked on \nconverged data analysis and modeling to support \nmarketing efforts and help quickly develop new users \nand services. In addition, we applied core technologies \nto a number of industry scenarios, such as smart \nmining and smart city, to enable digital and intelligent \ntransformation and improve both efficiency and \nbenefits. In 2023, Huawei was among the winners of \nthe Future Enterprise Awards presented by IDC China \nfor an intelligent management platform jointly built \nwith a mining customer.\nIntelligent Digital Service: Enabling New \nGrowth\nHuawei continued to innovate digital platforms and \nservices to support new growth:\n■ Huawei's new cloud-native convergent billing \nsolution (CBS) comes equipped with intelligent \noffering design capabilities that significantly \nshorten the time to market (TTM) for new \nofferings. CBS was placed in the Leaders quadrant \nfor competitiveness according to GlobalData's \nRevenue Management: Competitive Landscape \nAssessment.\n■ By introducing new technologies like large \nlanguage models, Huawei's AI contact center \n(AICC) solution helps customers from a range \nof sectors like communications, finance, and \ngovernment redefine call center service experiences \nthrough upgrades to interactive user experiences.\n■ Huawei Mobile Money provides innovative services \nsuch as mobile wallet and micro finance for \nemerging markets, enabling more users to enjoy \ninclusive financial services. In 2023, Huawei was \nthe Gold Award Winner in the Best Mobile Money \nOffering Category presented by Juniper Research.\nHuawei Learning: Cultivating New Talent \nwith Digital Skills\nIn 2023, Huawei built systematic talent development \nservices covering talent planning, cultivation, \nassessment, and operation, aiming to cultivate new \ntalent needed for the intelligent era.\n■ Talent cultivation for carriers: We worked \nwith global carriers to provide workshops and \nenablement sessions on topics such as strategy \nand leadership. Through scenario-based hands-on \npractices and certification, Huawei cultivated over \n32,000 ToB professionals for carriers in 2023.\n■ Talent cultivation for industries: Huawei provided \ntraining for various industries such as mining, \nfinance, transportation, electric power, and \nmanufacturing. In 2023, we cultivated over \n23,000 technical professionals for more than 100 \nenterprises.\n■ Talent cultivation for the public domain: Huawei \ndeveloped a leading ICT talent cultivation system \nand related standards to help ICT professionals \nadvance their careers. In 2023, more than 100,000 \nparticipants of our training programs received \nHuawei's ICT certifications.\nBy the end of 2023, Huawei had cultivated more than \n3.3 million ICT professionals worldwide, with more \nthan 850,000 participants receiving Huawei's ICT \ncertifications.\n\n\n44 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nCloud Computing Business\nWe are fast approaching the intelligent world. Innovative ecosystems underpinned by cloud and technologies \nrepresented by foundation models are reshaping industries at an unprecedented speed and generating new \nmomentum for building an inclusive, accessible, and resilient digital world.\nHuawei Cloud is continuing to implement the Everything as a Service strategy and provide customers, partners, \nand developers with stable, reliable, secure, trustworthy, and sustainable cloud services. We strive to serve as the \ncloud foundation and enabler of industry digitalization, as well as to accelerate the intelligent transformation of \nindustries and provide the fertile soil for a flourishing ecosystem.\nCementing Our Roles as the Cloud Foundation and Enabler of Industry \nDigitalization and Achieving Rapid Growth in the Global Market\nHuawei Cloud's continuous investment in innovation has led to our rapid business growth in 2023. By the end of \n2023, Huawei Cloud had covered 30 geographical Regions and 84 availability zones (AZs), and provided services \nfor customers in more than 170 countries and regions. \nIn Latin America, Huawei Cloud is the cloud service \nprovider with the most nodes in the region. Huawei \nCloud promotes the digital transformation of \nthousands of local customers in industries such as \nfinance, media, retail, logistics, and Internet. Chile's \nSMU Group, for example, has fully migrated their core \nsystems to Huawei Cloud. They are now embracing a \ncloud-native upgrade and are able to carry out omni-\nchannel business innovation faster.\nIn the Middle East, 2023 marked Huawei Cloud's \nfirst year of local cloud services in Saudi Arabia. Our \nproducts offer exceptional reliability and network \nlatency. Huawei Cloud has successfully delivered an \nArabic natural language processing (NLP) model with \n100 billion parameters for one of our Saudi Arabian \ncustomers, and this has helped the customer build a \ngreen, intelligent, and efficient foundation that powers \nvarious applications. Huawei Cloud also helped the Al \nJasser Group migrate its enterprise resource planning \n(ERP) system to the cloud, which increased the \nmonthly transaction processing capacity by about 30% \nand enabled the rapid launch of new service outlets.\nIn Southern Africa, Huawei Cloud has become the \nfirst cloud service provider to operate local data \ncenters. We provide cloud services for 14 countries in \nSouthern Africa, in sectors such as government services, \ntelecommunications, finance, manufacturing, mining, \neducation, Internet, retail, and logistics. The University \nof Zululand (Unizulu) in South Africa, for example, \nmigrated its service system to Huawei Cloud, and has \nsince been able to significantly improve its teaching \nmanagement, academic evaluation, exam management, \nanti-cheating management, and security management.\nWithin China, Huawei Cloud has been focusing on \nindustry digitalization scenarios. We have already \nsupported more than 800 e-Government cloud \nprojects, and have helped more than 160 cities \nimplement the One City, One Cloud initiative. We \nhave served China's six major banks, 12 joint-stock \ncommercial banks, and the top 5 insurance institutions. \n90% of the top 50 e-commerce companies, 90% of \nthe top 50 gaming companies, and 90% of the top 30 \nautomakers in China have also chosen Huawei Cloud.\nIn markets outside China, Huawei Cloud continues to \naccelerate the construction of KooVerse, our global \ncloud infrastructure, in order to deliver quality cloud \nservices and consistent experience globally. Huawei \nCloud has taken a By Local, For Local approach and \nprovided customers with cutting-edge technologies \nand localized services, to empower them on their own \ndigital transformation journeys. In 2023, Huawei Cloud \nmaintained rapid growth in regions outside China \nand has become a trusted cloud brand for customers \nin markets including Asia Pacific, Latin America, the \nMiddle East, Africa, and Europe.\nIn Asia Pacific, Huawei Cloud has become one of the \nbest partners for enterprise digital transformation. We \nhave local service teams in more than 10 Asia-Pacific \ncountries and regions. Thailand's Government Data \nCentre and Cloud Service (GDCC) project used Huawei \nCloud Stack to build a National Telecom Cloud. This \ne-Government cloud has made it more convenient \nfor Thai government departments to develop digital \nservices and provide better public services.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 45\nIn Northern Africa, Huawei Cloud launched innovative \nAI and big data services locally, including the Arabic \nautomatic speech recognition (ASR) service that \nsupports the Egyptian dialect, to help customers \naccelerate innovation and upgrades. In addition, \nHuawei Cloud worked with partners to build solutions \nfor local enterprises. Huawei Cloud worked with \nIntella to build an Arabic model covering all 25 Arabic \ndialects, with a speech recognition accuracy of up to \n96% and a word error rate as low as 10%.\nIn Europe, Huawei Cloud started to provide local \ncloud services in Türkiye in 2023. So far, Huawei \nCloud has worked with our partners to serve more \nthan 3,000 enterprises in Europe. We have developed \n1,000 local partnerships, and these partners worked \nwith us to provide stable, reliable, secure, compliant, \nand innovative cloud services for various industries in \nEurope, and to help European enterprises accelerate \ntheir digital and intelligent transformation.\nPressing Ahead with Tech Innovation to Give the World a Better Alternative\nHuawei Cloud continues to invest heavily in R&D, and leverages Huawei's more than 30 years of ICT expertise \nand product solutions to build the best cloud foundation in the intelligent era through systematic innovation. \nWe have built five pipelines for data governance, AI development, digital content production, software \ndevelopment, and hardware development, to make innovation easier and to accelerate industries' digital and \nintelligent transformation.\nSystematic innovation: Building a solid \ncloud foundation for computing\nIn 2023, Huawei Cloud released the distributed \nQingTian architecture. QingTian goes beyond the \nboundaries of computing, storage, and networking, \nand implements a new-generation fully interconnected, \npeer-to-peer architecture for diversified computing \npower that will future-proof infrastructure for the all-\ncloud era.\nHuawei Cloud is also continuing to upgrade our basic \ncloud services. Our newest generation of computing \ninstances deliver over 50% higher computing power, \nwhich translates into more cost-effective diversified \ncomputing services for customers. The AI cloud storage \nsolution uses a three-layer cache architecture for \nassociated acceleration, which enables 90% faster data \npreparation for AI training. This storage solution is a \nkey component for the construction of the best data \nfoundation for the AI era.\nTo provide a more secure and stable cloud experience, \nHuawei Cloud has built a security system with one \ncenter and seven lines of defense. The SecMaster \nsecurity operations platform has a built-in AI security \nmodel which can handle 99% of alarms within 5 \nminutes in a closed-loop manner. Our deterministic \nO&M system ensures over 99.99% service availability \non live networks and safeguards networks and services \naround the clock.\nThe DataArts data governance pipeline: \nData and AI convergence is helping \nenterprises to unlock data value faster\nHuawei Cloud DataArts is a one-stop development \nand governance platform featuring data and AI \nconvergence on the cloud. It provides enterprises \nwith cloud-native, integrated lake-warehouse, and \ndecoupled storage-compute cloud service portfolios. \nDataArts includes the GaussDB distributed database, \nthe MapReduce Service (MRS) cloud-native data lake, \nthe Data Lake Insight (DLI) fully managed serverless \nservice, the GaussDB(DWS) all-scenario one-stop \ndata warehouse, and the DataArts Studio, which is \na service for data governance centers that we have \ndesigned based on Huawei's own experience in \ndigital transformation. Huawei Cloud DataArts has \nhelped to accelerate digital transformation in multiple \nindustries including government services, finance, \ntelecommunications, and the Internet industry.\nIn 2023, Huawei Cloud officially released GaussDB, \nthe next-generation distributed database. GaussDB \nbuilds its core technical competitiveness around \nhigh availability, intelligence, elasticity, security, \nperformance, ease of deployment, and ease of \nmigration. It has passed the Common Criteria (CC) \nEvaluation Assurance Level 4+ (EAL4+) certification, \nwhich is the highest level available for database \nsecurity, and has been widely used in many fields such \nas banking, insurance, and energy. MV, a Brazilian \nmedical information company, migrated its database \nto GaussDB, and this improved its medical record \nquery speed from 3 seconds to 0.5 seconds.\n\n\n46 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nThe ModelArts AI development pipeline: \nLowering barriers to industry-specific \napplication and accelerating innovation in \nfoundation models\nModelArts is a one-stop AI development platform on \nHuawei Cloud. It provides enterprises with technical \ncapabilities throughout the AI application development \npipeline. These capabilities include data processing, \nalgorithm development, model training, model \nmanagement, and model deployment. Together, they \nhave made AI application development faster and \nimplementation easier.\nIn 2023, Huawei Cloud stayed true to our AI for \nIndustries strategy, and released the Pangu Models \n3.0 and the Ascend AI cloud service. Pangu models \nfocus on solving the complex, enterprise-level R&D, \nproduction, supply, sales, and service problems. \nPangu has been implemented in multiple domains \nsuch as finance, government services, manufacturing, \nmining, automobiles, medicine, meteorology, and \nrailway industries. It combines industry know-how \nwith foundation model capabilities and is already \ndramatically reshaping entire industries.\nIn coal mining, the Pangu mining model has already been \nextensively used in eight mines. One model covers more than \n1,000 sub-scenarios in business processes such as mechanized \nmining, excavation, electromechanics, transportation, ventilation, \nand coal washing. It not only offers a more comfortable \nworking environment for coal workers, but also greatly reduces \nthe number of accidents, and also improves production quality \nand efficiency. \nBased on Huawei Cloud Stack, our hybrid cloud, Shandong \nEnergy Group has successfully built the coal industry's first \nmining model – the Pangu mining model. It has been used to \ndevelop and implement AI applications in 26 of Shandong Energy \nGroup's subsidiaries, and now covers more than 40 application \nscenarios in 9 business processes. This brings us one step closer \nto scenario-specific large-scale AI applications in the mining \nindustry. For example, monitoring hole depth in anti-impact and \npressure relief construction is a typical application in the coal \nmining industry. The Pangu model has been used to monitor \nhole drilling in real time, and it has reduced manual inspection \nworkloads by 80%.\nIn meteorology, Huawei Cloud's Pangu weather model was the \nfirst AI model to be more accurate than traditional numerical \nforecasting methods. The Pangu weather model can provide \nglobal weather forecasts in just seconds. In July 2023, the \nesteemed science journal Nature published a paper about the \nresearch results derived using Huawei Cloud's Pangu weather \nmodel. The Pangu weather model is highly recognized as the \nresearch results clearly demonstrate how the Pangu weather \nmodel will revolutionize weather forecasting in the future, and \nthat opening the model will drive the development of this field. \nOn September 18, 2023, Huawei Cloud announced that it would \nwork with the Meteorological Bureau of Shenzhen Municipality \non regional weather forecast models. Global and regional \nanalyses are used as real-time inputs into global and regional \nforecast models. These models can quickly generate local weather \nforecasts such as the next five-day temperature and rainfall \nforecasts for Shenzhen and surrounding areas, with a spatial \nresolution of 3 km. In the future, these models will provide finer-\ngrained weather services for industries such as transportation, \nwater services, and tourism.\nBased on our three AI cloud computing centers in \nChina's Gui'an, Ulanqab, and Wuhu, the Huawei Cloud \nAscend AI cloud service provides massive, stable, \nreliable, and on-demand AI computing power for \nindustries. The Ascend AI cloud service consistently \noffers a stability rate of up to 90% over 30 days for \ntraining foundation models, and recovery within 10 \nminutes of an interruption, and as such it effectively \nsupports the innovation of a wide range of models \nand applications in the AI era.\nThe MetaStudio digital content \nproduction pipeline: Building cloud-native \nmedia infrastructure to unleash digital \ncontent productivity\nHuawei Cloud provides a full range of media service \ncapabilities, including the MetaStudio digital content \nproduction pipeline, media engines, and media \nnetworks. Huawei Cloud also works with ecosystem \npartners to build scenario-specific solutions and foster \na prosperous digital content ecosystem on the cloud.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 47\nBased on MetaStudio and the Pangu virtual human \nmodel, which has been trained using petabytes \nof audio and video data, Huawei Cloud provides \nservices such as virtual human video production, \nvideo livestreaming, and intelligent interactions. \nThese services have been widely used in industry \nscenarios to make marketing campaigns, support \ne-commerce livestreaming, and facilitate intelligent \ncustomer services. With the help of Huawei Cloud's \nvirtual human services, many enterprises, such as \nHsu Fu Chi and Wondershare, have used interactive \n24/7 livestreaming in multiple languages to \ncreate new growth in their retail and cross-border \ne-commerce businesses.\nFor media networks, Huawei Cloud has 2,800 content \ndelivery network (CDN) edge nodes worldwide \nand a reserve of more than 180 Tbit/s bandwidth \nacross all networks, which it uses to build a highly \nreliable, global, low-latency, real-time interactive \nmedia network. This network offers an end-to-end \nlivestreaming latency of less than 500 ms. Huawei \nCloud has provided scenario-based solutions such as \nedge security, efficient transcoding, and application \nacceleration for customers including China's Huya, \nThailand's BBTV, and Türkiye's BluTV.\nThe CodeArts software development \npipeline: Reshaping software development \nwith full-stack intelligent toolchains\nHuawei Cloud CodeArts is a one-stop software \ndevelopment platform. It integrates Huawei's more \nthan 30 years of R&D best practices with the cloud \nto provide enterprises and developers with secure, \ntrustworthy software development services throughout \nthe entire development process. \nBased on the Pangu virtual \nhuman model, Huawei Cloud \nMetaStudio helped villagers \nin Danzhai, China's Guizhou \nprovince, to quickly build digital \navatars. It only takes a five-\nminute video of a person and \none day to generate an avatar \nof that person for livestreaming. \nThe avatar can accurately and \nfluently introduce the products \nand interact with audiences in \nreal time.\nIn 2023, Huawei Cloud added more than 20 \ninnovative proprietary software tool services to \nCodeArts, including CodeArts Req (for requirement \nmanagement), Check (for code check), and TestPlan \n(for test management). These tool services cover \nthe entire software development lifecycle, from \nrequirements, design, and development, to testing, \ndeployment, and O&M, thereby building a fully cloud-\nbased software development process.\nHuawei Cloud also released the CodeArts Snap \nintelligent development tool. CodeArts Snap is based \non the Pangu R&D model and can generate code with \njust one instruction, comment out code and generate \ntest cases after just one click, and intelligently deploy \ncode upon just one command. It empowers each \nsoftware developer by serving as their personal \nprogramming assistant.\nThe CraftArts hardware development \npipeline: Building a new-generation \nindustrial software system to improve \nhardware development efficiency and \nexperience\nIn 2023, Huawei Cloud worked with industry partners \nto release the CraftArts hardware development \npipeline to accelerate the building of a new-generation \nindustrial software system. Based on a unified data \nfoundation driven by data models, CraftArts provides \nenterprises with one-stop IT toolchain services for \nhardware design, development, simulation, and \ntrial production. CraftArts includes the board-\nlevel electronic design automation (EDA) toolchain, \nstructure design toolchain, industrial simulation \ntoolchain, and the design and manufacturing \n\n\n48 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nconvergence platform. Through innovations in \ncollaboration modes and by upgrading algorithm \nengines, CraftArts improves the efficiency of industrial \nsoftware processing and enables efficient innovation \nWorking with Partners and Developers to Build a Thriving Innovation \nEcosystem on the Cloud\nHuawei Cloud envisions an ecosystem that is Of All, By All, and For All. Huawei Cloud is accelerating the \ndevelopment of an ecosystem that aggregates industry applications and supports global developers and partners. \nTogether, we are building a thriving ecosystem to facilitate innovation on the cloud. By the end of 2023, Huawei \nCloud had developed more than six million developers around the world, attracted more than 40,000 partners to \nour ecosystem, and launched more than 10,000 applications in the KooGallery cloud marketplace.\nHuawei Cloud has also been working with global customers and partners to provide eight industry aPaaS services \nfor industries covering manufacturing, finance, government services, transportation, electric power, and mining. We \nalso provide core aPaaS services including KooMap (for digital twins), KooPhone (for cloud phones), KooDrive (for \ncloud storage), KooMessage (for digital marketing), and KooVehicle (for commercial/dedicated-purpose vehicles). \nTogether, we have released more than 150,000 APIs to help accelerate application innovation across industries.\nin enterprise hardware R&D. Currently, about \n200,000 hardware developers are using the CraftArts \ndevelopment tools on Huawei Cloud every month.\nBuilding a developer-centric, open ecosystem\nIn September 2023, Huawei Cloud announced the plan \nto build an open, dynamic, and innovative ecosystem \nfor foundation models, and officially launched a \ndedicated zone for foundation models on the Ascend AI \ncloud service, as well as setting up a model community \nfor developers. These initiatives support the Pangu \nfoundation models, the industry's mainstream open-\nsource foundation models, and third-party commercial \nmodels. Enterprises and developers can quickly create \ntheir own model applications and as such can remain \ncompetitive in the foundation model era.\nUsing the cloud as a foundation, Huawei Cloud has \ncontinued to collaborate with the Kunpeng, Ascend, \nopenEuler, HUAWEI Mobile Services (HMS), and \nHarmonyOS ecosystems to build a diversified developer \necosystem on the cloud. Through more than 160 \ninnovation centers around the world and the Huawei \nCloud Developer Program, Huawei Cloud provides \nservices such as Developer Technical Support Engineer \n(DTSE) and technical certification. In addition, through \nthe Huawei Cloud Academy, Huawei Cloud cultivates \ndevelopers and encourages them to join the Huawei \nCloud ecosystem.\nBuilding an ecosystem partner system for \nshared success\nIn 2023, Huawei Cloud established a Huawei Cloud \npartner system focused on customer scenarios and \nsupported by ecosystem solutions. Partners have \nalready built 324 joint solutions with Huawei Cloud. \nHuawei Cloud launched the Service Partner Program \nto recruit and cultivate more service partners with core \ncloud capabilities. We released the System Integrator \n(SI) Path to help partners quickly build end-to-end \ncapabilities for industry digital transformation using \nHuawei Cloud. We also launched the Partner Customer \nEngagement (PCE) program to align our business \ngoals with those of our partners and share market \nopportunities. In addition, Huawei Cloud released the \nGo Cloud, Go Global ecosystem plan in regions such \nas the Middle East, Latin America, and Europe to share \nour localization experiences and global ecosystem \ncapabilities with our partners.\nFor startups, Huawei Cloud has invested more than \nCNY100 million in building a global startup ecosystem \nthat has helped more than 3,000 startups around \nthe world innovate using Huawei Cloud. More than \n100 Chinese startups have also expanded to markets \noutside China with the help of this ecosystem.\nThe KooGallery marketplace: Building the \nbest application distribution platform on \nthe cloud\nHuawei Cloud is determined to develop KooGallery \ninto the best platform for application distribution and \none-stop B2B application purchases. By the end of \n2023, more than 7,000 stellar partners had launched \napplications in Huawei Cloud's KooGallery. They had \nreleased more than 10,000 applications in more than \n60 categories, covering over 10 industries including \nmanufacturing, education, government services, \nmining, and finance, and serving more than 500,000 \nenterprises and developers worldwide.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 49\nDigital Power Business\nCarbon neutrality will drive a profound transformation in both society and the economy. It will require a robust \nenergy infrastructure that powers decarbonization, electrification, digitalization, and intelligence. We are entering a \nnew world where digital energy will play a key role. Huawei Digital Power integrates bit, watt, heat, and battery (4T) \ntechnologies to develop new energy infrastructure for power systems, electric vehicles (EVs), and the digital industry. \nWe focus on renewable energy, mobility electrification, and digital transformation to drive carbon neutrality.\nBy the end of 2023, Huawei Digital Power has helped customers generate 997.9 billion kWh of green power and \nsave 46.1 billion kWh of electricity. These efforts have reduced CO2 emissions by 495 million tons, equivalent to \nplanting 680 million trees.\nNew Energy Infrastructure for Power Systems\nWe have launched FusionSolar smart PV and energy storage system (ESS) solutions that address utility-scale plant, \ncommercial & industrial (C&I), and residential scenarios. These solutions are helping to develop a new energy \ninfrastructure for power systems.\n■ Huawei's smart string & grid-forming ESS solution \nsignificantly improves a power grid's ability to \nintegrate renewable energy by reshaping voltage, \nfrequency, and power angles. This can help address \nchallenges arising from having high shares of \nrenewable energy integrated into the grid at \nutility-scale plants. We have also combined IoT, big \ndata, AI, and other new ICT solutions to improve \nO&M by automating the fault diagnosis process for \nsmart power plants.\n■ For C&I scenarios, we have developed a one-stop \nC&I Smart PV & ESS Solution that delivers active \nsafety, optimal electricity costs, long-term reliability, \nsimplified O&M, and optimal revenue. This solution \nincludes optimizers, smart PV controllers, ESSs, \nchargers, electrical loads, smart microgrids, and \nsmart PV management systems. The solution is \ndesigned to support sustainable business operations, \nand help industries go green and low-carbon.\n■ For residential scenarios, we have created a \nResidential One-fits-all Solution with a \"1 + 4 + \nX\" design that can help users increase their own \nutilization of PV power and transform households \nfrom energy consumers to energy prosumers. This \nsolution includes an inverter (\"1\"), optimizers, \nESSs, chargers, and management systems (\"4\" core \nproducts), and the ability to enable an unlimited \nnumber (\"X\") of home appliances. One villa in \nSpain, for example, has used Huawei's one-fits-\nall solution to increase the share of green power \nin its total power mix and achieve a solar self-\nconsumption rate of nearly 100%. This solution \nincludes a 6 kW PV system, optimizers configured \nfor all PV modules, a 10 kWh ESS, chargers, and \nan energy management assistant (EMMA). The \noptimizers have helped increase the installed PV \ncapacity by about 60% by fully utilizing all available \nroof area, which is shaded by the air conditioners \nand parapet walls. EMMA's intelligent energy \nscheduling function allows it to flexibly optimize \nthe scheduling of generated PV power according \nto changes in local electricity prices and weather, \nand power consumption load, thus maximizing the \nvalue of the PV and ESS systems. Furthermore, \nthe PV Power Preferred mode can be enabled for \nchargers, ensuring PV power is preferentially used \nfor charging.\nSafety is the cornerstone of high-quality development \nwithin the PV industry. Huawei has implemented a \nfour-dimensional safety solution to ensure the long-\nterm safety and stability of power systems. We will \ncontinue to work with industry partners, customers, \nand ecosystem partners to build a new power system \nbased on renewable energy, and help make PV a main \nenergy source.\n\n\n50 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nThe Red Sea Project in Saudi Arabia is the world's first GW-level standalone microgrid project that is fully powered by renewable energy. \nThe project uses Huawei's FusionSolar smart PV and ESS solution, including a 400 MW PV system and a 1.3 GWh microgrid ESS that were \nsuccessfully connected to the grid in October 2023. To cope with the complex local power grid environment, the project has used Huawei's \nsmart string & grid-forming ESS to build an independent and resilient power grid that can adapt to changing conditions. This project will \nsupply power to over one million tourists every year.\nIn January 2023, Huawei, together with China Resources Power, China \nElectric Power Research Institute, and the Electric Power Research \nInstitute of State Grid Qinghai Electric Power Company, piloted the \nworld's first grid-forming battery energy storage system (BESS). \nThey completed more than 180 grid connection tests, including for \nlarge frequency disturbances and large voltage disturbances, for \nstrong grids. In October 2023, Huawei, China Energy Qinghai Electric \nPower Company, China Electric Power Research Institute, and the \nElectric Power Research Institute of State Grid Qinghai Electric Power \nCompany jointly completed a series of tests on the grid-forming \nBESS for weak grids. This has set a global benchmark for large-scale \nintegration of renewable energy into power grids.\nMahidol University in Thailand has built Asia-Pacific's largest single-\nsite C&I PV and ESS plant, which includes a 12 MW PV system, a \n600 kWh ESS, and optimizers configured for all PV modules from \nHuawei FusionSolar. The plant fully complies with Thailand's new \nnational electrical safety code, setting a milestone for the large-\nscale application of PV and ESS integration in Thailand.\nNew Energy Infrastructure for EVs\nHuawei has positioned itself as a provider of e-Mobility and Smart Charging Network solutions in the mobility \nelectrification industry. Our collaborative development approach focused on quality has allowed us to launch hyper-\nconverged e-Mobility solutions and fully liquid-cooled ultra-fast charging solutions. These solutions are accelerating \nmobility electrification by building a new energy infrastructure for EVs that makes charging as easy as refueling.\nSmart Charging Network\nHuawei is committed to building a high-quality smart charging network that delivers superior user experiences and \nexcellent benefits. Together with our customers and partners, we want to make high-quality charging resources \navailable everywhere. We have already worked with various industry associations to release industry white papers \nand standards, such as the White Paper on the Sustainable Development of High-Quality Charging Facilities and \nthe Specifications for Grading and Evaluating Electric Vehicle Charging Station Facilities and Services. These are \npart of our broader efforts to promote the sustainable development of high-quality charging facilities.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 51\nIn September 2023, Huawei and its partners deployed fully liquid-cooled ultra-fast charging stations in Tianquan, Litang, and Sangdui, \ncreating a Super Charging Green Corridor along the high-altitude G318 Highway. Heat dissipation is often a bottleneck in environments \nwith low air pressure. Huawei has developed an innovative liquid-cooled technology that ensures ultra-fast high-power charging in these \ntypes of places. This technology can also improve long-term equipment reliability.\nNovember 2023 marked the one-year anniversary of Huawei's launch \nof the world's first fully liquid-cooled ultra-fast charging station \nat the Waxi (Eastward) Service Area of the Shantou-Zhanjiang \nExpressway. Since its launch, the station has experienced no service \ndisruptions, and its O&M cost has dropped by about 90% year-on-\nyear. By the end of November 2023, this station had provided a total \ncharging capacity of approximately 1.16 million kWh and served more \nthan 40,000 cars. Its turnover rate had more than doubled, setting \nan industry benchmark for fully liquid-cooled ultra-fast charging \ndemonstration sites.\nDriveONE\nHuawei DriveONE has created ePowertrain, on-board \ncharging system, DriveONE-Cloud, and other solutions \nfor Class-A and Class-B battery EVs and extended \nrange EVs. This is intended to help carmakers build \nbetter vehicles and improve driving experiences.\n■ Range: Equipped with silicon carbide (SiC), our \nultra-high-efficiency, high-voltage ePowertrain \nplatform enables ultra-long ranges, and supports \ndynamic voltage scaling between 750 V and \nabout 900 V. This platform can minimize energy \nconsumption and increase vehicle efficiency to \n92% according to the China light-duty vehicle test \ncycle (CLTC).\n■ Power: Our high torque output motor and \nintelligent oil cooling system 2.0 can enable cars \nto accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in about 3 \nseconds. In this way, standard vehicles can achieve \nsports-car-like acceleration for inspired driving \nexperiences.\n■ Intelligence: Our iTRACK algorithm enables \nePowertrain systems to deliver active intelligence \nthrough microsecond-level ultra-fine road \nperception and millisecond-level real-time torque \nadjustments.\n■ Safety: We are actively promoting cloud-based \nAI, data collaboration, and device-cloud synergy \nin the e-Mobility domain. This can visualize the \nhealth status of e-Mobility systems, issue real-time \nwarnings, and enable quick fault diagnoses.\n\n\n52 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nNew Energy Infrastructure for the Digital Industry\nWe have continued to build new energy infrastructure for the digital industry as part of our commitment to \ndelivering more bits with less watts and fewer carbon emissions. This infrastructure includes data center facility and \nsite power facility solutions. We want to reduce the energy consumption and carbon emissions of every bit of data \ngenerated, and bring the world more green computing power and connections.\n(Left) The AITO M9 runs on a Huawei DriveONE high-efficiency ePowertrain, which can allow the car to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h \nin 4.3 seconds. Our cloud-based battery management system (BMS) and AI analysis also support real-time vehicle safety warnings and \ncomprehensive battery safety.\n(Middle) The AVATR 12 comes equipped with Huawei's DriveONE intelligent software algorithm iTRACK that enables active intelligence \nthrough microsecond-level ultra-fine road perception and millisecond-level real-time torque adjustments.\n(Right) The LUXEED S7 comes equipped with Huawei's DriveONE high-voltage SiC ePowertrain that offers robust power with its high-\nefficiency SiC modules.\nData Center Facility and Critical Power\nHuawei has developed reliable, green, and low-carbon \nsolutions for large data centers, small- and medium-\nsized data centers, and critical power. These are \nused to build data center facilities and critical power \nsupplies that are reliable, green, simple, and smart. Our \nultimate purpose is to power the digital era forward.\n■ Large data centers:\n– FusionPower6000 3.0 (for both indoor and \noutdoor scenarios) is a worry-free power supply \nand distribution solution that reduces footprints \nand saves power and time, setting the trend \nfor integrated power supply and distribution \nsystems for data centers.\n– Huawei's indirect evaporative cooling solution \n(EHU) can be used to build ultra-reliable, \nhigh-efficiency, and energy-saving data center \ncooling systems.\n– Huawei's prefabricated modular data center \nsolutions support fast delivery of simplified, \nlow-carbon, and energy-saving data centers.\n■ Small- and medium-sized data centers: \nFusionModule2000 is a one-stop solution for small- \nand medium-sized data centers, helping industries \ngo digital faster.\n■ Critical power: Huawei's SmartLi UPS is an \nintelligent power supply and distribution solution \nthat features high reliability and high efficiency, \nproviding continuous power for critical equipment.\nIn 2023, Huawei worked with industry associations \nto publish several industry standards, such as the \nSpecification for the Design of Indirect Evaporative \nCooling System in Data Center and the Standard for \nDesign of Lithium-ion Battery Rooms in Data Centers. \nThese achievements are an important part of our \nlarger efforts to promote quality development of the \ndata center industry.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 53\nChina Unicom Guangzhou's Internet Data Center (IDC) building, \nlocated in China-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City, uses \nHuawei's FusionCol8000-C fan wall air conditioners that support \ninlet water temperatures of up to 20°C and reduce the overall \nenergy consumption by more than 20%. This project also uses \nHuawei's UPS5000-H, which features a unique S-ECO mode that \ncan increase power supply efficiency up to 99.1%. In addition, \nHuawei's iCooling@AI energy efficiency optimization solution has \nhelped reduce the project's power usage effectiveness (PUE) to \nless than 1.3, cutting electricity consumption by about 13.245 \nmillion kWh and carbon emissions by about 7,695 tons each year.\nThe Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA) in Mexico used \nHuawei's FusionModule2000 solution to build a smart modular \ndata center that has highly integrated cooling, cabinet, and aisle \nsystems. The project was delivered in only three months, about \n30% faster than conventional solutions could deliver, and slashed \nOPEX by about 30% and PUE by about 25%.\nIn partnership with the China Mobile Design Institute and \nChina Mobile Zhoushan, Huawei has deployed a green site on \nZhuzishan Island in Zhejiang province. The site has an installed \nPV capacity of 26.4 kWp, with over 90% of its energy used \ncoming from green sources. All surplus power generated is stored \nin the ESS, which can be used to supply power to the green \nsite. The site also uses a 36 kW high-density eMIMO intelligent \npower system that is only 5 U in height and supports intelligent \nscheduling and seamless switching between solar power, stored \nenergy, and fuel. The system can keep the site running for up to \n20 days, even under continuous overcast and rainy conditions.\nSite Power Facility\nHuawei is also working to help carriers and tower \ncompanies transition from energy consumers to \nenergy prosumers.\n■ For energy consumers, we have developed \ngreen and low-carbon networks that minimize \ntotal cost of ownership (TCO): \n– Our trend-setting \"one cabinet one site\" and \n\"one blade one site\" solutions are redefining \nsimplified sites and improving site energy \nefficiency to about 97%.\n– Our simplified equipment room solution ensures \nsmooth capacity expansion without adding new \nequipment rooms, increasing energy efficiency \nto about 75%.\n– Our smart site solution supports intelligent site \nO&M and visualizes energy efficiency.\n■ Energy producers can use Huawei solutions \nto benefit from energy production and power \ndispatching.\n– Our iPV intelligent optimization technology can \nincrease energy yields by about 20%.\n– Our intelligent algorithm for PV and ESS \nsynergy can increase green power utilization \nrates while reducing the levelized cost of \nelectricity (LCOE) for green site power.\n– Our CloudLi energy storage system supports \nprecise backup power and engages sites in \npower services like intelligent peak staggering \nand virtual power plants.\nCarbon neutrality is a journey that all industry players \nare on together. Huawei Digital Power will innovate \nnonstop in both technologies and products, and \nworking with partners to create value for customers \nand the industry. Together with our partners, we will \nbuild a digital energy industry ecosystem and promote \nhigh-quality industry development.\n\n\n54 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nConsumer Business\nIn 2023, Huawei's Consumer BG continued to deliver a Seamless AI Life experience to consumers around the world by \nfocusing on consumers and constantly optimizing our hardware and software ecosystems across all scenarios. Specifically:\n■ We launched a Pioneer Program for the Chinese market, which supported the launch of smartphones like the \nHUAWEI Mate 60 Series and HUAWEI Mate X5, reinforcing Huawei's status as a high-end phone brand and \nshowcasing Huawei's technical strengths.\n■ We hit multiple shipment milestones, with over 100 million Huawei tablets being shipped by the end of 2023, \nand over 2.5 million HUAWEI WATCH GT 4 units shipped within three months of its launch.\n■ By the end of 2023, HarmonyOS had been deployed on more than 800 million devices.\n■ We launched a new ultra-high-end brand ULTIMATE DESIGN, which pays tribute to the extraordinary – not \nthose who are born, but those who dare to be.\n■ The Harmony Intelligent Mobility Alliance (HIMA) was established to support vehicle upgrades under our \nHuawei Zhixuan model and empower carmakers to successfully launch multiple new models.\n■ In the smart home domain, we continued leading efforts to develop smart spaces.\n■ In markets outside China, Huawei's mindshare as a high-end brand continued to increase, and our business \nresults improved significantly.\n\"1 + 8 + N\" Seamless AI Life Strategy: Continuous Innovation in Five Scenarios\nHuawei has now pursued a smartphone-centered \"1 + 8 + N\" Seamless AI Life strategy for several years. We have \ncontinued to enhance the presence of Huawei devices across all scenarios, aiming to deliver a seamless, intelligent \nexperience for consumers across five major scenarios: Smart Office, Fitness & Health, Smart Home, Easy Travel, \nand Entertainment.\nHuawei launched a Pioneer Program in the Chinese market in 2023. Smartphones like the HUAWEI Mate 60 Series have received accolades \nfrom numerous consumers.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 55\nSmartphones\nDespite a tough external environment, we continued \nto lead the industry in technological innovation, with \nHuawei smartphones winning high acclaim from \nnumerous consumers. Our work has drawn extensive \nattention to the development and innovation of \nChinese smartphone manufacturers.\nAs part of our Pioneer Program, which targets the \nChinese market, we launched the HUAWEI Mate 60 \nSeries, HUAWEI Mate X5, and HUAWEI nova 12 Series \nsmartphones.\nThe HUAWEI Mate 60 Series is the most powerful \nMate model ever, and has established itself as a \nparadigm-shifting product. Standout features of these \nphones include:\n■ Concentric designs and the earth color palette that \ncreates breathtaking visuals inspired by magnificent \nmountains and rivers\n■ The ability to support satellite calling, making \nthem the first consumer smartphones to make \nand receive calls even when no terrestrial network \nis available, thanks to Huawei's breakthroughs in \nsatellite communications\n■ The groundbreaking super-reliable Xuanwu \narchitecture that offers multiple layers of \nsafeguards for ultimate security and reliability\nIn the foldable phone market, Huawei's innovative \nsolutions have set industry benchmarks through \ncontinuous breakthroughs in design, reliability, \nand performance. The flagship HUAWEI Mate X5, \nfor example, leads the way in the foldable phone \nmarket thanks to its lightweight design and superior \nall-round experiences. Its exterior screen is made \nof super durable Kunlun Glass with crystal armor \nscratch-resistant technology1, and its interior screen \nis made of impact-resistant non-Newtonian fluid \nmaterials, providing solid and durable protection. It \nalso combines AI algorithms and innovative antenna \ntechnology to give consumers more stable network \nconnections even in weak-signal scenarios.\nIn 2023, HUAWEI XMAGE made great strides in \ntechnological innovation, user experience, and \ncultural development. Multiple flagship smartphones \nwere launched this year with HUAWEI XMAGE \nonboard, such as the HUAWEI P60 Series which has \nbeen a balanced fusion of imaging intelligence and \ntechnological art. This series comes with an innovative \nUltra Lighting Telephoto Camera with Multiple Lens \nGroups which produces vivid photos in low-light \nsettings. The HUAWEI XMAGE Trend Report 2023 \nwas released during MWC Barcelona 2023. Winners \nof the XMAGE Awards 2023 contest were announced, \nand 10 standout submissions to the XMAGE Awards \nwere showcased at exhibitions in multiple cities across \nChina. Through these efforts, we aim to ignite a wave \nof enthusiasm for mobile imaging, inspiring people to \nexpress their emotions and build confidence through \n\"the power of image\".\nTo deliver the best possible experience to consumers, \nwe have worked tirelessly to build a high-end brand. \nAfter years of hard work, in 2023 we launched \nour new ultra-high-end brand ULTIMATE DESIGN, \nwhich offers ultimate aesthetics, craftsmanship, and \ninnovation. The HUAWEI Mate 60 RS | ULTIMATE \nDESIGN was the first product launched under this \nbrand with innovative, cutting-edge technologies and \nsuperior services. This smartphone is designed to pay \ntribute to the extraordinary – those who boldly lead \nour world forward.\n1\t\nActual configurations may vary. For more details, please refer to the official website.\n\"Dragon Clouds\" by Domcar Calinawan Lagto (Philippines), \na winner at the XMAGE Awards 2023\n\"Diving\" by Li Lu (China), a winner at the XMAGE Awards 2023\n\n\n56 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nSmart Office\nIn the smart office domain, Huawei continues to lead \ninnovation through multi-device collaboration and \necosystem integration, enabling more convenient \nconnectivity, smoother flow of information, and more \nintuitive human-machine interactions. By fusing \naesthetics and technology, Huawei Smart Office \nproducts adopt premium and stylish industrial designs \nand provide portable and versatile solutions that \nhelp users stay creative and be more productive in \nimmersive, professional scenarios.\nOur flagship laptop, the HUAWEI MateBook X Pro, \ncomes with a skin-soothing metallic body and a Super \nTurbo intelligent acceleration engine that intelligently \nschedules the laptop's performance through hardware-\nsystem-scenario convergence to help users stay one \nstep ahead at work.\n2023 also marked the 10th anniversary of Huawei's \ntablet line. By the end of 2023, Huawei had shipped a \ngrand total of over 100 million tablets. The HUAWEI \nMatePad Pro 13.2\", our newest flagship tablet, has \na 13.2-inch flexible OLED display and is the thinnest \ntablet ever made with the narrowest bezels and \nhighest screen-to-body ratio1. The PaperMatteTM \nDisplay used on Huawei tablets provides paper-like \nviewing, with minimal glare and eye strain. Both the \nHUAWEI M-Pencil (3rd generation) and HUAWEI Smart \nMagnetic Keyboard are now powered by NearLink \ntechnology, allowing for finer strokes, faster typing, \nand more stable pairing.\nIn addition, HarmonyOS 4 on Huawei's Smart Office \nproducts comes with upgraded SuperHub and Show \nComments functions, which allow data to flow \nseamlessly between multiple devices, including PCs, \ntablets, and monitors. This makes the real-time sharing \nof comments in different meeting scenarios a reality, \nsignificantly boosting productivity.\nIn 2023, we launched the GoPaint Worldwide Creating \nActivity, a digital creation event themed \"Creation \nof Beauty\" where consumers around the world paint \nusing Huawei products, sharing the joy of creation and \ninspiring creativity.\nWe also officially launched Qingyun on the Chinese \nmainland, a device brand designed to cover all \nscenarios in the business domain. With proprietary \nfull-stack technologies powered by the HarmonyOS \ndigital ecosystem, the Qingyun brand will work with \ncustomers to create a fully connected digital future.\nFitness & Health\nSince our entry into the fitness and health domain \nin 2014, Huawei has launched a broad portfolio \nof consumer products that provide innovative \ntechnologies, architecture, materials, processes, and \nbusiness models. These quality products are targeted \nfor certain demographics, so that everyone gets the \nsupport they need, including children, adults, and \npeople with unique health management requirements.\nOver the last decade, we have made one breakthrough \nafter another in fitness and health monitoring, disease \nrisk screening, and proactive health management by \nconstantly improving accuracy and user experience \nregarding vital sign monitoring. By the end of 2023, \nover 150 million Huawei wearables had been shipped \naround the world, and we had served more than 450 \nmillion users in the fitness and health domain.\nIn 2023, Huawei unveiled our \"Fashion Forward\" \nproposition for our wearables, combining elevated \ndesign features with powerful health and fitness \nfunctionalities to usher in a new era of stylish \nwearables:\n■ Design: The HUAWEI WATCH GT 4's new geometric \naesthetics encompasses a striking octagonal \ndesign and stunning ring bezel. The HUAWEI \nWATCH ULTIMATE DESIGN became Huawei's first-\never gold smart watch, featuring 18K gold and \nzirconium-based liquid metal. Our flagship smart \nwatches, the HUAWEI WATCH 4 Series, sported \nbrand-new futuristic aesthetics paying homage to \ncelestial bodies.\n■ Health: The HUAWEI WATCH 4 Series offers \nthe Health Glance feature2, making health \nmanagement more effortless and accessible. The \nHUAWEI WATCH GT 4 comes with the improved \nActivity Rings and the Stay Fit app to help users \nbuild healthier lifestyles.\n■ Fitness: The HUAWEI WATCH Ultimate is the first \nconsumer smart watch to support two-way BeiDou \nsatellite messaging on the Chinese mainland. \nCombined with 100-meter dive-level water \nresistance capabilities and an all-new expedition \nmode, it is a must-have companion for intrepid \nexplorers scaling new heights, plunging to new \ndepths, and exploring the unknown.\n1\t\nAs of March 2024.\n2\t\nThis feature is not medical software, and should not be used to treat medical conditions. Results are for reference only, and should not \nbe used for medical diagnosis or treatment.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 57\nWe have also continued to increase investment into \nR&D, with over 800 patent applications filed in the \nfitness and health domain by the end of 2023. On \nOctober 26, 2023, Huawei opened its third Health Lab \nin Helsinki, Finland. Relying on Huawei's more than a \ndozen R&D centers around the world, we have built \na world-class R&D system and innovation platform \nfor the fitness and health domain. We will further \nresearch and develop cutting-edge fitness and health \ntechnologies and accelerate the global layout of \nprofessional research in the wearables domain to help \nconsumers around the world personalize their lifestyles \nwith better fitness and health products and services.\nSmart Home\nIn the Chinese market, HUAWEI Smart Space \nsolutions continue to lead the smart space industry. \nWe launched the Central Control Panel S2, the \nindustry's first \"space traversing\" control panel, as \nwell as innovative products such as the Mondrian \nSmart Switch and Smart MINI Pro. Together with our \nconstantly-expanding subsystems and ecosystems, we \naim to make the homes of the future smarter and \nmore beautiful.\nIn 2023, we had more than 300 authorized smart \nhome retail stores located across 145 cities in China. \nWe also continued to support the development \nof standards and policies related to digital homes \nand space, and actively participated in driving the \ninterconnection of smart home products. Furthermore, \nwe partnered with major home decoration companies \nto provide users with more comprehensive and \nintelligent decoration services that make people's \naccommodations remarkably better.\nWe also launched a number of new smart home \nproducts in an effort to delight our consumers, including:\n■ The HUAWEI Vision V5 Series which comes with \na unique air gesture control function. Powered \nby HarmonyOS, the device can be easily and \nconveniently operated like a smartphone, \nessentially making it a super large-screen \nsmartphone for intelligent interaction experiences.\n■ The HUAWEI Gigahome Router Q6 (base-satellite \nrouter), powered by Gigahome technology, which \ncan be flexibly deployed in homes without the \nneed for cabling while delivering strong signals to \nevery room.\n■ The HUAWEI BE3 Pro, Huawei's first Wi-Fi 7 \nrouter, which provides consumers with a super-fast \nconnection experience.\nHuawei appointed two new Wearable Product Ambassadors this year, four-time Olympic gold medalist Sir Mo Farah and fitness & lifestyle \ninfluencer Pamela Reif, to inspire consumers worldwide to stay healthy (photo taken on Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai, the UAE).\n\n\n58 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\n■ The HUAWEI MemoSpace home storage device \nwhich offers an ultra-large-capacity home album \nand local audio and video library. Users can \nsimply tap their phone against the device to \nestablish an instant connection and automatically \nsync designated photos and videos to this home \nstorage device.\n■ The HUAWEI Smart Door Lock that has an electronic \npeephole function. Powered by HarmonyOS's strong \nDistributed Software Bus capabilities, this function \nallows users to conveniently and securely check \nreal-time images from their doorstep on certain \nHUAWEI Vision products.\nEasy Travel\nWe established the Harmony Intelligent Mobility \nAlliance (HIMA) to support vehicle upgrades under \nour Huawei Zhixuan model. Under this model, the \nautomakers we work with successfully launched \npremium tech-enabled car models by leveraging \nHuawei's deep expertise in ICT. Our intelligent cockpit \nand intelligent driving solutions, as well as the \nintelligent and secure experiences they deliver, have \ndrawn wide acclaim, and their reputation among users \nhas continued to improve. In 2023, more than 90,000 \nHuawei Zhixuan vehicles were delivered, consisting of \nvarious models including:\n■ The AITO M9, a panoramic smart flagship SUV, \nwhich comes equipped with Huawei's full-stack \nautomotive technologies. This model has been \nselling extremely well, with more than 30,000 \nunits sold within just one week of its launch, \nrepresenting a breakthrough in the high-end \nnew energy vehicle domain and making it a new \nbenchmark of high-end intelligent vehicles.\n■ The revamped AITO M7 which features intelligent \ntechnologies, large interiors, and superior safety, \nmaking it the perfect choice for families who need \nmidsize and large SUVs. More than 120,000 units \nwere sold within 100 days of its launch.\n■ The Luxeed S7, the first all-electric sedan featuring \nlarge interiors, which is redefining the form factor \nof intelligent sedans by combining intelligent \ntechnologies, driving experience, and style. This \nmodel has been well received by younger consumers.\nWith the HUAWEI HiCar solution, we launched a \nconverged desktop, which provides consumers with \na smooth experience that seamlessly integrates the \nsmartphone ecosystem and vehicle cockpits. This \nsolution has been used by more than 50 automobile \nbrands in more than 400 vehicle models. In a report \non assessing the interconnection experience between \nsmartphones and vehicles released by the Intelligent \nCar Connectivity Industry Ecosystem Alliance (ICCE), \nthe HUAWEI HiCar solution ranked top in five \nexperience scenarios and 11 experience indicators. \nHuawei's digital car key service has been used by \nmore than 20 automobile brands, allowing users to \nconveniently and securely lock and unlock their cars \nfrom their smartphones or smart watches.\nHMS for Car provides carmakers with global intelligent \nin-vehicle solutions that help them tap into the global \nmarket. In 2023, HMS for Car was newly adopted \nby more than 10 automakers, and installed on more \nthan 17 million vehicles. HMS for Car works with \nHuawei's star products, such as Petal Maps, Celia, and \nAppGallery, to support the global business expansion \nof carmakers and create value for the global \nautomotive industry.\nEntertainment\nHuawei has leveraged its global R&D network to create \ninnovative technologies that deliver premium audio \nexperiences for all consumer scenarios, including in-\near earbuds, open-fit earbuds, open-ear earbuds, and \nglasses. Some of the products we launched include:\n■ The HUAWEI FreeBuds Pro 3 adopt innovative \nultra-hearing dual drivers to redefine sound fidelity, \npushing industry standards to new heights. The \nearbuds enhance the call experience with Pure \nVoice 2.0 and noise cancellation with Intelligent \nANC 3.0, while also taking advantage of smart \nconnectivity for seamless listening. The combination \nof these features delivers the ultimate all-rounding \nearbuds for any modern, connected consumer.\nIn December 2023, Huawei unveiled its first open-ear earbuds, \nthe HUAWEI FreeClip, alongside many other new products at a \nlaunch event in Dubai.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 59\nHuawei has pursued a smartphone-centered \"1 + 8 + N\" Seamless AI Life strategy and continued to enhance the presence of Huawei \ndevices across all scenarios, aiming to deliver a seamless, intelligent experience for consumers across five major scenarios: Smart Office, \nFitness & Health, Smart Home, Easy Travel, and Entertainment.\n■ The HUAWEI FreeBuds 5 feature futuristic \naesthetics. They come with seamless curves for \noptimal fit, combining fashion with an ultimate \nlevel of comfort, all while delivering robust bass.\n■ Huawei's first open-ear earbuds, the HUAWEI \nFreeClip, feature an innovative C-bridge Design and \ncombine comfort and style to provide an Open-ear \nListening experience.\nContinuous Evolution of HarmonyOS and a Thriving HarmonyOS Ecosystem\nHarmonyOS 4 was officially launched in 2023, bringing consumers exquisite, personalized, smart, and secure \nexperiences on their devices. HarmonyOS 4 provides new personalized themes for phone screens, including emojis \nand fun themes. With the help of the HUAWEI Ark Engine, devices powered by HarmonyOS 4 deliver significant \nperformance improvements in six areas: graphics, multimedia, memory, scheduling, storage, and power consumption.\n■ HUAWEI Eyewear 2 brings consumers a \npersonalized, convenient, smart, and considerate \ninteractive experience across all scenarios.\nHuawei has continued to delve deep into AI \ntechnology, and our smart voice assistant has been \nenhanced by foundation models to better serve \nuser needs. Powered by Huawei's Pangu models, \nHarmonyOS features new AI-native designs, and its \nsystem-level AI capabilities make our voice assistant \nmore intelligent, capable, and considerate.\nHarmonyOS 4 is built on a mature foundation \ncomprised of more than 100 million lines of code \nand 20,000 APIs, providing consumers with a fully \nconnected experience across all scenarios. We are \ncurrently focusing on building a brand-new app \necosystem around HarmonyOS.\nAt the Huawei Developer Conference 2023 (HDC.\nTogether), Huawei announced the HarmonyOS NEXT \nDeveloper Preview, which brings together all of the \nlatest development capabilities to app developers. On \nSeptember 25, we announced the upcoming launch of \nthe new HarmonyOS NEXT.\nBy the end of 2023, HarmonyOS had been \ndeployed on more than 800 million devices, and the \nHarmonyOS ecosystem had welcomed more than 2.2 \nmillion developers. In addition, HarmonyOS Connect, \nthe technology brand that supports the HarmonyOS \necosystem, had attracted more than 2,500 partners \nwho released more than 7,000 ecosystem products in \nthe Chinese market. In 2023 alone, over 180 million \nnew devices in the HarmonyOS Connect ecosystem \nwere shipped, covering all aspects of the Seamless AI \nLife and providing consumers with more convenient \naccess to the digital world.\nHuawei has invested heavily in the cultivation of \ntalent for the HarmonyOS ecosystem. In the Chinese \nmarket, students from 305 universities had attended \nHarmonyOS events, and classes on HarmonyOS \nwere taught at 135 universities by the end of 2023. \nFurthermore, 286 companies had run HarmonyOS \necosystem workshops, more than 380,000 developers \n\n\n60 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nhad obtained HarmonyOS certification, and the \nnumber of industry-university partnership programs on \nHarmonyOS exceeded 150. These many achievements \nprovide a sufficient talent pool that will support a \nthriving HarmonyOS ecosystem.\nAfter three years, the OpenHarmony project has \nbecome a success thanks to the outstanding support \nof the OpenAtom Foundation, the industry, and \nacademia. OpenHarmony has become the fastest-\ngrowing open source operating system in the smart \ndevice domain and a digital foundation that empowers \nthe development of numerous industries. By the end \nof 2023, more than 70 organization contributors \nand 6,700 individual contributors had participated \nin this project, submitting more than 100 million \nlines of code. More than 460 hardware and software \nproducts have passed OpenHarmony compatibility \ntests, covering key sectors like finance, transportation, \neducation, energy, industry, aerospace, and healthcare.\nHuawei has also curated a rich pool of apps and \nservices to deliver users worldwide an intelligent \nexperience across all scenarios. By the end of 2023, \nthe number of monthly active users of HUAWEI Mobile \nServices (HMS) exceeded 580 million, and the number \nof monthly active users of HUAWEI ID, AppGallery, \nand Quick App surpassed 436 million, 580 million, \nand 210 million, respectively. In addition, the number \nof monthly active users of HUAWEI Music, HUAWEI \nBrowser, HUAWEI Wallet, HUAWEI Assistant•TODAY, \nHUAWEI Mobile Cloud, HUAWEI Video, HUAWEI \nBooks, HUAWEI Themes, AI Search, and HUAWEI \nWeather all exceeded 100 million. Furthermore, Petal \nMaps is now available in more than 160 countries and \nregions outside China, and supports over 70 languages, \nbringing its monthly active users to over 40 million.\nHuawei currently works with content creators to \nprovide consumers with high-quality, immersive, and \nreliable digital content. For example:\n■ The HUAWEI Newsfeed Connect works with more \nthan 500 premium content providers around the \nworld to help content creators improve productivity \nwith content creation tools powered by AI \nfoundation models, and provide consumers with a \nvast library of content.\n■ In 2023, HUAWEI Video added 40 new audio and \nvideo partners. The AiMax Cinema Zone is now \navailable on mobile devices, and the HUAWEI \nMatePad Air became the first mobile device to \nsupport HDR Vivid, allowing consumers to enjoy \ncinematic masterpieces anytime, anywhere.\n■ HUAWEI Music offers more than 10 million \ncopyrighted songs at lossless audio quality and \nmore than one million Hi-Res songs, offering an \nend-to-end HD music experience. In 2023, HD \nspatial audio services were provided to all HIMA-\npowered vehicles, and the number of songs \navailable increased by 300% year-on-year.\n■ HUAWEI Books established partnerships with \nmore than 50 top content providers in 2023, \nand released more than 100,000 new e-Books, \naudiobooks, comics, and more through a high-\nquality smart reading platform.\n■ The HUAWEI Mobile Cloud offers 350 million \nusers worldwide personal digital asset \nmanagement services, allowing users to sync their \ndata between multiple devices, back up data, and \nsearch their devices.\nThe 5th Huawei Developer Conference (HDC.Together) opened on August 4, 2023. At the event, Huawei released a collection of leading \ntechnologies, including HarmonyOS 4, an upgraded version of the HarmonyOS development suite, and the HarmonyOS Next Developer \nPreview, to help developers build innovative smart devices and apps more efficiently and further improve the Seamless AI Life experience \nfor consumers.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 61\nBuilding a Brand with a Human Touch Through Retail and Service Stores\nWe have continued to explore and develop new premium retail and service models that give our brand a human \ntouch and optimize consumers' experience at our retail and service stores. By the end of 2023, we had more than \n60,000 retail stores, display zones, and display counters around the world, including over 5,500 HUAWEI Experience \nStores and 2,100 Huawei Authorized Service Centers. Our service centers cover 50 countries and regions. In 2023, \nwe organized service-focused events such as Service Day, Service Giving Season, and Battery Replacement to \nimprove consumer satisfaction. Throughout the year, our offline service stores conducted more than 350 million \nconsumer interactions.\nWe continue to build large HUAWEI Flagship Stores \nand HUAWEI Smart Life Stores in major cities around \nthe world. These stores provide enhanced immersive \nexperiences to local consumers across all scenarios, \nespecially interactive car and home scenarios. By the \nend of 2023, Huawei had 15 Flagship Stores and the \nnumber of Smart Life Stores with a total floor space of \nover 500 square meters exceeded 300.\nHUAWEI Flagship Stores are committed to \ncontinuously enhancing Huawei's brand image in \nthe device domain. They deliver a new intelligent \nexperience to local residents by integrating local \nculture into stores and building \"urban living rooms\" \nthat allow consumers to get hands-on experience \nwith our latest products and technologies. In 2023, \nour flagship stores opened a fitness & health section \nand a section dedicated to children, and started \nserving coffee to consumers, adding a more human \ntouch to our consumer interactions. Consumers can \nalso experience the accessibility features of Huawei \ndevices in every flagship store, meaning visually- or \nhearing-impaired users can easily learn about Huawei \ndevices and digital life stories. Our flagship stores have \nalso organized a variety of events for running and \ndriving enthusiasts and community concerts to boost \nengagement with consumers. HUAWEI Flagship Stores \nwere frequented by more than eight million consumers \nin 2023.\nMoving forward, the Consumer BG will continue to \nfocus everything it does on consumers and double \ndown on its commitment to pursuing technological \ninnovation and building a brand that is trusted and \nliked by consumers, all while maintaining a human \ntouch. Working with our partners around the world, \nwe will redouble our efforts to build a thriving \nHarmonyOS ecosystem and continue delivering a \nSeamless AI Life experience to our consumers.\nIn 2023, new HUAWEI Flagship Stores were opened on Binjiang Avenue in Tianjin and Taikoo Li Qiantan in Shanghai. In the future, \nHUAWEI Flagship Stores will open in more cities to provide more convenient retail and service experiences to more consumers.\n\n\n62 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nIntelligent Automotive Solution Business\nIn 2023, intelligent electric vehicles (EVs) continued to gain traction in China, with penetration rate exceeding 35%. \nIntelligence and connectivity have gradually become differentiating factors for vehicle performance. Huawei is \ndetermined to become a provider of new components for vehicles. In line with this strategic position, our intelligent \nautomotive solution (IAS) business unit (BU) will continue to focus on providing intelligent automotive components \nfor customers, and leverage Huawei's ICT expertise to improve driving safety and experiences as we work to create \nboth business and social value.\nAfter years of heavy investment, we have developed industry-leading solutions for intelligent driving, intelligent \ncockpits, and intelligent vehicle control, all of which are ready for large-scale delivery. We will continue to \npursue technological innovation and industry leadership and prioritize quality, safety, and security, while enabling \ncustomers and working with industry partners to promote intelligent development.\nBusiness Development\nOur significant investments in recent years have enabled us to establish unique competitive advantages in \nintelligent automotive solutions and we are now seeing rapid growth in both sales orders and revenue. We \nare working with our partners to bring consumers an intelligent mobility experience and drive the intelligent \ntransformation of the automotive industry.\nWe are continuing to increase our investment into \nR&D. To date, we have invested more than CNY30 \nbillion into the R&D of our IAS BU, and this BU \ncurrently has 7,000 R&D employees.\nWe are working hard to provide customers and \npartners with high-quality products, and our IAS \nbusiness is growing rapidly. By the end of 2023, we \nhad shipped more than three million sets of intelligent \nautomotive components, which included products and \nsolutions like intelligent cockpits, intelligent driving, \nintelligent vehicle control, intelligent vehicle cloud \nservices, LiDARs, mmWave radars, cameras, gateways, \naugmented reality head-up displays (AR-HUDs), \nintelligent headlights, and T-Boxes.\nIn 2023, Huawei launched and commercialized the \nHUAWEI Advanced Driving System 2.0 (ADS 2.0), which \ndelivers consumers an intelligent driving experience \nwithout the need for high-definition maps. This \ntechnology is now available throughout China, and the \nmore consumers use it, the easier driving becomes. \nADS 2.0 also supports functions like mechanical car \nparking and auto valet parking, and allows cars to \npark in tight spaces with ease. It is the first system in \nthe industry to provide these functions. ADS 2.0 also \nfeatures the industry's first comprehensive collision \navoidance system (CAS), which offers the quickest \nautomatic emergency braking (AEB) on the market. \nThese functions help make driving safer and easier.\nHuawei's HarmonyOS Intelligent Cockpit is one of \nthe best cockpits on the market. In 2023, Huawei's \nintelligent cockpit system was upgraded to HarmonyOS \n4, which supports smoother system operations, \nstronger voice capabilities, and extraordinary \nexperiences with functions like OneHop file sharing, \nsuper desktop, and intelligent vehicle finding.\nIn 2023, seven car models built as part of strategic \ncooperation with our IAS BU were launched and highly \nrecognized by consumers. Intelligent driving and \nintelligent cockpits have become important factors in \npurchase decisions and have a bright future.\nQuality, Safety, and Security\nQuality, safety, and security are the lifelines of automotive products. Huawei pursues a zero defect system that \nputs safety, security, and quality first, and integrates these requirements into all business processes, from R&D and \ntesting, to manufacturing, supply, and procurement.\n■ Our Quality and Safety Committee is the highest \ndecision-making organization regarding the quality, \nsafety, and security for our IAS business, and \nensures the Safety First concept is implemented \nthrough leadership and organizational measures.\n■ We didn't stop at automotive-grade functional \nsafety and cyber security certifications. Instead, \nin 2023, we continued to enhance our safety \nand security system, and passed internationally \nrecognized certifications on the safety of the \nintended functionality (SOTIF).\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 63\n■ We also set up a safety and security evaluation \ncenter to independently evaluate product safety \nand security and ensure that products meet \nHuawei's safety and security standards.\n■ We continued to increase R&D investment and \ndeveloped advanced technologies such as data-\ndriven and model-driven technologies to improve \nproduct quality, safety, and security.\nEcosystem Development\nAs part of Huawei's broader \"Platform + Ecosystem\" strategy, we are creating a digital foundation and development \ntools that can be used to build intelligent vehicles. By the end of 2023, we had brought together more than 300 \npartners from across the automotive industry through the following four ecosystem platforms:\n■ The intelligent digital vehicle platform (iDVP) \necosystem has attracted more than 100 partners, \nand our iDVP is already pre-integrated with 40 \ntested equipment models from 20 vendors. \n■ The intelligent driving computing platform \necosystem has more than 70 partners who are \nhelping enable intelligent driving pilots and \ncommercial applications for passenger cars, ports, \nmining trucks, and campuses, among others.\n■ Through our HarmonyOS Intelligent Cockpit \nplatform, we have collaborated with over 150 \nhardware and software partners to provide \nconsumers with intelligent, personalized, and \ndiversified service experiences.\n■ Through the Intelligent Automotive Optics platform, \nwe have established cooperation with more than \n10 tier-1 vendors.\nTogether, these four platforms form a larger \necosystem, expand the total addressable market, \nand accelerate the intelligent transformation of the \nautomotive industry.\nHuawei also actively contributes to industry standards \nand key technologies that support the development of \nthe automotive industry.\n■ Huawei has been deeply involved in the SparkLink \nAlliance, which is committed to driving innovation \nin next-generation short-distance wireless \ncommunications technology. To date, the alliance \nhas brought together more than 240 member \norganizations across the value chain.\n■ As a founding member of the Software-Defined \nVehicle (SDV) Standards Committee under the \nSoftware Subcommittee of the China Association \nof Automobile Manufacturers, Huawei actively \npools wisdom from across the industry to drive \nconsensus and contribute to industry standards. \nIn 2023, the SDV Standards Committee and over \n100 member organizations jointly released the \nsocial organization standard – API Specifications \nfor Intelligent Connected Vehicle Services, in order \nto promote industry collaboration and address \ncommon industry issues. By June 2023, the SDV \nStandards Committee had published more than \n500 atomic service APIs and over 400 device \nabstraction APIs.\nIndustry Recognition\nIn 2023, Huawei's intelligent driving and intelligent cockpit solutions won multiple industry awards, setting new \nindustry benchmarks.\n■ Our intelligent driving solutions won three awards at \nthe iVISTA Intelligent Connected Vehicle Challenge: \nBest Perception Award, Best Safety Award, and \nSpecial Automatic Emergency Braking Award.\n■ Our intelligent solutions received the highest rating \nfrom the iVISTA China Intelligent Vehicle Index while \ndominating with intelligent safety and navigation \ncruise assist.\n■ Our intelligent driving and intelligent cockpit \nsolutions won three awards from the AutoLab \nGolden Flame Award: Intelligent SUV of the Year, \nBest Interconnectivity Experience of the Year, and \nBest Commuting Experience of the Year.\n■ Huawei's HarmonyOS Intelligent Cockpit won the \nMobility Technology Award.\n\n\n64 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nResearch and Innovation\nThe intelligent world is approaching, faster than ever before. This is creating unprecedented opportunities \nand challenges in terms of innovation. Huawei continues to invest in basic research and open innovation, and \naccommodates and addresses customer needs with an open mind, while steering these needs with science and \ntechnology. We have also built flexible business models and encourage numerous industries to adopt a vast \nrange of models and applications. Through such initiatives, we are bringing digital to every person, home and \norganization for a fully connected, intelligent world.\nBasic Research\nIn 2023, we continued to focus on basic research and strengthened efforts to steer customer needs with cutting-\nedge technologies. We also pursued breakthroughs in innovation that will drive the entire industry and all of \nsociety forward.\n■ When exploring the infinite possibilities of science, \nwe remain dedicated to combining mathematics \nwith modern information and communications \ntechnologies. In 2023, we further developed our \nbasic research capabilities and broke through \nnumerous bottlenecks plaguing the industry:\n– In information theory coding, we extended the \nclassical fast Fourier transform (FFT) algorithm \nto algebraic geometry codes by Goppa, \nreducing their complexity from O(n^2) to \nO(nlog n).\n– In machine learning, we developed a new \nfederated conformal prediction method based \non quantile regression. This method addresses \nthe label shift between agents and provides \ntheoretical guarantees for both valid coverage \nof the prediction sets and differential privacy.\n– In large language model training, we developed \nCAME, a novel memory-efficient optimizer that \nsupports adaptive confidence-based updating \nand consumes over 50% less memory than \nthe Adam optimizer. The paper we published \non this optimizer was named one of ACL's \n(Association for Computational Linguistics) \n2023 Outstanding Papers.\n■ We also ramped up efforts to apply our latest \nbasic research results to industry. At Huawei, we \nrefer to this as \"laying eggs along the way\".\n– In wireless communications, we developed \nan energy-efficient low-order digital \npredistortion architecture to manage nonlinear \npower amplifier distortion in wideband \nmassive multiple-input multiple-output \n(MIMO) systems. This design is based on a \ndecomposition theory and can realize a 3–5 dB \nimprovement in correction performance.\n– In optical communications:\n• \nWe designed a simplified nonlinear \nfiber compensation algorithm, using the \nperturbation theory to solve nonlinear \nSchrodinger equations. This algorithm has \nhelped extend the long-haul transmission \ndistance of 800 gigabit fiber by about 20%.\n• \nWe also designed a metasurface-enabled \nlight modulation model based on the finite-\ndifference time-domain (FDTD) method to \naddress polarization dependence of liquid \ncrystal on silicon (LCoS) – the engine for \noptical cross-connect (OXC). This model has \nallowed us to simplify wavelength selective \nswitch (WSS) by anywhere from 50% to 75%.\n– In artificial intelligence, we introduced Integral \nNeural Networks, a new family of networks \nfeaturing continuous layer representation \nto address the intense computing resource \ndemands of generative model training. These \nnetworks support multi-process inference on \na single XPU, multiplying inference efficiency \nwithout losing accuracy.\n– In information retrieval, we proposed a new \nmethod for approximating data distribution \nthrough function mapping to handle possible \nexplosions in index space triggered by rapid \nincreases in high-dimensional data. This method \ncan boost retrieval speed by an order of \nmagnitude.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 65\nOpen Innovation\nWe have continued pursuing open innovation along multiple paths in multiple waves, targeting multiple scenarios. \nThe company works tirelessly to unleash the full value of its complete portfolio, address real business challenges, \nand create value for the industry.\n■ Wireless Communications\n– We field tested prototypes in 11 scenarios and \nmanaged to:\n• \nBecome the first to verify zero-overhead \nintegrated sensing and communication \ncapabilities for 6G networks on the \ncentimeter wave (cmWave).\n• \nRealize centimeter-level precision of multi-\nobject detection and decimeter-level \nreconstruction of outdoor environments on \ncmWave band.\n• \nVerify polarization multiplexing and beam \nspatial division multiplexing technologies \nunder ultra-large bandwidth on the \nterahertz frequency band, reaching a peak \nspeed of over 400 Gbit/s at an outdoor \ndistance of 500 meters.\n– We were also the first to achieve 0.5 gigabit \nsatellite communications based on cellular \nmobile broadband protocols while moving \nat speeds of 130 km/h, demonstrating the \npotential of satellite-based cellular mobile \nnetwork enhancement.\n■ Optical Networks\nWe continued to increase single-wavelength rate \nand channel capacity, allowing us to:\n– Make breakthroughs in 222 gigabaud ultra-\nhigh-speed optoelectronic modulator \ntechnology and propose a new key subcarrier \nalgorithm and architecture to address coding \nmodulation and power consumption in large \nthroughput scenarios.\n– Break new ground in the design and production \nof a new type of high density multi-element \ndoped optical fiber.\n– Commercially use erbium-doped fiber amplifiers \n(EDFAs) on ultra-wide gain spectrum: C6T + \nL6T (12 THz).\n– Test and verify the first ever 400 gigabit \nquadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) system, \nwhich was able to deliver a capacity of 32T at a \ndistance of 7,000 kilometers.\n■ Carrier and Enterprise Networks\nOur innovation in this domain in 2023 centered on \nthree areas:\n– We created a layered heterogeneous \ntopology network architecture and a full-\npath routing technology system that shorten \nthe interconnection distance between nodes \nand reduce the use of optical components. \nTherefore, network costs now account for less \nthan 20% of total costs and network reliability \nhas been improved by an order of magnitude.\n– We invented a global routing planning \nalgorithm to increase network throughput to \nover 90%.\n– We created the world's first non-uniform Bruck \ncollective communications algorithm, which \ndelivers 50% better performance than other \nmainstream algorithms in the industry.\n■ AI Algorithms\nFoundation models are driving us ever closer to \na truly intelligent world, but they also present a \nnumber of new challenges. Our innovations in AI \nalgorithms focus on transforming these challenges \ninto opportunities. \n– To date, Ascend clusters have been used to \ntrain trillions of high-quality parameters for \nPangu foundation models. This has helped us:\n• \nRealize near-linear scaling of training for \n4,000 XPUs and address the technological \nchallenges impeding training and inference \nacceleration and long sequences;\n• \nBoost the 7-day retention rate of Celia \nusers on Mate 60 phones by more than 10 \npercentage points; and\n• \nUse AI in Huawei Cloud EI and business \nprocess & IT services for applications in a \ndozen industries.\n\n\n66 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\n– The company also released simplified network \narchitectures that best support Ascend, such as \nGhostNet v2 and VanillaNet, boosting efficiency \nby at least 50% while performing the same task \nto the same level of precision.\n■ Computing\nThe demand for extreme-scale computing has \nbecome a core engine of AI development, so we \ninnovated to achieve a number of breakthroughs in \nthis area in 2023:\n– We implemented a novel supernode architecture \nto realize unified memory addressing and \nresource scheduling.\n– Our new liquid-cooling architecture pushed \nengineering to new heights in order to reduce \nfootprint while increasing computing power for \nhigher-density computing systems.\n– We provide an open and easy-to-use framework \nfor computing ecosystems and have released \nCANN 7.0, which enables developers to \ncustomize high-performance operators and \nacceleration libraries that directly schedule and \nmanage computing resources.\n– We upgraded the Ascend C programming \nlanguage to simplify operator implementation \nlogic, reducing operator customization time \nfrom weeks to days and accelerating AI model \nand application development.\n■ Consumer Business\nThroughout 2023, Huawei remained focused on \ndeepening our roots in core technologies to provide \nusers with industry-leading experience.\n– We pioneered advanced imaging technologies \nsuch as the adjustable aperture and Super \nTeleMacro Camera on our phones. We also made \ngroundbreaking efforts in related areas such \nas an ultra-high dynamic range in scenes with \nhigher light-to-dark ratios, delicate bokeh effects, \nand multi-modal deblurring. These incredible \nXMAGE technologies have brought ultra vision \nphotography experiences to our users.\n– We became one of the world's first companies \nto launch a cloud enhancement function backed \nby technologies like on-cloud algorithms for \nfoundation models trained with hundreds \nof millions of parameters, a hybrid network \nsupporting both photo preview and sensing, \nand high image compression. It helps phones \ncapture and recover details within images and \ndeliver portraits of unparalleled clarity and \nfineness, pushing photography to new levels of \nprecision and beauty.\n– Huawei phones now automatically connect \nto the most optimal network they can find, \nproviding better communications quality and \nthroughput in weak-signal scenarios and \ndelivering more stable network connections.\n– We unveiled our next-gen, double-rotating, and \nmulti-dimensional hinge that is able to deliver \na free range of motion thanks to its dual-track \ndriver structure and ultra-strong aluminum. This \nmakes HUAWEI Mate X5 phones both incredibly \nlight and exceptionally durable.\n– We continued to work on materials and \nproduction methods for our phones, developing \na number of new technologies, such as Kunlun \nGlass, whose upgraded formula and atomic \nstructure enhancement make it 100% more \ndrop resistant and 300% more scratch resistant.\n– Our HongMeng Kernel was awarded the \nindustry's first Evaluation Assurance Level 6 \nAugmented (EAL6+) certificate as part of the \nCommon Criteria for Information Technology \nSecurity Evaluation (CC), making Huawei the \nworld's first smart device manufacturer to \nreceive the certification in the commercial OS \nkernel field.\n– The number of devices running on HarmonyOS \nrose to 800 million in 2023 thanks to the \nsystem's adoption across numerous industries.\n– Following the revamped AITO M7's launch, over \n120,000 vehicles were sold in just 100 days. \nThis achievement can be attributed to Huawei's \nthree major proprietary technologies – General \nObstacle Detection (GOD), Road Cognition & \nReasoning (RCR), and decision making under \nuncertainty.\n■ Foundational Software\nIn 2023, we continued pursuing innovation in \nfoundational technologies in order to create a more \nsolid foundation for the industry and ecosystems, \nresulting in numerous breakthroughs, including:\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 67\n– Our proprietary GaussDB is becoming China's \nfirst database to support full-stack hardware-\nsoftware collaboration to enable strong dual-\ncluster consistency, high elasticity for thousands \nof nodes, and full encryption.\n– openEuler now comes equipped with \nunique new strengths to better address \nindustrial latency, security, and resource \nutilization requirements, thanks to advances \nin deterministic low latency, confidential \ncomputing, and hybrid deployment and \nscheduling.\n■ Software Engineering\nVulnerabilities from open source software are a \nmajor source of security threats for the software \nsupply chain. Considering this, Huawei has \ndeveloped an open source vulnerability knowledge \nlibrary, and made significant headway into \ntechnologies like characteristic abstraction, analysis, \nand comparison, as well as vulnerability research \nand judgment. This has helped us detect and \nidentify vulnerabilities originating from open source \nC, C++, and Java projects in advance.\n■ Systems Engineering\nIn L3 and higher-level complicated autonomous \ndriving scenarios, ensuring safety of the intended \nfunctionality (SOTIF) is a great challenge. To \nsurmount this challenge, we:\n– Built a simulation testing capability that covers \nboth hazardous scenarios and fault injection, \nboosting end-to-end testing efficiency by at least \nfive times.\n– Achieved leapfrog development in the out \nof operational design domain (out-of-ODD) \ndetection technology, with the accuracy of safe \nlane planning at intersections hitting 92%.\nIn 2023, our total R&D spending reached CNY164.7 billion, representing 23.4% of our total revenue. Our total R&D \ninvestment over the last decade now exceeds CNY1.11 trillion.\nOn December 31, 2023, 114,000 employees (about 55% of our workforce) worked in R&D.\nHuawei is an industry leader in patents in multiple mainstream \nstandards fields, including cellular network communications, \nshort-distance communications, and audio and video codecs.\nBy the end of 2023, Huawei had signed over 200 patent \nlicensing and cross-license agreements with many of the \nindustry's largest patent holders.\nEvery year, Huawei invests over 10% of its sales revenue into R&D\nHuawei's patents are broadly \nrecognized across the industry\nBy the end of 2023, Huawei held a \ntotal of 140,000+ active patents.\nHuawei has one of \nthe world's largest \npatent portfolios\n\n\n68 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\n■ Stay customer-centric, build an ecosystem for \nshared success, and continue creating greater value \nfor customers by meeting their needs and pursuing \ntechnological innovation\n■ Effectively manage risks, and ensure operational \ncompliance and business continuity\n■ Guarantee the trustworthiness of both processes \nand results, and provide trustworthy, quality \nproducts\n■ Pursue corporate social responsibility (CSR) \ninitiatives and promote sustainable development\nQuality and Customer Satisfaction\nQuality lowers cost. At Huawei, we remain true to our core strategy of succeeding through quality. We strive to \nmake quality our core competitive edge. Over the past year, we have further improved our quality culture and \nleadership. We have also strengthened our ISO 9000-based total quality management system and extended our \nquality management mechanisms and requirements to every part of our value chain. Together, we are working to \ndeliver higher quality to our customers. As always, we have continued to work hard to make Huawei synonymous \nwith high quality in the ICT industry.\nIn 2023, we achieved many quality breakthroughs, \nincluding the following: \n■ We improved quality leadership of management \nat all levels, improved the quality awareness and \ncapabilities of all employees, strengthened the \nmanagement of our quality objectives, and increased \nour quality-related incentives:\n– We organized quality workshops for top \nmanagement, and quality conferences, audits, \nand training for employees, while also awarding \nthose who can serve as quality role models, to \nencourage all employees to pursue quality.\n– We systematically improved the application \nof quality engineering methods, such as the \nHuawei hardware innovation and optimization \napproach (HINA), theory of inventive problem \nsolving (TRIZ), and failure mode and effects \nanalysis (FMEA), to drive the continuous \nimprovement of our products and services.\n– We doubled down on efforts to improve \nknowledge management and project \nretrospection and cultivated quality digitalization \ncapabilities within our quality team.\nThese efforts have been and will continue to help \nthe company succeed through quality.\n■ We continued to roll out the ISO 9000-based \ntotal quality management system:\n– We have built up significant experience and \ncapabilities in quality management over the \npast 30+ years, and we are adapting this \nexperience to address the unique characteristics \nof different business domains.\nImproving the Management System\nOur global management system supports the company-wide promotion of our corporate culture and the effective \nmanagement of our business. Ultimately, we aim to:\n– We have embedded quality requirements \ninto every process of our business domains, \nensuring all aspects of our operations \nare covered, including R&D, supply chain, \nservice delivery, sales, and marketing. We \nhave specifically focused on putting in place \nquality requirements that ensure compliance; \ntrustworthiness; internal controls; cyber security \nand privacy protection; information security; \nbusiness continuity; Environment, Occupational \nHealth and Safety (EHS); and Corporate \nSustainable Development (CSD).\nThe quality products and services we offer \nfollowing these processes will help us continue \nwinning customer trust and maintain our place as \ntheir preferred choice.\n■ We extended our quality management \nmechanisms and requirements to suppliers as \nwell as channel and ecosystem partners:\n– We invested more into both general and \ntargeted programs that help our suppliers and \npartners across the entire value chain improve \ntheir own quality management capabilities. This \nclose collaboration has helped us all improve \nboth our technologies and quality management \ncapabilities so that we can deliver better quality \nto our customers together.\n– We worked hard to capture more feedback from \ncustomers and partners through diverse channels.\n– \nThe management determined key areas for \nimprovement through deep discussions and analyses \nof key issues, to improve customer satisfaction and \nachieve shared success with partners.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 69\n■ All aspects of Huawei's management system have \nbeen certified by leading industry organizations, \nincluding our systems for financial robustness, \nquality management, risk management, human \nresource management, service delivery, supply \nchain management, knowledge management, \nproject management, trustworthiness and software \nengineering, cyber security and privacy protection, \ninformation security, functional safety, EHS, CSR, \nCSD, and business continuity management (BCM). \nThis has brought us extensive recognition from \ncustomers. The company has been evaluated and \ncertified by numerous independent third parties, \nreceiving a number of certifications including:\n– ISO 9001\n– TL 9000\n– IATF 16949\n– ISO 13485\n– ISO 10012\n– ISO 14001\n– ISO 14064-1\n– ISO 45001\n– IECQ QC 080000\nHuawei quality experts working with partners across the value chain to deliver better quality\n– ISO 50001\n– ISO 22301\n– SA 8000\n– ISO 30415\n– ISO 28000\n– ISO/IEC 20000-1\n– ISO/IEC 27001\n– ISO/IEC 27017\n– ISO/IEC 27034\n– ISO/IEC 27018\n– ISO/IEC 27701\n– ISO/IEC 29151\n– CSA STAR\n– PCI DSS\n– PCI 3DS\n– SOC 1/2/3\n– ISO 27799\n– ISO 26262\n– ISO 21448\n– ISO/SAE 21434\n– ASPICE\n– TISAX\n– NIST CSF\n\n\n70 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nRegulatory Compliance\nHuawei works hard to conduct its business with integrity and conform to business ethics standards and all \napplicable laws and regulations. This key principle is upheld by our highest levels of management. We have worked \nfor years to build a compliance management system that aligns with industry best practices and embed compliance \nmanagement into every aspect of our business activities and processes. These efforts continue to this day. Huawei \nemphasizes a culture of integrity and invests heavily to make it a reality. As such, every Huawei employee is \nrequired to strictly adhere to its Business Conduct Guidelines (BCGs).\n■ Our Chief Compliance Officer manages the \ncompany's operational compliance, and reports to \nthe Board of Directors. Every one of our company's \nbusiness departments and subsidiaries has also \nestablished its own compliance team, taking \nresponsibility for the management of its own \noperational compliance.\n■ We identify and assess risk according to applicable \nlaws and regulations and business scenarios. In \naddition, we have formulated control measures that \nhave been incorporated into our business activities \nand processes. We also continuously optimize our \nmanagement system through root cause analysis \nand targeted corrective action.\n■ We attach great importance to and continuously \nenhance the compliance awareness of our \nmanagers and employees. Through publicity, \ntraining, exams, disciplinary action, and other \nrelated actions, we push all our employees to fully \nunderstand their own obligations as well as those \nof the company.\n■ With an open mind, we proactively engage and \nwork with customers, partners, regulators, and \nother stakeholders on compliance, to constantly \nenhance mutual understanding and trust.\nCompliance Management by Domain\nAs always, Huawei is dedicated to improving \ncompliance across multiple domains, including but \nnot limited to trade compliance, financial compliance, \nanti-bribery compliance, intellectual property (IP) \nand trade secret protection, and cyber security and \nprivacy protection. These compliance requirements \nare embedded into our policies, systems, and business \nprocesses.\nTrade Compliance\nHuawei has always endeavored to comply with the \napplicable laws and regulations of the countries \nand regions in which it operates. These include the \napplicable export control and sanction laws and \nregulations of the UN, China, the US, and the EU. \nWe are committed to fulfilling our responsibilities \nand obligations related to export controls. We have \ninvested immense effort over the years to establish \na mature and sustainable internal system for trade \ncompliance that aligns with industry standard \npractices, and worked tirelessly to constantly improve \nthis system.\nWe have also established an integrated trade \ncompliance management organization within the \ncompany. This organization manages trade compliance \nacross both group functions and field offices. In \naddition, we have established specialist teams in our \nglobal offices that monitor changes to local laws \nand regulations; formulate and refine our trade \ncompliance policies, systems, and processes; drive the \nimplementation of these requirements in applicable \nbusiness domains and group functions; and manage \nand oversee trade compliance in each link of our \nbusiness operations, ranging from procurement, R&D, \nand sales, to supply and services.\nHuawei continuously pushes employees to further their \nown trade compliance awareness. Employees must sign \nHuawei's BCGs each year, which include commitments \nto observing applicable export control laws and \nregulations. Huawei provides training sessions on \ntrade compliance to managers and employees across \nthe company, with training taking various forms \nacross different sessions. These efforts, combined with \ntargeted training for specific business scenarios, ensure \nemployees fully understand their own responsibilities \nand obligations, as well as those of the company, \nregarding export controls. The company also regularly \nconducts internal evaluation and audits of our own \ntrade compliance system.\nFinancial Compliance\nAs always, Huawei is dedicated to complying with \napplicable financial laws and regulations, and \nearnestly fulfilling its statutory obligations and \nsocial responsibilities. We attach great importance \nto the management of financial compliance risks, \nand building on our long-term investment into \nfinancial compliance, we have established a financial \ncompliance management and control system that \n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 71\nclosely aligns with industry standard practices, and \nhave launched improvement initiatives to ensure this \nsystem continuously improves.\nSpecifically, we manage financial compliance from \nend to end by considering factors such as regions, \ntransaction objects, fund routes, and the risk appetite \nof banks. Our management also covers our partners. \nWe have set control points for our processes for \nprocurement, R&D, sales, supply, service, investment, \nfinance, human resources, and more. All of this is \nmanaged through IT control tools that are constantly \nbeing upgraded and refined.\nBeyond systems and tools, we also constantly work \nto increase employee compliance awareness through \ninternal communications on financial compliance, \nincluding publicity, training, exams, and disciplinary \naction. This ensures that employees not only recognize \nthe company's and their own compliance obligations, \nbut also act in accordance with compliance \nrequirements.\nAnti-Bribery Compliance\nHuawei has a zero-tolerance policy towards corruption \nand bribery. We have continued to develop our \ncompliance management system and capabilities at \nboth the group and subsidiary levels. Through this \nsystem, we constantly monitor and identify risks, embed \nnew compliance controls into our processes, and \ndrive the optimization of relevant business rules and \nprocesses. We have also invested heavily in building an \natmosphere and culture of compliance and increasing \nemployee compliance awareness. Internally, we work \nhard to ensure all employee conduct is above board, \nwhile externally, we pay special attention to third-\nparty compliance management. We have established \ncompliance monitoring procedures that review the \neffectiveness of our risk controls and drive improvement \nof the company's anti-bribery system and the closed-loop \nmanagement of compliance issues. The combination of \nthese efforts allows us to effectively control anti-bribery \ncompliance risks across the company.\nIP and Trade Secret Protection\nRespecting and protecting IP: Huawei is dedicated to \nits long-term investments into R&D and continuously \nenriching its IP portfolio. Huawei is one of the world's \nlargest patent holders, and the company believes \nthat respecting and protecting IP is the bedrock of \ninnovation. As a follower, practitioner, and contributor \nof IP rules, as well as an innovator, Huawei invests \nheavily into IP protection and respects the IP of others. \nHuawei has reached cross-license agreements with \nmajor ICT companies around the world, and works \ntirelessly to cultivate an industry environment that \nprotects innovation and IP across countries and regions.\nRespecting and protecting the trade secrets of \nothers: Huawei is committed to protecting its own IP \nand trade secrets, while respecting those of others. \nWe explicitly prohibit our employees from improperly \nacquiring, disclosing, using, or disposing of the trade \nsecrets of others.\nThe key measures Huawei has taken to protect the \ntrade secrets of others include:\n■ Issuing our Regulations on Respecting and \nProtecting Third Party Trade Secrets, which set out \nclear rules that employees must follow to respect \nand protect the trade secrets of others during \nbusiness activities and ensure that employees carry \nout business activities legally and in accordance \nwith our contracts\n■ Embedding trade secret protection requirements \ninto business processes such as R&D, sales, \nprocurement, and human resources, conducting \nregular reviews, and continuously improving \nmanagement mechanisms by taking away lessons \nand case studies from day-to-day operations\n■ Organizing publicity, training, and exams on trade \nsecret protection for all employees, so that they are \nfully aware of their obligations and responsibilities \nregarding trade secret protection compliance\n■ Conducting supervision, including checks and \naudits, to examine efforts aimed at protecting the \ntrade secrets of others and thus ensure effective \nimplementation of our policies, rules, and processes\n■ Establishing an accountability system based on \nofficial corporate policies such as the Accountability \nProtocol for Infringements of Other Parties' Trade \nSecrets and the Accountability Rating Criteria for \nInformation Security Violations to hold violators \naccountable for any trade secret violations\nRegional Compliance Management\nFor every country and region outside China where \nHuawei operates, we have appointed a compliance \nofficer and a country board director responsible for \ncompliance (dual role). They manage and supervise \nthe compliance of subsidiaries through the following \nkey measures to guarantee the operational compliance \nof our businesses:\n\n\n72 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\n■ Formulating subsidiary compliance management \npolicies in accordance with applicable local laws \nand regulations, guided by the tone at the top of \nour organization; helping organizations internalize \nexternal laws and regulations; and arranging for \nsubsidiaries in more than 130 countries and regions \nto publish their own compliance white papers \nwhich serve as a guide for professional compliance \nmanagement activities\n■ Fully identifying compliance risks related to sales, \nservice, supply, R&D, and other business activities \nthat may be caused by the ongoing influence \nof uncertainties from geopolitics and economic \nprospects, technical sanctions, or trade barriers; \nassigning compliance management responsibilities \nto business departments; implementing related \nregulations and processes; and carrying out \nchecks and assessments to ensure that key control \nmeasures are effectively implemented\n■ Providing compliance training for employees \nacross the company. In 2023, compliance training \nattendance reached 186,200 for employees outside \nof China, and 70,800 compliance-related exams \nwere taken. The company also works hard to build a \ncorporate culture that values honesty, integrity, and \nregulatory compliance. These efforts are aimed at \nhelping employees fully understand the compliance-\nrelated obligations and responsibilities they hold, as \nwell as those of the company\nManagement Transformations\nThe overall goal of transformation at Huawei is to \"grow the harvest and increase soil fertility\". Our transformations \nconcentrate on the company's strategic businesses and aim to help us maintain policy consistency. Our digital \ntransformations support our businesses and increase business resilience, ensuring stable day-to-day operations.\n■ Huawei aims to build strong rep offices, small \nregions, a small HQ, and a large platform. As \nsuch, we continued with our Contract Reviews \nand Conclusions at Rep Offices Transformation \nProgram in 2023 which is injecting vitality \ninto rep offices and improving their operating \nefficiency and capabilities. Key steps taken this \nyear include:\n– Further streamlining our processes and \norganizations to make them more responsive to \ncustomers\n– Driving further optimizations of regional and \nHQ organizations from the bottom up, so that \nregions and HQ can focus on supporting what \nis required by rep offices and cutting down on \nwhat is not required\n■ To help the company achieve high-\nquality development in 2023, our digital \ntransformations were aimed at three areas:\n– Proactively following up on the irreversible \ntrends of digital, intelligent, and low-carbon \ntransformation, further refining our business \nmanagement, identifying common data \ngovernance requirements shared by our partners \nin different industries, and exploring approaches \nto streamlining large-scale, multi-format data \nmanagement in different ecosystems in a \nproprietary and controllable way\n– Building up capabilities related to controllable \ndata exchange and trustworthy, controllable, \nand verifiable data space services, which has \nhelped ensure the controllable exchange of \nmore than 20,000 types of data, satisfying the \ndata sharing and governance needs of both our \nbusiness units at different granularities (e.g., \nthe group, businesses, and field offices) and our \necosystem partners\n• \nThe reliable, complete, and accurate data \nsupported sustainable development of our \nglobal supply chain.\n• \nWe performed sustainable development \naudits on over 1,600 of our major suppliers \nwho support more than 90% of our total \nprocurement.\n• \nWe also worked to ensure that all of our top \n100 and energy-intensive suppliers completed \ntheir carbon emission statistics and implemented \ncarbon emission reduction projects.\n– Tackling the challenges arising from the \napplication of AI foundation models in \nenterprises by establishing professional, \nscenario-based, and data-focused management \napproaches and systems that clearly define data \nboundaries, model boundaries, and model use \nboundaries. These approaches and systems have \nhelped the company address conflicts between \nthe application of AI foundation models and \ndata protection, fully unlocking the value of \ndata elements and supporting the company's \nhigh-quality development\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 73\n■ In 2023, we continued to resort to \ndigitalization to make our businesses more \nresilient, avoid business interruptions, and \nsafeguard stable business operations.\n– Digital transactions: As of the end of 2023, \nour transaction system had been connected to \nthose of 274 account groups, 180,000 enterprise \npartners, and 46,000 suppliers. In addition, \nour cloud-based Mobile World Congress and \ncustomer summit initiatives improved transaction \nquality, making it easier for customers, suppliers, \nand partners (including ecosystem partners) to do \nbusiness with Huawei.\n– Digital internal operations: Digitalization of our \ninternal operations has helped the company \nrealize \"elite team\" operations with a large \nplatform. Digital transformation of our major \nbusinesses has shortened order fulfillment \ntimes and further automated purchase order \nand acceptance management, increasing \nboth the quality and efficiency of day-to-day \noperations. In addition, the company eliminated \na number of business continuity risks by \nreplacing restricted software packages. The use \nof proprietary technology has already helped us \nprevent supply interruptions and safeguarded \nfund and asset security.\n■ We also further iterated our digital \ntransformations to better serve our customers \nand partners.\n– In 2023, Huawei completed the large-\nscale rollout of MetaERP, an advanced \ndigital platform for enterprise operations \nand management. With this platform, the \ncompany has improved its ability to manage \nhuman resources, finances, supply chain, \nprocurement, and other aspects. This allows \nus to efficiently allocate key resource elements \nwhile maintaining steady growth. MetaERP \nnow covers 100% of our business scenarios \nand 96% of our business by volume. This has \nsubstantiated the availability and advancement \nof our proprietary technologies, architectures, \nand engineering approaches, supporting \nboth business continuity and sustainable \ndevelopment.\n– In the device business, we continued improving \nour sales, marketing, and service platform \nto deliver better end-to-end smart home \nexperiences for consumers on both B2C and B2B \nsides. This has shortened partner registration \nand incentive settlement times, improved the \nmanagement efficiency of our retail stores, \nand systematically built up service capabilities \nsurrounding our \"1 + 8 + N\" strategy.\n– In our carrier business, we continued to expand \nand deepen IT system integration for customer \ntransactions and delivery, making it easier \nfor customers to trade with us. In 2023, we \nconnected our end-to-end transaction and \ndelivery system with 34 new accounts and \nincreased the number of accounts capable of \nsupporting collaborative online transactions and \ndelivery by 129.\n– Our enterprise business launched a dedicated \npartner site and an official site for the new \nHUAWEI eKit sub-brand as well as related \nmobile gadgets, such as the Huawei eKit app, \nto help our distribution partners go digital and \nimprove customer and partner satisfaction.\n– In Digital Power, we continued to put safety and \nreliability first. We kept building up and refining \nour end-to-end quality management system \nto advance digitalization and we enhanced the \ndigitalization capabilities of our entire value \nchain by helping partners go digital faster.\n– In Huawei Cloud, we focused on products, \ncustomers, ecosystems, and resources \nthat provide leading, all-online, intelligent \nexperiences for customers, partners, and \ndevelopers across all business domains. \nOur goal for this business continues to be \nproviding a solid, secure, and high-quality cloud \nfoundation for the intelligent world.\n■ In 2023, Huawei continued to roll out its \nTransformation Program for Software \nEngineering Capability Enhancement, \naiming to improve company-wide software \nengineering capabilities, create trustworthy, \nhigh-quality products, build trustworthiness \nin our management system, and realize the \nreplication of successful experience.\n– Competitive and trustworthy products:\n• \nTrustworthy results: In 2023, we fixed \n100% of widely exploited vulnerabilities \nand prevented 100% of high risks identified \nduring product threat analysis. Products \nwithin the scope of this Transformation \nProgram have been verified by Huawei's \nIndependent Cyber Security Lab (ICSL). Over \n\n\n74 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nthe past year, the ICT business has also \nobtained 174 new external certifications and \navoided all major security incidents.\n• \nTrustworthy process: We have realized full \nintegrity protection (preventing tampering, \nimplantation, spoofing, and malicious code) \nand traceability for our software sources, \nthe development process, and the supply \nchain process. This includes:\n> Integrity protection for 100% of sources;\n> Integrity for 100% of internal R&D \noperations;\n> Integrity for 100% of deliverables to \noutside parties;\n> Scanning of 100% of potentially \nmalicious open source and third-party \nsoftware;\n> 100% binary equivalence for applicable \nproducts;\n> End-to-end tracing for all requirements; \nand\n> Backtracking to problematic lines of \ncode for any online issues, with all \nbacktracking data being visible.\n• \nClean code: We have also constructed \nnew architectures and platforms for over \n80 products, and refactored all historical \nHuawei-developed code.\n– End-to-end transformation for live-network \nrisk mitigation:\n• \nWe can now identify affected products and \ncustomers within minutes of a high-risk \nvulnerability being detected, and technical \ninvestigations into vulnerabilities at the \nproduct level can now be finished within \nhours and patches can be provided within \n30 days. In addition, we help customers \npromptly respond to such vulnerabilities \non live networks, so that they can quickly \nmitigate any attendant risks on their live \nnetworks.\n• \nWe have also improved our product \ncertificate O&M, helping customers change \ntheir live network certificates whenever \nneeded and mitigating risks stemming \nfrom information leaks related to their \nlive-network certificates and certificate \nexpiration.\n• \nWe have established a security configuration \nbaseline and embedded it into processes \nto improve product security configuration \ncapabilities. The professional security \nconfiguration services we provide support \nlive network configuration of customers \nand help them quickly mitigate live network \nconfiguration risks.\n• \nWe are continuing to align contract and \nproduct lifecycles, and ensure that both of \nthese lifecycles meet industry requirements. \nBy fulfilling contract-related responsibilities \non time, we help customers mitigate risks \ncreated by legacy equipment on their live \nnetworks.\n– Trustworthiness built into management \nsystems for sustainable development:\n• \nThrough this program, we have \ndeveloped 306 built-in capability items \nand restructured the business capability \nframework for our Integrated Product \nDevelopment (IPD) business. To date, \nwe have replicated previous successes \nin building trustworthiness in multiple \nprocesses, including IPD, Lead to Cash, \nChannel Sales, Manage Client Relationship, \nMarket to Lead, Service Delivery, Issue To \nResolution, Supply, and Procurement.\n• \nCritical R&D operations now run on only \n68 target systems, improving both R&D \noperating efficiency and experience.\n– A culture that values both trustworthiness \nand software:\n• \nEvery one of our software managers and \nemployees must now be certified in software \ntrustworthiness before being appointed to \ntheir positions.\n• \nEvery new project leader (PL) must have \nexperience as a committer.\n• \nAll committers must obtain their respective \nprofessional certifications.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 75\n• \nWe have rolled out a white-box \nperformance appraisal system across the \ncompany, with 84.3% of software employees \nbeing satisfied that their work contributions \nhave been fairly assessed.\nThanks to these concrete steps, we have built \na culture that values both trustworthiness and \nsoftware.\n■ AI Business Intent and Governance Principles: \nAI is driving technological changes that greatly \nimprove efficiency, productivity, quality of life, and \nsocietal well-being. At the same time, it presents \na fair share of ethical and governance challenges. \nOur company has done a significant amount \nof engagement and research to understand \nthese challenges. As for implementation, we \nhave established a company-wide set of rules, \nwhich include our AI business intent and six AI \ngovernance principles, to instruct related business \ndomains in their research, planning, deployment, \nand adoption of AI. We have a dedicated task force \nto ensure that AI technologies are being designed, \ndeveloped, deployed, and used properly. Their goal \nis to drive responsible and sustainable innovation \nin our AI business.\nOrganizational Vitality\nDespite changes to our internal and external environments, the company has stayed true to its corporate \nculture and core values. We have flexibly pooled resources by business and continued efforts to develop \norganizations for diverse businesses and field offices. In addition, we have rolled out transformations \nrelated to organizations and talent to enrich talent and improve organizational capabilities and \nefficiency. In the face of uncertainties and ongoing challenges, our employees have stayed confident and \nour organization has remained dynamic.\nIn 2023, our initiatives for boosting organizational vitality focused on the following key areas:\n■ Adapting our organizational structure to better \nmatch our business, increasing organizational \nagility and efficiency, and steadily advancing \ntransformation:\n– The company has continued refining and \nstrengthening its organizational structure to \nbetter support a multi-business landscape that \nintegrates our ICT infrastructure, consumer, \ndigital power, cloud computing, and intelligent \nautomotive solution businesses.\n– We continued to roll out the Representative \nOffice Full Autonomy Program globally, \nas scheduled, and piloted integrated \ntransformations at select representative offices. \nThis program gives representative offices greater \nautonomy, allowing them to independently \noperate, make decisions, fulfill contracts, and \ntake responsibilities. This strengthens our \nrepresentative offices and simplifies our HQ \nteams, and will ultimately help transform our \norganization into one with multiple elite teams \nsupported by a large platform.\n– We continued to develop new operating \nmodels for our integrated teams. By shortening \nmanagement chains and leveraging the \ncompany's strengths as a solution and \ntechnology platform, we are able to better \nserve customers by more quickly meeting their \nrequirements.\n– We systematically organized campaigns \nin strategic areas of focus. This operating \napproach has helped us break down \norganizational boundaries and encourage closer \ncollaboration between different departments \nthrough a systems engineering approach. Our \nglobal leadership continues to grow thanks to \nthese integrated teams as they help us give full \nplay to our complete business portfolio.\n■ Keeping the business strategy in mind as we \nbuild up a team of managers who can lead the \nbusinesses towards global leadership through \nthe following actions:\n– We encourage managers to work together \ntowards shared goals and deepen their \nunderstanding of the company's strategic intent.\n– We stay true to the manager selection \nmechanism, focus on their responsibility \nfulfillment results and contributions, and \ncontinue to implement a manager resume \nsystem, in order to select the right commanders \nand managers and allow more bright minds to \nstand out.\n\n\n76 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\n– We have continued to implement the term \nof office system for managers and encourage \nthem to grow through mobility programs, \nincluding vertical and horizontal rotations. This \nwill allow the company to seize new industry \nopportunities and build a more dynamic \nmanagement team.\n– We continue to strengthen manager \nspecialization by using exams to facilitate \nlearning and combining training with practice. \nThis aims to help managers better prepare for \nand fulfill their jobs.\n– We encourage administrative teams to \neffectively fulfill their responsibilities and inspire \npassion across the organization.\n■ Assigning employees to positions that best \nsuit them, continuing to actively source \noutstanding talent from around the world, and \nunleashing the potential of current employees, \nto keep enriching talent and maintain the \ndynamics of teams across the company:\n– We have continued to bring in talent from \naround the world, regardless of background or \nseniority. With top minds and high-end talent \njoining us, we will be able to lead technological \ninnovation and guide future customer needs.\n– We have adopted talent supply strategies \nthat are tailored to our organizations and are \nworking to create a diverse talent mix.\n– We have strengthened the operations of \nour talent planning committees and steadily \nadvanced an orderly mobility system for \nemployees and a training and practice system \nthrough the Strategic Reserve in order to upskill \nand reskill employees. These efforts will help \nour employees unleash their potential.\n– We continued to roll out the Professional Staff \nTransformation Program in 2023 to create a \nstable specialist team.\n– We redoubled efforts to systematically \nstrengthen locally-hired teams, providing local \ntalent with well-paced upskilling, enabling them \nto maximize their value and act as a stronghold \nfor local operations.\n– With a focus on both performance and \ncapabilities, we ramped up efforts to improve \ncompetency and qualifications (C&Q) \nmanagement. We are also reinforcing the \noperations of profession committees and \ncapability development committees to maximize \nthe value of experts.\n■ Continuing the implementation of the \nContribute and Share system based on \nresponsibility fulfillment results and \ndeveloping a differentiated incentive \nmechanism:\n– The company is encouraging employees at \ndifferent levels to better fulfill their operational \nresponsibilities, and the development of an \nincentive mechanism that varies by business, \ndevelopment stage, and employee group, as a \nway to help organizations and employees deliver \ngreater value.\n– We are also channeling more resources towards \nour dedicated employees on the front lines. This \nis encouraging outstanding employees to make \nmore contributions and motivating employees \nto take up positions within our business teams \nthat are highly challenging or urgently need to \nbe filled, thus generating even greater value for \nour customers.\n■ Staying customer-centric and inspiring \ndedication:\n– Huawei has and always will live by its core \nvalues of customer centricity, dedication, \nperseverance, and growth through reflection.\n– On this basis, we are making every effort to \ncreate a dedicated, enterprising, and dynamic \norganizational climate in line with our diverse \nbusiness portfolio and talent mix.\n– We care deeply about our employees and will \ncontinue to ensure their physical and mental \nwellbeing by constantly improving their working \nand living environments and organizing various \nwellness activities.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 77\nCyber Security and Privacy Protection\nEmbracing Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities\nOver the last year, we have come even closer to the digital world as emerging technologies like AI flourished \nand data volumes experienced explosive growth. An increasing number of industries are accelerating digital and \nintelligent transformation, driving new development within the real economy through deeper digital integration. \nThe digital economy is growing rapidly thanks to digital and intelligent technologies.\nHowever, the growing digital economy is also amplifying cyber security risks. The increasing popularity of open \nsource has led to the outbreak of zero-day vulnerabilities, and there have been record numbers of data leaks and \nrampant ransomware attacks and telecom fraud. Mitigating security risks in cyberspace is increasingly difficult. \nTherefore, the question has now become: How can we build intrinsic security to support network operators and \ncustomers in responding to cyberattacks? How can we build data security and ransomware protection solutions to \ncope with the challenges standing in the way of digital transformation?\nOver the past 30-plus years, Huawei has worked with carriers to build over 1,500 networks and help millions \nof enterprises go digital. During this time, we have connected over three billion people around the world and \nmaintained a solid track record in security throughout. As digital transformation continues to pick up speed, we are \nacutely aware that cyber security and privacy protection will become key to business success in the future digital \nworld. With this in mind, Huawei has continued to make cyber security and privacy protection a top priority. We \nstrive to tackle both the challenges and opportunities this new age presents through management transformation, \ntechnological innovation, and open collaboration. We are committed to fostering a better life for all in the future \ndigital world by offering secure and trustworthy products, solutions, and services, and by taking concrete steps to \nmanage related risks in our supply chains. We also share our experiences and capabilities with our suppliers and \npartners so that we can strengthen cyber security and privacy protection capabilities together.\nCyber Security and Privacy Governance: Continuous Improvement to \nProvide Secure and Trustworthy Products, Solutions, and Services That \nHelp Customers Build Network Resilience and Mitigate Risks\n■ In 2023, we continued to enhance our end-to-end \ncyber security and privacy protection assurance \nsystem to ensure our efforts in this area were \nrobust and up-to-date.\nOur five-year trustworthiness transformation \nto improve software engineering capabilities: \nIn late 2018, Huawei's Board of Directors kicked off \nour trustworthiness transformation with a dedicated \nfive-year budget of more than US$2 billion. The \ngoal of this transformation was to make Huawei the \nmost trusted supplier and partner in the industry \nwith secure, trustworthy, and high-quality products \nby systematically improving the company's software \nengineering capabilities. Over the past five years, \nwe have successfully transformed and upgraded \nour entire Integrated Product Development (IPD) \nprocess. For example, in the design phase, we have \nadopted a security-by-design approach by defining \nsecurity function requirements, security design \npatterns, on-shelf trustworthiness technologies, \nand other security-by-design specifications. In the \ndevelopment phase, we have developed secure \ncoding rules such as the Huawei Clean Code Guide \nand gated check-in rules. In the testing phase, \nwe have built new security testing models such \nas penetration testing, fault tolerance testing, \nand resilience testing. We have also incorporated \nsecurity-related specifications into our R&D tool \nchains to further standardize our development \npractices. Furthermore, we have built transformation \nresults and practices into our management systems \nand processes to protect the integrity of software \nat the development and supply stages, ensure that \ntransformation achievements can be replicated, and \ncontinuously develop high-quality products that are, \nby default, secure and trustworthy.\nEnhancing privacy governance to respect \nand protect user privacy: We have continued \nto improve and refine our privacy compliance \nframework and adapt and implement it worldwide \nto meet the compliance requirements of different \nregions and countries. In addition, Huawei \nTechnologies has been ISO/IEC 27701 Privacy \nInformation Management System Standard certified.\n\n\n78 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nWe have continued to invest in privacy compliance \nIT tools and platforms that enhance the maturity \nof compliance management in complex scenarios \nsuch as cross-border personal data transfers and \nthe personal data compliance management of \nour suppliers. Thanks to these efforts, we were \nnamed an Innovative Data Security and Personal \nData Protection Practitioner by the Cyber Security \nAssociation of China and presented with the \nXingyi Best Practice on Data Security for 2023 \naward by the China Academy of Information and \nCommunications Technology.\nWe also share our experience and thoughts \nregarding privacy governance solutions, platform \nbuilding, and operational compliance with other \nindustry players to contribute to privacy protection \nacross the entire industry. In 2023, we worked \ntirelessly to protect the rights of personal data \nsubjects by handling more than 29,000 requests \nin a timely and effective manner. We also carried \nout over 60 inspections and audits against industry \nbest practices in multiple countries and business \ndomains. These efforts have helped ensure the \neffective implementation of our corporate privacy \nprotection policies.\nWorking with customers and partners to \nensure secure and trustworthy delivery and \nservice operations: We have continued to improve \nthe security and trustworthiness of our service \nsolutions and service delivery based on concrete \nexternal requirements by improving the reach of \nour global service center network and helping \nour customers make their own networks more \nresilient. We have built systematic IT management \ncapabilities targeting multiple scenarios such \nas customer authorization, network operations, \nand cross-border data transfers to ensure that \nexceptions are successfully intercepted and every \noperation is system-based and recorded, making \nour delivery and service operations transparent \nand traceable. We have built a security and \ntrustworthiness system for delivery and services \nbased on the Enterprise Architecture approach by \nstrengthening internal rules, processes, and digital \ncapabilities. In 2023, we ensured the security and \ntrustworthiness of 955,000 network operations \nworldwide, including network optimizations, \nupgrades, and changes.\nAs part of our commitment to ecosystem \ndevelopment, we shared the knowledge, \nexperience, and tools we developed throughout this \nprocess by opening up our knowledge community \nto partners. Meanwhile, we organized more than \n300 Network Safety Day events with customers \nto strengthen cyber security awareness and \ncapabilities and support secure and stable network \noperations together.\nStrengthening cyber security risk management \nand capability building within our supply \nchains: We encouraged 80 logistics service \nproviders and 180 warehouses around the world \nto perform security self-checks, with 26 key \nlogistics nodes receiving ISO 28000 certification. \nWe continued to identify, assess, and manage risks \nwith relevant suppliers and inspected nearly 1,000 \nsuppliers for cross-border personal data transfer \ncompliance. Through these actions, we helped \nsuppliers standardize their own data retention and \nmanagement systems and ensured their security \nand privacy compliance. We also collaborated with \nrelevant suppliers on vulnerability management to \nmitigate vulnerability risks, and shared our cyber \nsecurity experiences and capabilities with suppliers, \nchannel partners, and ecosystem partners. We have \ndeveloped more than 20 courses and, in 2023, \nprovided cyber security training on topics like cyber \nsecurity baselines and vulnerability management \nto more than 1,500 managers and engineers \nfrom core suppliers. Moreover, we opened up our \nengineering capabilities, such as cyber security tools \nand security test cases, to suppliers to help improve \ntheir cyber security capabilities.\nImproving the expertise of staff working on \ncyber security and privacy protection and \nboosting awareness among all employees: We \nhave initiated the development of a cyber security \nand privacy protection knowledge community that \nwill help connect people, people and knowledge, \nand knowledge and business. The goal of this \ncommunity is to facilitate rapid knowledge sharing \nand transfer and improve individual expertise of staff \nworking on cyber security and privacy protection. \nIn 2023, we also kicked off a cyber security and \nprivacy governance training camp where our \nemployees could grow faster by sharing knowledge \nand experience in business processes and scenarios \nthrough drills, role-playing, and expert lectures.\nBy the end of 2023, we had created more than 160 \ncyber security and privacy protection enablement \ncourses, which were attended over 200,000 \ntimes. We also run a Cyber Security and Privacy \nProtection Awareness Month campaign targeting \nall employees, which features messages from top \nmanagement, expert lectures, and knowledge \nquizzes. This year's event attracted extensive \nemployee participation both online and offline.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 79\nContinuous investment in independent \nthird-party verification: We continued our \ncooperation with industry-recognized certification \nbodies to test the security capabilities of our \nproducts against international standards and best \npractices, providing customers with internationally \nrecognized security assurance. By the end of 2023, \nwe had obtained more than 540 security and \nprivacy certificates. In 2023 alone, we obtained 57 \ncyber security certificates. Most notably:\n– The HongMeng Kernel received Common \nCriteria Evaluation Assurance Level 6 \nAugmented (CC EAL6+).\n– Huawei Cloud received the new ISO/IEC \n27001 certification from the British Standards \nInstitution (BSI).\n– Huawei passed the GSMA Network Equipment \nSecurity Assurance Scheme (NESAS) audit for \n5G base stations, core networks, and network \nmanagement systems.\n– Our in-house HiTLS module received ISO/IEC \n19790 certification from BSI.\n– Huawei's major smart PV products received \nboth IEC 62443 and ETSI EN 303 645 \ncertifications.\n■ Huawei leverages the technical capabilities of our \n2012 Laboratories to innovate and build security \ninto products and thus help customers cope with \nthe cyber security and privacy challenges and risks \nthey face. Major innovations made in 2023 include:\nConfidential computing, AI security, and \ndata security technologies developed by the \n2012 Laboratories: We developed a general, \nheterogeneous confidential computing platform \nsupporting the full stack of Kunpeng and Ascend \nto ensure the running environment security of \nAI models. In addition, we have developed data \nasset security warehousing solutions to protect AI \ndata and model assets throughout the lifecycle. \nAt Huawei, we believe that the right approach to \nsecure and trustworthy AI is through engineering, \nstandardization, and certification. To improve \ndata security, we have also developed trustworthy \ndataspace solutions that use a hierarchical policy \nmodel and control engine to control data in use.\nIntrinsic security, ransomware protection, \nand HiSec 3.0 security service solutions for \nICT infrastructure: We build security capabilities \ndirectly into our mobile communications \nservices to create solutions that feature intrinsic \nsecurity. By using technologies such as security \nconfiguration check, trustlist-based detection, \nand micro-segmentation, we have bolstered the \ncomprehensive, in-depth defense capabilities of \nnetworks by enabling precise threat detection \nand rapid responses without service disruption. \nIn addition, we have created a ransomware \nprotection solution that helps customers transform \nreactive security into proactive defense strategies \nand improve data center resilience. This solution \nfeatures network-storage collaboration, which \nmeans threat intelligence is shared at the network \nand storage layers so that unknown ransomware \nattacks can be more effectively detected.\nIn cloud security, Huawei has also launched a \ndozen SaaS-based Qiankun security services. In \nterms of network security, Huawei has released \nthe HiSec SASE Security Solution which is \nbased on a simplified network architecture that \nintegrates management, control, analysis, and \nsecurity, redefining enterprise security boundaries. \nIn addition, Huawei has released Qiankun EDR, a \nlightweight security solution deployed at endpoints \nthat boasts industry-leading ransomware \nprotection capabilities.\nInnovative technologies that safeguard \nconsumer privacy and data: We are continuously \nupgrading the privacy and security assurance \ncapabilities of our consumer devices. For devices \nlike smartphones, we have followed the five \nprinciples of data protection – data minimization, \non-device data processing, data transparency \nand controllability, identity protection, and data \nsecurity assurance – to develop a variety of new \nprotection functions, including the App Guard, the \nApp Security Center, the Security & Privacy Center, \nand Image Privacy. This creates an end-to-end \nprivacy and security assurance system that protects \nconsumers while using devices. As mentioned \nabove, Huawei's HongMeng Kernel has also been \nawarded the industry's first CC EAL6+ certification, \nthe highest security level available in the field of \noperating system (OS) kernels.\nCloud-native security and cloud security \nservices: Cloud security is said to be 30% R&D \nand 70% operations. Guided by this principle, we \nhave built a cloud-native security architecture \nwith a single security operations center and seven \nlines of defense. This architecture features unique \ncapabilities such as situational security management \nand incident response automation to address \n\n\n80 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nhundreds of billions of attacks every year. Huawei \nCloud also offers the SecMaster security operations \nplatform, over 20 cloud security services, and more \nthan 700 ecosystem-oriented security products to \nprovide customers with secure, stable, and high-\nquality cloud services and support the development of \ntheir own security operation systems and capabilities.\nSecurity for digital power: Based on our insight \ninto the development trends of new power \nsystems, we have worked to enhance the security \nof PV power stations by bolstering the intrinsic \nsecurity of products and utilizing technologies \nlike intrusion detection, secure boot, and digital \ncertificate management. The security capabilities of \nour major PV products have been certified against \ninternationally recognized standards including IEC \n62443 and ETSI EN 303 645.\nIntelligent automotive components that ensure \nboth security and privacy: We provide cyber \nsecurity solutions such as Trust Ring to support the \ncritical intelligent automotive components used to \nbuild intelligent driving and cockpit products. These \nsolutions come with industry-leading security and \nprivacy capabilities, helping carmakers make better \ncars. Our intelligent cockpit solution now supports \naccount-dedicated isolation, allowing users to \naccess personal data through zero-touch face \nauthentication. In addition, a driver privacy mode \nand speech privacy shield have been introduced \nto protect privacy when multiple passengers \nare onboard, securing private conversations and \nbusiness calls.\nShared Responsibility, Joint Capability Building, and Collaboration for \nShared Success\nCyber security and privacy protection are common challenges for all as we stride towards a digital and intelligent \nworld. These are challenges that all stakeholders – including governments, industry and standards organizations, \nand enterprises – have a shared responsibility to tackle. Huawei's cyber security principles are built upon \nintegrity, trustworthiness, capability, accountability, openness, and transparency. Therefore, we welcome closer \ncommunication and collaboration with all stakeholders to jointly confront emerging risks and challenges during \nthis world-changing transformation.\nIn 2023, we collaborated with external stakeholders \naround the world in many areas:\n■ We continued to contribute security proposals \nto standards organizations that will drive the \ndevelopment of security standards in different \nindustries.\nConnectivity: We have contributed more than \n300 cyber security proposals to 3GPP and GSMA, \nmaintaining our longstanding position as a leader \nin the industry. These include 3GPP Security \nAssurance Specifications (SCAS) for 5G-Advanced \nManagement Function (MnF) and the Next \nGeneration Real Time Communication (NG-RTC) \nsecurity specifications.\nComputing: We contributed security proposals, \nincluding an AI computing platform security \nframework, general confidential computing \nframework, and remote attestation procedures \n(RATS) architecture to ISO/IEC, ETSI, and the \nNational Information Security Standardization \nTechnical Committee of China (TC260), and worked \nwith industry partners to drive the development \nand application of computing security technologies.\n■ Our joint innovation with customers continued to \nevolve.\nWe deepened our joint innovation with China \nMobile in the cyber security domain, expanding \nour cooperation beyond 5G security to also cover \ncomputing network security. We teamed up with \nChina Mobile Zhejiang to create and test intrinsic \nsecurity solutions for 5G networks and jointly build \na global showcase of the 5G Mobile Cybersecurity \nKnowledge Base. In addition, we worked with China \nMobile Fujian to provide security services such \nas device access control, dynamic access control, \nand security situational awareness by opening up \n5G network capabilities, thus meeting the security \nrequirements of fully-connected 5G factories. Our \njoint project won the security track first prize in \nthe Blooming Cup 5G Application Competition. We \nalso worked with China Mobile Guizhou to explore \nand verify computing network security capabilities, \nsuch as a ransomware protection solution featuring \nnetwork-storage collaboration, confidential \ncomputing, and data free flow with trust \n(DFFT), to meet the security and trustworthiness \nrequirements of data sharing, exchange, free flow \nwith trust, and trading scenarios in the context of \n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 81\nIn Egypt, Huawei rolled out various programs for ICT talent \necosystem development, best practice sharing, and awareness \nenhancement to improve local cyber security readiness. At the \n2023 Egypt Edition of the Cybersecurity Innovation Series, Egypt's \nNational Telecom Regulatory Authority presented Huawei with \nthe Cyber Awareness Plan of Year 2023 award.\nIn Indonesia, we renewed the memorandum of understanding \n(MoU) on cyber security cooperation with the National Cyber \nand Crypto Agency (BSSN). We will strengthen cooperation with \nkey stakeholders such as local governments, universities, and \nenterprises in talent cultivation and capability improvement to \njointly address cyber security challenges.\nthe \"Eastern Data, Western Storage\" and \"Eastern \nData, Western Computing\" initiatives. The project \nwon second prize at the Huacai Cup Computing \nPower Innovation Application Competition.\nIn 2023, Huawei and PLN – Indonesia's national \nelectric power company – entered a strategic \npartnership agreement and launched a joint \ninnovation lab. This partnership aims to explore \ndigital network operations and cyber security \napplications and conduct joint innovations in \ntechnologies such as in-depth application detection, \ndigital map, network slicing, and situational \nawareness. Huawei is helping PLN devise a \ntop-down plan for network architecture that will \nmeet business development requirements over \nthe next five years, build enterprise network \nconstruction standards and evolution solutions, and \nincubate innovative solutions for digital network \noperations. We are also working together on cyber \nsecurity in core electric power production processes, \nincluding the meter data management system, \nto ensure digital operations security for customer \nnetworks and core applications.\nHuawei and China CITIC Bank set up a Financial \nDigital Joint Innovation Lab to explore DFFT \napplications in the finance industry and develop \nsecure data flow technologies. Based on key \ntechnologies such as data security modeling, \ncore access control algorithms, and quantum \nkey distribution, we have been able to deliver \nsecurity features such as high-performance data \nuse control engines, transparent data encryption \nand decryption, hardware-based trusted execution \nenvironments, and certificate storage and source \ntracing. We have also incubated new storage \nappliances and provided a shared space across \nhardware and software for DFFT and data use. \nTogether, Huawei and China CITIC Bank released \nthe Technical White Paper on Financial Data Free \nFlow with Trust which highlighted innovative \npractices in infrastructure construction to support \nthe adoption of DFFT in the finance industry.\n■ We actively worked with government organizations \naround the world to support local talent cultivation \nby sharing knowledge and experience.\nIn Thailand, Huawei actively participated in cyber \nsecurity contests, organized cyber security training \nand enablement sessions, and won the Prime \nMinister Awards – Thailand Cybersecurity Excellence \nAward – for the second consecutive year.\nIn Malaysia, Huawei worked closely with the local \ngovernment and carriers on talent cultivation and \ncyber security awareness and ecosystem building. \nIn recognition of these contributions, Huawei \nreceived the Cyber Security Education Innovation of \nthe Year 2023 award in Malaysia.\nIn Brazil, we worked with the local government on \nknowledge sharing and talent cultivation, driving \nthe refinement and implementation of the Digital \nBrazil framework.\n\n\n82 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\n■ We intensified cooperation with local universities and \nindustry organizations to help improve cyber security \ncapabilities and awareness in individual regions.\nIn the Middle East, as a commercial member of the \nOrganisation of the Islamic Cooperation-Computer \nEmergency Response Team (OIC-CERT), we \nparticipated in the development of the \nOIC-CERT 5G Security Framework which contributes \nto the development of local cyber security \ncertification guidelines, standards, and ecosystems. \nWe also cooperated with the International \nTelecommunication Union Arab Regional \nCybersecurity Centre (ITU-ARCC) to develop the \nArab Cybersecurity Industry Development Strategy \nMaturity Module which helps local enterprises \nidentify cyber security threats and enhance their \nresponse capabilities.\nIn Spain, we signed an MoU with the University \nof León to jointly build a 5G security lab and \nexperience center. This partnership aims to provide \na real-world environment for experimentation and \ntraining, and facilitate local cyber security research \nand talent cultivation.\nIn Africa, we inked MoUs or worked with the \nCommunications Regulators' Association of \nSouthern Africa, the East African Communications \nOrganization, and the African Internet Governance \nForum on cultivating local talent through 5G \ncyber security training and other projects. Huawei \nwas also honored with the prestigious Advancing \nInternet Governance in Africa Contribution Award \nat the African Internet Governance Forum 2023.\nOpenness. Collaboration. Shared Success.\nWe are facing an increasingly complex environment, with new opportunities and segments emerging left and right:\n■ Communications: We will begin to see \nlarge-scale adoption of 5.5G and new short-range \ncommunications technologies as the industry's \nvision for next-generation communications network \nstandards gradually takes shape.\n■ Computing: The Kunpeng and Ascend ecosystems \nare progressing day by day, and research into new \ncomputing architectures is expanding.\n■ Audio and video: Technologies like ultra-high-\ndefinition (UHD) audio and video, 3D audio, and \ngraphics engines are thriving.\n■ Smart devices: Seamless AI Life experience and \nHarmonyOS Connect will see broad adoption \nacross many aspects of work and life.\n■ Security: Countries and regions around the world \nare actively exploring ways to enhance network \nand data infrastructure security, learning from \neach other's experience, and looking for technical \nmechanisms to make security more controllable \nand manageable.\n■ Industrial transformation: Industries are \nexpanding the scope of digitalization, embarking \non a new journey that combines digital, intelligent, \nand green transformation.\nOver the next 10 to 20 years, communications and \ncomputing will become the two most important \nbuilding blocks of a fully connected, intelligent world. \nHuawei will continue to openly collaborate with \nindustry organizations and ecosystem partners across \nvarious domains, including the public and private \nsectors, academia, research institutes, and users. We \nwill continue to make standards contributions, and \nshare the industry insights and technical challenges we \nhave identified, in order to drive industry development \nand technology advancement. We will also use a \nsystems engineering approach to create greater synergy \nbetween software, hardware, chips, networks, cloud, \nedge, and devices, and promote integrated innovation \ntogether. This will help make our products and solutions \nmore competitive. As always, we will continue to work \nwith industry partners to cultivate thriving industry \necosystems and create an open and collaborative \nindustry environment that thrives on shared success.\nHuawei manages supply chain security risks from three aspects – supplier management, open source software \nmanagement, and R&D and production management. We encourage close collaboration between upstream and \ndownstream players throughout the industry so that we can jointly build a favorable cyber security environment \nconducive to development. A stronger industry in turn strengthens security. This is how we can drive the \nsustainable development of the digital economy. We look forward to closer communication and collaboration \nwith all stakeholders in terms of security standards, technological innovation, security governance, testing, and \nverification. Together, let's build cyber security and privacy protection capabilities, share value, and foster a better \nlife for all in the future digital and intelligent world.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 83\nGroup photos – 13th GIO Roundtable, MWC Barcelona 2024\nSince 2018, Huawei has worked closely with leading industry organizations via the Global Industry Organizations (GIO) Roundtable to discuss \nthe reference architecture, roadmap, pace, and best practices for digital transformation in various industries, and explore how we can better \npromote cross-domain and cross-technology information sharing and collaboration in various forms between industry organizations. Our \nultimate purpose is to accelerate digital transformation across all industries. The roundtable pictured above focused on data elements, the \noutlook and path for unlocking their value, and their high-value application scenarios (e.g., manufacturing, healthcare, and transportation), as \nwell as data exchange, data definition, and digital platform ecosystems.\nKey Progress and Industry Contributions\nHuawei actively works with global industry organizations, and we hold more than 450 key positions in \nnearly 800 academic associations, standards organizations, industry alliances, and open source communities. \nWe foster deeper partnerships and mutual recognition of standards between industry organizations, and \nwork hard to address industry challenges, breakpoints, and bottlenecks.\n■ Standardization: We firmly support the unification \nof global standards and actively promote global \nconsensus on connectivity through organizations like \nITU, 3GPP, and GSMA. We are helping our partners \nensure a smooth evolution towards 5.5G, F5.5G, and \nNet5.5G. In 2023 alone, we submitted nearly 12,000 \ncontributions to standards organizations worldwide.\n■ Industry development:\n– In the industrial software field, we joined \nforces with partners to release the Industrial \nDigital and Intelligent Transformation White \nPaper 2030.\n– In the audio and video field, we promoted the \nrelease of HDR Vivid and Audio Vivid standards \nfor devices, chips, vehicles, and many other \ndomains.\n– In the public sector, we proactively responded \nto input requests from different countries on \nindustrial policy, such as China's five-year action \nplan for the national AI development strategy.\n– In response to the Green Economy Initiative of \nthe United Nations Environment Programme, we \ncontributed to green standards, further improved \nthe competitiveness of our green ICT and digital \npower products, and are working to embed new \ninnovation into green industry practices.\n■ Ecosystem development: We have fully defined \nour philosophy, approaches, guidelines, and \nprocesses for developing ecosystems in domains \nsuch as HarmonyOS, Kunpeng, Ascend, and cloud \ncomputing. We are working hard to cultivate \nthriving developer and university talent ecosystems, \ncreate more fertile ground for open source, and \nsupport the success of core open source projects. \nThese are part of our broader efforts to offer the \nworld another standards option.\n\n\n84 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nAcademic Associations\nHuawei embraces an open and diverse academic culture. We actively engage with global academic \nassociations as part of our efforts to explore challenges that industries face and cultivate STEM talent. \nTogether, we are invigorating academic pursuits while driving economic progress.\n■ Probing the endless frontiers of science \nthrough sharing, exchange, and industry-\nacademia collaboration:\n– In 2023, we shared our thoughts on the future \nof wireless, optical, and foundational software \nat international academic conferences, and we \nare working with researchers worldwide to draft \na tech blueprint for the intelligent world.\n– We worked more closely with organizations \nsuch as the China Computer Federation to \nrelease more than 70 new research topics in a \nbid to drive progress in computer science.\n– We continue to support MindSpore-based \nacademic research and have supported the \npublication of more than 900 papers at leading \nconferences to drive advancements in AI.\n■ Contributing new ideas to academic associations: \nWe have published more than 1,270 papers in high-\nimpact conferences and journals like the Association \nfor Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Institute \nof Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Among \nthese papers, Accurate medium-range global weather \nforecasting with 3D neural networks was published \nin Nature and named one of the top 10 scientific \nadvances in 2023 by Science.\n■ Cultivating STEM talent through top \ncompetitions: To inspire and engage the next \ngeneration of STEM talent, we contribute real-\nworld industry challenges to multiple competitions \nhosted by academic organizations, such as the \nInternational Collegiate Programming Contest \n(ICPC), Computer Vision Foundation (CVF), and \nSociety for Information Display (SID).\nStandards Organizations\nWe actively contribute to standards organizations, work with customers and partners to drive \ntechnological upgrade in fields such as connectivity, media, devices, and computing, and are working to \nhelp all industries go digital, intelligent, and green.\n■ We are promoting efforts to open up, \nco-develop, and share global standards, \nhelping outline a new vision for the industry.\n– Within 3GPP, we are actively contributing to \n5G-Advanced Release 19 through efforts like \ninforming specifications with new-value use \ncases based on technical innovation, in order to \ndrive the industry forward.\n– Through the European Telecommunications \nStandards Institute (ETSI), we are supporting \nefforts to release F5G Advanced standards for \nthe fixed network domain, guide the evolution \nfrom F5G to F5.5G, bring 10 gigabit experience \neverywhere, and drive industry progress.\n– Within IEEE, as part of our broader efforts \nto enable industry upgrade, we are working \ntogether to drive the evolution of network \nstandards for 400G/800G and time-sensitive \nnetworking (TSN) in order to support the \nevolution of carrier, enterprise, industrial, \nelectric power, and vehicle-mounted networks.\n– Within the ITU, we are exploring how to more \neffectively utilize global spectrum for international \nmobile telecommunications (IMT), and are \nhelping upgrade optical industry standards.\n– Within ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee (JTC) \n1, we are contributing to standardization on \nAI-based image coding and decoding and \ntrusted multimedia source tracing, in order to \nfacilitate industry innovation.\n– Within the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), \nwe are helping promote the release of MiniApp \nspecifications that make it easier for developers \nto develop HarmonyOS apps.\n– We promoted the release of audio and video \nstandards such as HDR Vivid and Audio Vivid to \nbuild a new UHD industry ecosystem.\n– We worked with partners to promote the \nlarge-scale application of computing \nperformance benchmarks and the development \nof full-stack computing ecosystems.\n– Our Pangu models received the industry's first \n\"Excellent\" rating in China, in recognition of \ntheir contribution to a thriving industry.\n■ We are working to drive consensus on \nstandards and help shape new ecosystems.\n– We are contributing to unified global \nstandards for AI management systems, working \nwith others to build unified AI interface \nspecifications and computing power benchmark \nspecifications, and supporting the development \nof full-stack AI ecosystems.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 85\n– Together with partners, we are developing \nstandards for new electric power, PV power \nand energy storage system safety, mobility \nelectrification, and green and low-carbon \nsystems to bring safer renewable electric power \nto all industries.\n– We are helping promote industry standards for \n5G, big data, AI, and foundation models to fuel \nindustry digitalization.\nIndustry Alliances\nHuawei is a committed partner in major industry alliances around the world. Together, we are working to \npromote sustainable industry development and help vertical industries go digital.\n■ Promoting industry competitiveness and \nsustainable development: We are working closely \nwith industry organizations such as GCC, UWA, \nWAA, GIIC, SparkLink Alliance, and WBBA, as well \nas partners all along the value chain, to promote \nindustry-wide consensus, standards development, \ntesting and certification, and talent cultivation. These \nefforts will promote sustainable development in \nindustries such as diversified computing, audio and \nvideo, WLAN, IoT, short-range communications, and \nfixed networks.\nOpen Source Communities\nHuawei is a firm supporter and major contributor to open source communities, where we advocate \nfor inclusion, fairness, openness, solidarity, and sustainability. Through our work with developers and \npartners to build world-class open source communities, we aim to accelerate software innovation and \ncreate thriving industry ecosystems.\n■ Huawei actively participates in major open \nsource organizations and projects. We strongly \nadvocate for open source software development. \nHuawei is a premium or founding member of more \nthan 20 international open source foundations, \nincluding the Apache Software Foundation, the \nLinux Foundation, the Eclipse Foundation, the \nOpenAtom Foundation, the OpenInfra Foundation, \nthe Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), \nand the PyTorch Foundation. We actively contribute \nto more than 200 open source communities. In \nparticular, we serve in board member positions \nof dozens of open source communities and serve \nin hundreds of core roles, including Technical \nSteering Committee member, Project Management \nCommittee member, Project Team Lead, \nMaintainer, and Core Committer.\n■ With a focus on foundational software, Huawei \nhas launched more than 10 influential open \nsource projects to build a stronger foundation \nfor digital infrastructure ecosystems. Huawei \nhas launched multiple platform-level open source \nprojects, such as KubeEdge, MindSpore, Volcano, \nopenEuler, openGauss, OpenHarmony, Karmada, \nopenGemini, and Kuasar. These foundational \nsoftware projects have attracted an incredible \n■ Strengthening international industry collaboration \nto advance digital transformation: Huawei is an \nactive partner in international industry organizations \nsuch as GSMA, CSIA, CCIA, CESA, GSA, AII, 5GAIA, \n5GDNA, and 5GAA. We actively contribute industry \nwhite papers, testbeds, and standards to support \nthe development and application of new digital \ntechnologies in sectors such as communications, \nelectronics, manufacturing, electric power, iron and \nsteel, coal mining, oil and gas, and ports. Together, we \nare driving digital transformation forward.\nnumber of contributors, including software \nvendors, developers, research institutes, and \nuniversities from all over the world. We have \ndonated openEuler and OpenHarmony to the \nOpenAtom Foundation, and donated KubeEdge, \nVolcano, Karmada, and Kuasar to CNCF. These \nprojects have united the contributions of global \nparticipants through a more open approach, and \nare further promoting the digital transformation of \nindustries.\n■ We are building a foundational software \necosystem with industry partners. Under the \nguidance of the OpenAtom Foundation, the \nOpenHarmony community has attracted more \nthan 6,700 individual contributors and over 70 \norganization contributors that have submitted \nmore than 100 million lines of code. The openEuler \ncommunity has rallied more than 1,300 organization \nmembers (e.g., top enterprises, research institutes, \nand universities), and over 16,800 individual open \nsource contributors. openEuler itself has seen \nover two million downloads across more than 130 \ncountries and regions. Partners have released more \nthan 20 commercial distributions of openEuler, with \nover 6.1 million commercial deployments in total.\n\n\n86 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\n■ We are helping to build sustainable and \ntrusted open source communities. Huawei \nactively works with partners from the software \nsecurity industry to improve the security of open \nsource ecosystems and address increasingly \ncomplex security challenges. We are deeply \nengaged in the development and promotion \nof major global software supply chain security \nstandards and specifications, such as OpenChain \nand SPDX. We continue to fulfill our corporate \nsocial responsibilities to help build globally trusted \nopen source ecosystems.\nEcosystems\nWe openly collaborate with ecosystem partners and developers to create value and help others succeed. \nWe are speeding up efforts to open up our platform capabilities to ecosystem partners and developers \nin areas like HarmonyOS, Kunpeng, Ascend, and cloud computing. Together, we will continue to improve \ndevelopment experience, enable innovation, and create value.\n■ Increasing ecosystem investment to help \npartners create value. We are enabling ecosystem \npartners on all fronts, working together to drive \nshared success, and creating greater value for our \ncustomers. We have increased our support for \necosystem partners and invested tens of billions \nof yuan to stimulate application innovation based \non Huawei's open capabilities. We are offering \npromotional support and sharing opportunities \nwith ecosystem partners to help them achieve \nbusiness success. By the end of 2023, we had \nworked with more than 46,000 ecosystem partners \nand developed more than 36,600 innovative \napplications together, accelerating innovation in \nindustries like finance, energy, transportation, \nmanufacturing, healthcare, and education.\n■ Enabling developers to innovate and grow by \nsharing experience, opening up capabilities, and \nenriching development tools. To help improve \ndevelopment efficiency, we provide comprehensive \ntoolsets to support different scenarios, including \nhardware, application, AI, data, and digital content \ndevelopment. We are also working to cultivate \nand enable developers through various activities \nand competitions. In 2023, we held 7 flagship \ncontests, over 30 themed summits, and over 1,000 \nonline activities, reaching millions of developers \nworldwide. We also supported developer growth \nand innovation through programs like the Shining-\nStar Program, the OpenMind Program, and the \nInnovation Support Program. By the end of 2023, \nwe had opened up more than 100,000 APIs and \nserved over 9.5 million developers.\n■ Helping universities cultivate talent for digital, \ngreen, and intelligent transformation. Huawei \nhas launched a variety of programs, including the \n100 Seed Schools Program, the OpenHarmony \nStars program, our updated business-academia \ntalent development program, and the talent \ndevelopment acceleration program. We have \nreleased a total of 67 textbooks. Through our \nIntelligent Base 2.0 program, we have expanded \nthe scope of our technical cooperation with \nuniversities. In 2023, Huawei held 77 training \nsessions in the information field, and engaged \nin competitions such as the China International \nCollege Students' Innovation Competition, the \nHuawei ICT Competition, and other innovation-\noriented events, benefiting more than 4,600 \nteachers and over 500,000 students. These are part \nof our efforts to cultivate next-generation talent \nfor the industry.\nIndustrial Policies\nWe are working to help unleash the business and social value of the ICT industry by sharing digital \neconomy best practices and promoting digital inclusion.\n■ Sharing digital economy best practices to \npromote digital inclusion. Huawei and IDC \nworked together to propose the concept of \"Digital \nFirst Economy\", encouraging policymakers to \nintroduce more favorable policies that support \ndigital infrastructure, digital economy ecosystems, \nand digital talent development. We have also \nshared best practices from different countries and \nregions in advancing their digital economies. These \nare part of our broader efforts to create greater \nsocial and business value and promote sustainable \ndevelopment through digital inclusion. At the World \nEconomic Forum, ITU, and other international \norganizations and open forums, we regularly share \nour experience and best practices in promoting \ndigital transformation, digital inclusion, and more.\n■ Advising on industrial policy to advance \ndigital transformation. To promote inclusive \nand sustainable digital transformation around \nthe world, we actively participate in public \nconsultations on digital economy planning and \nindustrial policy, sharing recommendations on \ndigital development in the countries and regions \nwhere we operate.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 87\nResults of Operations\nFinancial Performance\n(CNY Million)\n2023\n2022\nYoY\nRevenue\n704,174\n642,338\n9.6%\nGross profit\n325,364\n281,925\n15.4%\n– Gross profit margin\n46.2%\n43.9%\n2.3%\nTotal operating expenses\n(283,644)\n(271,279)\n4.6%\n– as % of revenue\n40.3%\n42.2%\n(1.9)%\nOther income, net\n62,681\n31,570\n98.5%\nOperating profit\n104,401\n42,216\n147.3%\n– as % of revenue\n14.8%\n6.6%\n8.2%\nNet finance expenses\n(6,659)\n1,018\n(754.1)%\nIncome tax\n(10,646)\n(8,384)\n27.0%\nNet profit\n86,950\n35,562\n144.5%\nHuawei's total revenue in 2023 was CNY704,174 million, which was a 9.6% YoY increase. Our net profit was \nCNY86,950 million.\n■ Due to industries' digital, intelligent, and low-carbon transformation and our more competitive products, our \nrevenue continued to grow. \n■ The increase in our profit was mainly attributed to revenue growth, our improved product portfolio, higher-\nquality operations, and gains from the sales of some businesses. \nTotal operating expenses\n(CNY Million)\n2023\n2022\nYoY\nResearch and development expenses\n164,721\n161,494\n2.0%\n– as % of revenue\n23.4%\n25.1%\n(1.7)%\nSelling and administrative expenses\n118,923\n109,785\n8.3%\n– as % of revenue\n16.9%\n17.1%\n(0.2)%\nTotal operating expenses\n283,644\n271,279\n4.6%\n– as % of revenue\n40.3%\n42.2%\n(1.9)%\nWe continued to invest in future-oriented basic research and open innovation in domains such as cloud and \ncomputing, intelligent automotive components, and foundational technologies. However, since our revenue grew, \nour R&D expenses as a percentage of revenue declined YoY.\nWe also continued to invest in the development of new business domains, ecosystem building, and digital \ntransformation, and our operating efficiency increased thanks to ongoing transformation. As a result, our selling \nand administrative expenses as a percentage of revenue decreased YoY.\n\n\n88 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nNet finance expenses\n(CNY Million)\n2023\n2022\nYoY\nNet foreign exchange losses\n474\n277\n71.1%\nOther net finance losses\n6,185\n(1,295)\n(577.6)%\nTotal net finance expenses\n6,659\n(1,018)\n(754.1)%\nHuawei's net finance expenses in 2023 totaled CNY6,659 million. This change was mainly attributed to the increase \nin other net finance losses.\nFinancial Position\n(CNY Million)\nDecember 31, \n2023\nDecember 31, \n2022\nYoY\nNon-current assets\n390,503\n289,008\n35.1%\nCurrent assets\n873,094\n774,796\n12.7%\nTotal assets\n1,263,597\n1,063,804\n18.8%\nAmong which: Cash and short-term investments\n475,317\n373,452\n27.3%\n Trade receivables\n97,224\n87,177\n11.5%\n Contract assets\n53,886\n52,527\n2.6%\n Inventories and other contract costs\n154,558\n163,282\n(5.3)%\nNon-current liabilities\n304,597\n196,870\n54.7%\nAmong which: Long-term borrowings\n291,688\n183,183\n59.2%\nCurrent liabilities\n451,432\n429,858\n5.0%\nAmong which: Short-term borrowings\n16,726\n13,961\n19.8%\n Trade payables\n86,362\n85,272\n1.3%\n Contract liabilities\n95,101\n87,575\n8.6%\nEquity\n507,568\n437,076\n16.1%\nTotal liabilities and equity\n1,263,597\n1,063,804\n18.8%\nAs of December 31, 2023, Huawei's balance of total assets had reached CNY1,263,597 million, which was an \nincrease of 18.8% YoY. Our current assets accounted for 69.1% of our total assets. \nAs of December 31, 2023, our total short-term and long-term borrowings increased by CNY111,270 million YoY. \nThe primary purpose of these borrowings was to continue to invest in future-oriented basic research and open \ninnovation.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 89\nCash Flow from Operating Activities\n(CNY Million)\n2023\n2022\nYoY\nNet profit\n86,950 \n35,562\n144.5%\nAdjustment for depreciation, amortization, impairment, \nnet foreign exchange losses and non-operating income \nand expenses\n(9,012)\n8,353\n(207.9)%\nCash flow before changes in operating assets and \nliabilities\n77,938 \n43,915\n77.5%\nChanges in operating assets and liabilities\n(8,131)\n(26,118)\n(68.9)%\nCash flow from operating activities\n69,807 \n17,797\n292.2%\nIn 2023, our cash flow from operating activities was CNY69,807 million, which was a YoY increase of 292.2%. This \nincrease was attributed to growth in our profit and operating efficiency.\nFinancial Risk Management\nIn 2023, we closely monitored the changes in our external environment and proactively assessed their impact on \nHuawei using the financial risk management system we have built over the past years. In addition, we continued \nto amend and improve our financial risk management policies and processes to further enhance our ability to \nwithstand financial risks and better support our business development.\nLiquidity Risk\nWe have continuously worked to improve our capital structure and short-term liquidity planning, budgeting, and \nforecasting systems to better assess mid- to long-term liquidity needs and short-term funding shortfalls. We \nhave implemented prudent financial measures to meet our liquidity needs and guarantee our company's business \ndevelopment, including maintaining a robust capital structure and financial flexibility, keeping a proper level of \nfunds, gaining access to adequate and committed credit facilities, creating effective cash plans, and centralizing \ncash management. As of December 31, 2023, our cash and short-term investments amounted to CNY475,317 \nmillion, which shows that we properly managed our liquidity risks.\n(CNY Million)\n2023\n2022\nYoY\nCash flow from operating activities\n69,807\n17,797\n292.2%\nCash and short-term investments\n475,317\n373,452\n27.3%\nShort-term and long-term borrowings\n308,414\n197,144\n56.4%\nForeign Exchange Risk\nOur presentation currency is CNY, but we have foreign currency exposures related to buying, selling, and financing in \ncurrencies other than CNY. According to our established foreign exchange risk management policy, material foreign \nexchange exposures are hedged based on a comprehensive analysis of market liquidity and hedging costs. We have \ndeveloped a complete set of foreign exchange management policies, processes, and instructions. These include:\n■ \nNatural hedging: We structure our operations to match currencies between procurement and sales transactions, \nto the greatest extent possible.\n■ \nFinancial hedging: For certain currencies where natural hedging does not fully offset the foreign currency \nposition, we hedge through forward foreign exchange transactions. In countries where local currencies \ndepreciate sharply or that have strict foreign exchange controls, we manage foreign exchange exposures using \ndifferent measures, including exchange rate protection and financial hedging. We have also adopted solutions \nlike accelerating customer payment and promptly transferring cash out of these countries to minimize risks.\n\n\n90 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nWith other conditions remaining unchanged, exchange rate fluctuations would impact our net profit as follows:\n(CNY Million)\n2023\n2022\nUSD depreciates by 5%\n347\n1,013\nEUR depreciates by 5%\n(28)\n(106)\nInterest Rate Risk\nInterest rate risks mainly arise from Huawei's long-term borrowings. By analyzing interest rate exposures, the \ncompany uses a combination of fixed-rate and floating-rate financing tools to mitigate these interest rate risks.\n1. Major interest-bearing long-term financial instruments held by the company as at December 31, 2023\n2023\n2022\nEffective\nInterest Rate(%)\n(CNY Million)\nEffective\nInterest Rate(%)\n(CNY Million)\nFixed-rate long-term financial instruments:\n Long-term borrowings\n3.64\n61,676\n3.74\n53,219\nFloating-rate long-term financial instruments:\n Long-term borrowings\n3.69\n230,013\n3.86\n129,964\nTotal\n291,688\n183,183\n2. Sensitivity analysis\nAssuming that the interest rate increased by 50 basis points on December 31, 2023 and other variables remained \nunchanged, the company's net profit and equity would decrease by CNY956 million (in 2022, the amount decreased \nby CNY533 million).\nCredit Risk\nThe company has established and implemented globally consistent credit management policies, processes, IT \nsystems, and quantitative credit risk assessment tools. It has established dedicated credit management teams across \nall regions and business units, and set up centers of expertise specializing in credit management in Europe and \nAsia Pacific. The company uses quantitative risk assessment models to determine customer credit ratings and credit \nlimits and quantify transaction risks. It has also set risk control points for key activities across the end-to-end sales \nprocess to manage credit risks in a closed loop. Huawei's Credit Management Department regularly assesses global \ncredit risk exposures and develops IT tools to help field offices monitor risk status, estimate potential losses, and \ndetermine bad debt provisions as appropriate. To minimize risk, a special process is followed if a customer defaults \non a payment or poses an unacceptably high credit risk.\nSales Financing\nWith its global coverage, Huawei's sales financing team maintains close contact with customers to understand \ntheir financing needs and taps into a wide range of financing resources around the world. As a bridge for \ncommunication and cooperation between financial institutions and customers, the sales financing team provides \ncustomers with specialized financing solutions that contribute to ongoing customer success. Huawei remains \ncommitted to working with our financing partners to build a mutually beneficial financing ecosystem. Therefore, \nwe engage our partner financial institutions to provide sales financing facilities in export credit, leasing, factoring \nand other products with financial institutions undertaking risks and realizing the returns. Huawei has established \nsystematic financing policies and project approval processes to strictly control financing risk exposures. Huawei \nonly shares risks with financial institutions on certain projects, and measures and recognizes the risk exposures to \nensure that business risks are under control.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 91\nManagement's responsibilities \nfor the consolidated financial \nstatements summary\nManagement is responsible for the preparation of the \nconsolidated financial statements summary on the \nbasis described in note 2 to the consolidated financial \nstatements summary.\nAuditors' responsibilities\nOur responsibility is to express an opinion on whether \nthe consolidated financial statements summary is \nconsistent, in all material respects, with the audited \nconsolidated financial statements based on our \nprocedures, which were conducted in accordance with \nInternational Standard on Auditing 810 (Revised), \nEngagements to Report on Summary Financial \nStatements.\nKPMG Huazhen LLP\nCertified Public Accountants\n15th Floor, China Resources Tower\n2666 Keyuan South Road\nShenzhen 518052, China\nMarch 27, 2024\nIndependent auditors' report on the consolidated financial statements \nsummary to the Board of Directors of \nHuawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nOpinion\nThe consolidated financial statements summary \nof Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd. and its \nsubsidiaries (the Group) set out on pages 92 to 134, \nwhich comprises the summary consolidated statement \nof financial position as at December 31, 2023, the \nsummary consolidated statement of profit or loss \nand other comprehensive income and the summary \nconsolidated statement of cash flows for the year \nthen ended, and related notes, is derived from the \naudited consolidated financial statements of the \nGroup for the year ended December 31, 2023.\nIn our opinion, the accompanying consolidated \nfinancial statements summary is consistent, in all \nmaterial respects, with the audited consolidated \nfinancial statements, on the basis described in note 2 \nto the consolidated financial statements summary.\nConsolidated financial statements \nsummary\nThe consolidated financial statements summary \ndoes not contain all the disclosures required by IFRS \nAccounting Standards. Reading the consolidated \nfinancial statements summary and our report thereon, \ntherefore, is not a substitute for reading the audited \nconsolidated financial statements of the Group and \nour report thereon.\nThe audited consolidated financial \nstatements and our report thereon\nWe expressed an unmodified audit opinion on the \naudited consolidated financial statements for the year \nended December 31, 2023 in our report dated \nMarch 27, 2024.\nIndependent Auditors' Report\n\n\n92 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nSummary Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income\n93\nSummary Consolidated Statement of Financial Position\n94\nSummary Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows\n95\nNotes to the Consolidated Financial Statements Summary\n1\nReporting entity\n96\n2\nPreparation basis of the consolidated financial statements summary\n96\n3\nMaterial accounting policies\n96\n4\nAccounting judgments and estimates\n109\n5\nChanges in accounting policies\n111\n6\nNew standards and amendments issued but not yet effective for the year ended \nDecember 31, 2023\n112\n7\nSegment information\n112\n8\nRevenue\n113\n9\nOther income, net\n114\n10\nPersonnel expenses\n114\n11\nFinance income and expenses\n115\n12\nIncome tax in the summary consolidated statement of profit or loss and other \ncomprehensive income\n115\n13\nOther comprehensive income\n116\n14\nProperty, plant and equipment\n117\n15\nGoodwill and intangible assets\n118\n16\nInterests in associates and joint ventures\n119\n17\nOther investments and derivatives\n120\n18\nDeferred tax assets/(liabilities)\n121\n19\nInventories and other contract costs\n121\n20\nContract assets\n122\n21\nTrade and bills receivable\n122\n22\nOther assets\n123\n23\nCash and cash equivalents\n124\n24\nLoans and borrowings\n124\n25\nTrade and bills payable\n128\n26\nContract liabilities\n129\n27\nOther liabilities\n129\n28\nProvisions\n129\n29\nLeases\n130\n30\nCapital commitments\n132\n31\nRelated parties\n132\n32\nGroup enterprises\n133\n33\nContingent liabilities\n134\n34\nSubsequent events\n134\n35\nComparative figures\n134\nConsolidated Financial Statements Summary\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 93\nSummary Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss and Other \nComprehensive Income\n(CNY million)\nNote\n2023\n2022\nRevenue\n8\n704,174\n642,338\nCost of sales\n \n(378,810)\n(360,413)\nGross profit\n \n325,364\n281,925\nResearch and development expenses\n \n(164,721)\n(161,494)\nSelling and administrative expenses\n \n(118,923)\n(109,785)\nOther income, net\n9\n62,681\n31,570\nOperating profit\n \n104,401\n42,216\nFinance income and expenses\n11\n(6,659)\n1,018\nShare of associates' and joint ventures' results (post tax)\n \n(146)\n712\nProfit before tax\n \n97,596\n43,946\nIncome tax\n12\n(10,646)\n(8,384)\nProfit for the year\n \n86,950\n35,562\n \nOther comprehensive income (after tax and \nreclassification adjustments)\n13\nItems that will not be reclassified to profit or loss:\nRe-measurement of defined benefit obligations\n \n133\n65\nEquity investments at fair value through other \ncomprehensive income (FVOCI) - net change in fair \nvalue\n \n1,350\n(1,169)\n1,483\n(1,104)\nItems that may be reclassified \nsubsequently to profit or loss:\nNon-equity financial assets at FVOCI - net change in fair \nvalue and impairment loss\n \n172\n(250)\nTranslation differences on foreign operations\n \n1,225\n3,514\nShare of other comprehensive income of associates and \njoint ventures\n \n1\n(1)\n1,398\n3,263\nOther comprehensive income\n \n2,881\n2,159\n \nTotal comprehensive income\n \n89,831\n37,721\n \nProfit for the year attributable to:\nEquity holders of the Company\n \n86,893\n35,534\nNon-controlling interests\n \n57\n28\n86,950\n35,562\nTotal comprehensive income attributable to:\nEquity holders of the Company\n \n89,773\n37,694\nNon-controlling interests\n \n58\n27\n89,831\n37,721\nThe notes on pages 96 to 134 form part of this consolidated financial statements summary.\n\n\n94 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nSummary Consolidated Statement of Financial Position\n(CNY million)\nNote\nDecember 31,\n2023\nDecember 31, \n2022 \nAssets\nProperty, plant and equipment\n14\n156,495\n137,024\nGoodwill and intangible assets\n15\n8,537\n8,048\nRight-of-use assets\n29\n25,402\n23,286\nInterests in associates and joint ventures\n16\n7,336\n7,109\nOther investments and derivatives\n17\n154,510\n83,055\nDeferred tax assets\n18\n12,456\n11,760\nContract assets\n20\n1,340\n1,025\nTrade and bills receivable\n21\n7,014\n3,073\nOther assets\n22\n17,413\n14,628\nNon-current assets\n \n390,503\n289,008\nInventories and other contract costs\n19\n154,558\n163,282\nContract assets\n20\n52,546\n51,502\nTrade and bills receivable\n21\n102,050\n87,804\nOther assets\n22\n88,141\n98,451\nOther investments and derivatives\n17\n282,896\n226,488\nCash and cash equivalents\n23\n192,903\n147,269\nCurrent assets\n \n873,094\n774,796\n \nTotal assets\n \n1,263,597\n1,063,804\n \nEquity\nEquity attributable to equity holders of the Company\n \n507,428\n436,975\nNon-controlling interests\n \n140\n101\nTotal equity\n \n507,568\n437,076\n \nLiabilities\nLoans and borrowings\n24\n291,688\n183,183\nDeferred tax liabilities\n18\n3,433\n3,804\nLease liabilities\n \n7,460\n7,275\nOther liabilities\n27\n2,016\n2,608\nNon-current liabilities\n \n304,597\n196,870\nLoans and borrowings\n24\n16,726\n13,961\nEmployee benefits\n \n98,861\n97,697\nIncome tax payable\n \n6,687\n4,217\nTrade and bills payable\n25\n90,845\n92,104\nContract liabilities\n26\n95,101\n87,575\nLease liabilities\n \n3,375\n3,296\nOther liabilities\n27\n119,668\n114,426\nProvisions\n28\n20,169\n16,582\nCurrent liabilities\n \n451,432\n429,858\n \nTotal liabilities\n \n756,029\n626,728\n \nTotal equity and liabilities\n \n1,263,597\n1,063,804\n \nThe notes on pages 96 to 134 form part of this consolidated financial statements summary.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 95\nSummary Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows\n(CNY million)\nNote\n2023\n2022\nCash receipts from goods and services\n \n770,927\n711,048\nCash paid to suppliers and employees\n \n(757,254)\n(746,228)\nOther operating cash flows\n \n56,134\n52,977\nNet cash generated from operating activities\n \n69,807\n17,797\nNet cash (used in)/generated from investing activities\n \n(98,759)\n6,270\nNet cash generated from/(used in) financing activities\n \n73,193\n(8,622)\n \nCash and cash equivalents\nNet increase\n \n44,241\n15,445\nAt January 1\n \n147,269\n128,395\nEffect of foreign exchange rate changes\n \n1,393\n3,429\nAt December 31\n23\n192,903\n147,269\n \nThe notes on pages 96 to 134 form part of this consolidated financial statements summary.\n\n\n96 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nNotes to the Consolidated Financial Statements Summary\n1\t Reporting entity\nHuawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd. (the Company) \nis a limited liability company established in Shenzhen \nin the People's Republic of China (PRC). The \nCompany's registered office is at Building 1, Zone B, \nHuawei Base, Bantian, Longgang District, Shenzhen \nCity, PRC. The Company's ultimate controlling party is \nthe Union.\nThe Company and its subsidiaries (the Group) \nprincipally provide information and communications \ntechnology (ICT) infrastructure and smart \ndevices. This includes providing products, services \nand solutions to customers in the fields of \ncommunications networks, IT, smart devices, cloud \nservices, digital power and intelligent automotive \nsolutions. The principal activities and other \nparticulars of the Company's major subsidiaries are \nset out in note 32(b) to the consolidated financial \nstatements summary.\n2\t \u0007\nPreparation basis of the \nconsolidated financial statements \nsummary\nThe Group has prepared a full set of consolidated \nfinancial statements (consolidated financial \nstatements) for the year ended December 31, 2023 in \naccordance with IFRS Accounting Standards.\nThe consolidated financial statements summary has \nbeen prepared and presented based on the audited \nconsolidated financial statements for the year ended \nDecember 31, 2023 in order to disclose material \nfinancial information relating to the Group's business \noperation.\n3\t Material accounting policies\n(a)\t\nBasis of preparation of the consolidated \nfinancial statements\nThe consolidated financial statements have been \nprepared under the historical cost basis modified \nfor the fair valuation of some financial instrument \nclassifications (see note 3(e)).\nThe preparation of the consolidated financial \nstatements requires management to make \njudgments, estimates and assumptions that affect \nthe application of policies and reported amounts \nof assets, liabilities, income and expenses. \nEstimates and associated assumptions are based \non historical experience and various other factors \nthat are believed to be reasonable under the \ncircumstances. Actual results may differ from \nthese estimates.\nEstimates and underlying assumptions are \nreviewed regularly and revised when required. \nRevisions to accounting estimates are recognized \nin the period in which the estimate is revised if the \nrevision affects only that period, or in the period \nof the revision and future periods if the revision \naffects both current and future periods.\nJudgments made by management in the \napplication of IFRS Accounting Standards that have \nsignificant effect on the consolidated financial \nstatements and major sources of estimation \nuncertainty are discussed in note 4.\n(b)\t\nFunctional and presentation currency\nAll financial information in the consolidated \nfinancial statements summary is presented in \nmillions of Chinese Yuan (CNY), which is the \nCompany's functional currency.\n(c)\t\nConsolidation\n(i)\tBusiness combinations\nThe Group accounts for business combinations \nusing the acquisition method when the acquired \nset of activities and assets meets the definition of \na business and control is transferred to the Group. \n \nTo be considered a business, an acquiree must \ncomprise inputs and a substantive process that \ntogether significantly contribute to the ability to \ncreate outputs. \nThe Group may determine that an acquired \nset of activities and assets is not a business if \nsubstantially all of the fair value of the gross \nassets acquired is concentrated in a single \nidentifiable asset or group of similar identifiable \nassets.\nThe consideration transferred in the acquisition \nis generally measured at fair value, as are the \nidentifiable assets and liabilities. Any goodwill \nthat arises is tested annually for impairment (see \nnote 3(k)(ii)). Any gain on a bargain purchase \nis recognized in profit or loss immediately. \nTransaction costs are expensed as incurred.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 97\n(ii)\t\nSubsidiaries\nThe financial statements consolidate the results, \nassets, liabilities and cash flows of all subsidiaries \nwhich the Group controls.\nSubsidiaries are consolidated from the date that \ncontrol commences until the date that control \nceases. Intra-group balances, transactions, cash \nflows and any unrealized gains arising from \nintra-group transactions are eliminated in \npreparing the consolidated financial statements. \nUnrealized losses resulting from intra-group \ntransactions are eliminated in the same way as \nunrealized gains but only to the extent that there \nis no evidence of impairment.\nThe Group controls an entity when it is exposed, \nor has rights, to variable returns from its \ninvolvement with the entity and has the ability to \naffect those returns through its power over the \nentity. When assessing whether the Group has \npower, only substantive rights are considered.\n(iii)\tNon-controlling interests\nNon-controlling interests represent the carrying \nvalue of the net assets of subsidiaries attributable \nto non-controlling equity holders. The Group \nmeasures non-controlling interests at the \nnon-controlling interests' proportionate share of \nthe subsidiary's net identifiable assets. Changes \nin the Group's interests in a subsidiary that do \nnot result in a loss of control are accounted for \nas equity transactions, whereby adjustments are \nmade to the amounts of controlling and \nnon-controlling interests within consolidated \nequity to reflect the change in relative interests, \nbut no adjustments are made to goodwill and no \ngain or loss is recognized. \n(iv)\t\nLoss of control\nWhen the Group loses control of a subsidiary, it is \naccounted for as a disposal of the entire interest \nin that subsidiary, with a resulting gain or loss \nbeing recognized in profit or loss. Any interest \nretained in that former subsidiary at the date \nwhen control is lost is recognized at fair value or, \nwhen appropriate, the cost on initial recognition \nof an investment in an associate or a joint venture \n(see note 3(d)).\n(d)\t\nAssociates and joint ventures\nAn associate is an entity in which the Group \nhas significant influence, but not control or \njoint control, over its management, including \nparticipation in the financial and operating policy \ndecisions.\nA joint venture is an arrangement whereby the \nGroup and other parties contractually agree to \nshare control of the arrangement, and have rights \nto the net assets of the arrangement.\nAn investment in an associate or a joint venture \nis accounted for in the consolidated financial \nstatements using the equity method until the \ndate on which significant influence or joint control \nceases. It is initially recognized at cost and \nsubsequently adjusted to include the Group's share \nof the profit or loss and other comprehensive \nincome (OCI) of the associate or the joint venture.\nUnrealized profits and losses resulting from \ntransactions between the Group and its associates \nand joint ventures are eliminated to the extent \nof the Group's interest in the investee, except \nwhere unrealized losses provide evidence of an \nimpairment of the asset transferred, in which case \nthey are recognized immediately in profit or loss.\n(e)\t\nFinancial instruments \n(i)\tRecognition and derecognition \nFinancial instruments, comprising financial assets \nand financial liabilities, are recognized in the \nconsolidated statement of financial position when \nthe Group becomes a party to the contractual \nprovisions of the instrument.\nThe Group derecognizes a financial asset when \nthe contractual rights to the cash flows from the \nasset expire, or it transfers the rights to receive \nthe contractual cash flows in a transaction in \nwhich substantially all of the risks and rewards of \nownership of the financial asset are transferred or \nwhere it neither transfers nor retains substantially \nall of the risks and rewards of ownership and \nloses control. When control is retained, the Group \ncontinues to recognize the financial asset to the \nextent of its continuing involvement. Financial \nassets are also derecognized when they are \nwritten off. Financial assets are written off when \nthere is no reasonable expectation of further \nrecoveries even though there may be enforcement \nactions ongoing.\n\n\n98 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nThe Group derecognizes a financial liability \nwhen its contractual obligations are discharged, \ncanceled, or expire.\nFinancial assets and financial liabilities are \noffset and the net amount presented in the \nconsolidated statement of financial position \nwhen, and only when, the Group currently has a \nlegally enforceable right to set off the recognized \namounts and intends either to settle them on a \nnet basis or to realize the asset and settle the \nliability simultaneously.\n(ii)\t\nClassification and measurement\nAll financial assets and liabilities are initially \nrecognized at fair value, with the exception of \ntrade receivables without a significant financing \ncomponent, which are measured at their \ntransaction price, determined in accordance with \nthe Group's accounting policies for revenue. \nSubsequently, measurement depends on the \nfinancial assets/liabilities classification as follows:\n■\t Financial assets measured at fair value through \nprofit or loss (FVPL)\nNon-equity financial assets are classified as \nFVPL if they arise from contracts which do \nnot give rise to cash flows which are solely \nprincipal and interest, or otherwise where they \nare held in a business model which mainly \nrealizes them through sale. Such assets are \nre-measured to fair value at the end of each \nreporting period. Gains and losses arising \nfrom re-measurement are taken to profit or \nloss, as are transaction costs.\nEquity investments are classified as FVPL \nunless they are designated as at FVOCI on \ninitial recognition (see below). Dividends from \nequity investments, irrespective of whether \nclassified as FVPL or FVOCI, are recognized in \nprofit or loss as finance income.\n■\t Financial assets measured at FVOCI\nNon-equity financial assets are classified as \nFVOCI where they arise from contracts that \ngive rise to contractual cash flows which \nare solely principal and interest and that are \nheld in a business model which realizes some \nthrough sale and some by holding them to \nsettlement. They are recognized initially at fair \nvalue plus any directly attributable transaction \ncosts, or in the case of trade receivables, at the \ntransaction price. \nAt the end of each reporting period they are \nre-measured to fair value, with the cumulative \ngain or loss compared to their amortized cost \n(AC) being recognized as fair value reserve \nthrough other comprehensive income, except \nfor the recognition in profit or loss of expected \ncredit losses, interest income (calculated using \nthe effective interest method) and foreign \nexchange gains and losses.\nWhen these assets are derecognized, the \ncumulative gain or loss is reclassified from \nequity to profit or loss.\nEquity investments are designated as at \nFVOCI where they are considered strategic to \nthe Group. Such designation is made on an \ninstrument-by-instrument basis, but may only \nbe made if the investment meets the definition \nof equity from the issuer's perspective. \nAmounts accumulated in the fair value reserve \nin respect of these investments are transferred \ndirectly to retained earnings on the disposal \nof the investment. These investments are not \nsubject to impairment.\n■\t Financial assets measured at amortized cost\nFinancial assets are held at amortized cost \nwhen they arise from contracts that give rise \nto contractual cash flows which are solely \nprincipal and interest and are held in a \nbusiness model that mainly holds the assets to \ncollect contractual cash flows. \nFinancial assets measured at amortized cost \nwhen they are not purchased or originated \ncredit-impaired are measured at amortized \ncost using the effective interest method. For \nthose purchased or originated credit-impaired, \nthe Group applies the credit-adjusted effective \ninterest rate since initial recognition. These \nassets are also subject to impairment losses \n(see note 3(k)). Interest income is calculated \nbased on the gross carrying amount of the \nfinancial asset unless the financial asset is \ncredit impaired, in which case interest income \nis calculated on the amortized cost (i.e. gross \ncarrying amount less loss allowance). Interest \nincome is included in finance income.\n■\t Financial liabilities\nFinancial liabilities are classified as measured \nat amortized cost or FVPL. A financial liability \nis classified as FVPL if it is a derivative, \ncontingent consideration or it is designated \n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 99\nas such on initial recognition. Other financial \nliabilities are stated at amortized cost using \nthe effective interest method. Interest is \nincluded in finance expenses unless capitalized \ninto an asset (see note 3(t)).\n■\t Derivative financial instruments\nDerivative financial instruments are recognized \nat fair value. At the end of each reporting \nperiod the fair value is re-measured. \nDerivatives are classified as assets when their \nfair value is positive or as liabilities when their \nfair value is negative. The gain or loss on \nre-measurement to fair value is recognized \nimmediately in profit or loss, except where the \nderivatives are accounted for as hedges of a \nnet investment in a foreign operation (see note \n3(f)).\n(f)\t\nHedge accounting\nThe Group holds certain derivatives to hedge \nthe foreign exchange risk on net investments in \nforeign operations. \nAt the inception of the hedging relationship, the \nGroup documents the risk management objective, \nthe strategy for undertaking the hedge, and the \neconomic relationship between the hedged item \nand the hedging instrument, including whether \nthe value changes of the hedged item and the \nhedging instrument are expected to offset each \nother. \nHedge effectiveness is assessed on an ongoing \nbasis at the hedging commencement date and \neach subsequent reporting date. A hedge is \nconsidered effective when:\n(i)\t there is an economic relationship between the \nhedged item and the hedging instrument;\n(ii)\tthe effect of credit risk does not dominate the \nvalue changes that result from that economic \nrelationship; and\n(iii)\t\nthe hedge ratio of the hedging relationship is \nthe same as that resulting from the quantity \nof the hedged item that the Group actually \nhedges and the quantity of the hedging \ninstrument that the Group actually uses to \nhedge that quantity of hedged item.\nWhen a hedging relationship is no longer effective \nbecause of changes in the hedge ratio, but the risk \nmanagement objective for the designated hedging \nrelationship remains the same, the Group adjusts \nthe hedge ratio so that it meets the qualifying \ncriteria again.\nTo the extent that the hedge is effective, changes \nin the fair value of the derivative are recognized \nin other comprehensive income and presented \nwithin equity. Gains and losses representing \nhedge ineffectiveness are recognized in profit or \nloss. The balances from any hedging relationships \nfor which hedge accounting is no longer applied \nremain in the translation reserve. The cumulative \namount recognized in other comprehensive income \nis reclassified to profit or loss as a whole or in \npart on disposal or partial disposal of the foreign \noperation. \n(g)\t\nInvestment property\nInvestment properties are land and buildings \nwhich are owned or held under a leasehold \ninterest (see note 3(j)) to earn rental income \nand/or for capital appreciation.\nInvestment properties are stated at cost less \naccumulated depreciation (see note 3(h)(ii)) and \nimpairment losses (see note 3(k)). Rental income \nfrom investment properties is accounted for as \ndescribed in note 3(q)(ii).\n(h)\t\nOther property, plant and equipment\n(i)\tCost\nItems of property, plant and equipment are stated at \ncost less accumulated depreciation and impairment \nlosses (see note 3(k)). Cost includes expenditure \nthat is directly attributable to the acquisition of \nthe assets including for self-constructed assets, the \ncost of materials, direct labor, the initial estimate, \nwhere appropriate, of the costs of dismantling and \nremoving the items and restoring the site on which \nthey are located, and an appropriate proportion of \nproduction overheads and borrowing costs.\nConstruction in progress is transferred to other \nproperty, plant and equipment when it is ready for \nits intended use.\nGains or losses arising from the retirement \nor disposal of an item of property, plant and \nequipment are determined as the difference \nbetween the net disposal proceeds and the \ncarrying amount of the item and are recognized in \nprofit or loss on the date of retirement or disposal.\n\n\n100 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\n(ii)\tDepreciation\nDepreciation is calculated to write off the cost of \nitems of investment property and other property, \nplant and equipment, less their estimated residual \nvalue, if any, using the straight-line method over \ntheir estimated useful lives as follows:\n■\t Buildings\t\n30 years\n■\t Machinery\t\n2 to 10 years\n■\t Motor vehicles\t\n5 years\n■\t \u0007\nElectronic and other equipment\t\n2 to 5 years\n■\t \u0007\nDecoration and leasehold \nimprovements\t\n2 to 15 years\nWhere components of an item of investment \nproperty and other property, plant and equipment \nhave different useful lives, the cost of the item is \nallocated on a reasonable basis between the parts \nand each part is depreciated separately. Both \nthe useful life of an item of investment property \nand other property, plant and equipment and its \nresidual value, if any, are reviewed annually.\nFreehold land and construction in progress are not \ndepreciated.\n(i)\tGoodwill and intangible assets \n(i)\tGoodwill\nGoodwill represents the excess of the fair value \nof consideration paid to acquire a subsidiary over \nthe acquisition date fair value of the acquiree's \nidentifiable assets acquired less liabilities, including \ncontingent liabilities, assumed as at the acquisition \ndate, less impairment losses (see note 3(k)(ii)).\n(ii)\tOther intangible assets\nOther intangible assets are stated at cost less \naccumulated amortization and impairment losses \n(see note 3(k)).\n(iii)\t\nAmortization\nGoodwill is not amortized but subject to \nimpairment testing (see note 3(k)(ii)) annually.\nThe cost of other intangible assets with finite \nuseful lives is amortized to profit or loss on a \nstraight-line basis over the assets' estimated useful \nlives from the date they are available for use. \nTheir estimated useful lives are as follows:\n■\t Software\t\n2 to 10 years\n■\t Patents and royalties\t\n2 to 10 years\n■\t Trademark and others\t\n2 to 20 years\nBoth the useful lives and method of amortization \nare reviewed annually and revised when necessary.\n(iv)\t\nResearch and development\nResearch and development costs are all \ncosts directly attributable to research and \ndevelopment activities together with costs which \ncan be allocated on a reasonable basis to such \nactivities. The nature of the Group's research and \ndevelopment activities is such that the criteria \nfor the recognition of such costs as assets are \ngenerally not met until late in the development \nstage of the project when the remaining \ndevelopment costs are immaterial. Therefore, \nexpenditure on research and development \nactivities is generally recognized as an expense in \nthe period in which it is incurred.\n(j)\t\nLeases\nA contract is, or contains, a lease if on inception \nthe contract conveys the right to control the use \nof an identified asset for a period of time, the \nlease term, in exchange for consideration.\nThe lease term is the non-cancelable period of \nthe lease, together with any additional periods, \nwhen there is an enforceable option to extend the \nlease and it is reasonably certain that the Group \nwill extend the term, or when there is an option \nto terminate the lease and it is reasonably certain \nthat the Group will not exercise the right to \nterminate. The lease term is reassessed if there is \na significant change in circumstances.\n(i)\tAs a lessee\nAt commencement, or on the modification, of a \ncontract that contains a lease component, the \nGroup allocates the consideration in the contract \nto each lease component on the basis of its \nrelative stand-alone price. \nThe Group recognizes a right-of-use asset and a \nlease liability at the lease commencement date. \nThe right-of-use asset is initially measured at cost, \nwhich comprises the initial amount of the lease \nliability adjusted for any lease payments made at \nor before the commencement date, plus any initial \ndirect costs incurred and an estimate of costs to \n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 101\ndismantle and remove the underlying asset or to \nrestore the underlying asset or the site on which it \nis located, less any lease incentives received.\nThe right-of-use asset is subsequently depreciated \nusing the straight-line method from the \ncommencement date to the end of the lease term. \nIf the lease transfers ownership of the underlying \nasset to the Group by the end of the lease term \nor if the Group expects to exercise a purchase \noption, the right-of-use asset will be depreciated \nover the useful life of the underlying asset, which \nis determined on the same basis as those of the \nGroup's other property, plant and equipment.\nRight-of-use assets are further reduced by \nimpairment losses, if any, and adjusted for certain \nre-measurements of the lease liability.\nThe lease liability is initially measured at the \npresent value of the total lease payments that are \nnot paid on the commencement date, discounted \nusing either the interest rate implicit in the \nlease, if readily determinable, or more usually, an \nestimate of the Group's incremental borrowing \nrate on the inception date for a loan with similar \nterms to the lease.\nThe incremental borrowing rate is estimated by \nobtaining interest rates from various external \nfinancing sources and making certain adjustments \nto reflect the terms of the lease and type of the \nasset leased. \nLease payments included in the measurement of \nthe lease liability comprise the following:\n■\t fixed payments, including payments which are \nsubstantively fixed;\n■\t variable lease payments that depend on an \nindex or a rate, initially measured using the \nindex or rate as at the commencement date;\n■\t amounts expected to be payable under a \nresidual value guarantee; and \n■\t the exercise price under a purchase option that \nthe Group is reasonably certain to exercise, \nlease payments in an optional renewal period \nif the Group is reasonably certain to exercise \nan extension option, and penalties for early \ntermination of a lease unless the Group is \nreasonably certain not to terminate early.\nThe lease liability is measured at amortized cost \nusing the effective interest method. It is \nre-measured when there is a change in future \nlease payments arising from a change in an \nindex or rate, if there is a change in the Group's \nestimate of the amount expected to be payable \nunder a residual value guarantee, if the Group \nchanges its assessment of whether it will exercise \na purchase, extension or termination option \nor if there is a revised in-substance fixed lease \npayment.\nWhen the lease liability is re-measured in this \nway, a corresponding adjustment is made to the \ncarrying amount of the right-of-use asset, or is \nrecorded in profit or loss if the carrying amount of \nthe right-of-use asset has been reduced to zero.\nShort-term leases and leases of low-value assets\nAs permitted by IFRS 16 Leases, the Group does \nnot recognize right-of-use assets and lease \nliabilities for leases of low-value assets and \nshort-term leases. Payments associated with these \nleases are recognized as an expense on a \nstraight-line basis over the lease term.\n(ii)\tAs a lessor\nWhen the Group acts as a lessor, it determines at \nlease inception whether each lease is a finance \nlease or an operating lease.\nTo classify each lease, the Group makes an \noverall assessment of whether the lease transfers \nsubstantially all of the risks and rewards incidental \nto ownership of the underlying asset. If this is the \ncase, then the lease is a finance lease; if not, then \nit is an operating lease. \nWhen the Group is an intermediate lessor, it \naccounts for its interest in the head lease and \nthe sub-lease separately. It assesses the lease \nclassification of a sub-lease with reference to the \nright-of-use asset arising from the head lease, not \nwith reference to the underlying asset. If a head \nlease is a short-term lease to which the Group \napplies the exemption described above, then it \nclassifies the sub-lease as an operating lease.\nThe Group recognizes lease payments received \nunder operating leases as income on a \nstraight-line basis over the lease term as part of \nrevenue (see note 3(q)(ii)).\n\n\n102 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\n(k)\tImpairment of assets\n(i)\tImpairment of financial assets, contract \nassets and lease receivables\nThe Group recognizes an allowance for \nimpairment on non-equity financial assets held \nat FVOCI and AC, and also on contract assets \nand lease receivables on an expected credit loss \nbasis. Increases and decreases in the impairment \nallowance are recognized in profit or loss. The \nexpected credit losses are the difference (on a \npresent value basis) between the contractual cash \nflows (or transaction price) and the present value \nof cash flows expected to be received based on \nthe Group's past loss experience and reasonable \nand supportable expectations, at the end of the \nreporting period, about future credit conditions.\nFor trade receivables, contract assets and lease \nreceivables, the Group recognizes impairment both \nindividually and using provision matrices based \non the probability that the customer will default \nduring the lifetime of the asset, and the loss that \nwill be incurred given the default (the lifetime \nexpected loss). The Group defines default as the \ncustomer being more than 90 days past due. \nFor all other financial assets that are not \npurchased or originated credit-impaired, the Group \nrecognizes impairment initially based on the \nprobability that the customer or counterparty will \ndefault in the next 12 months unless there has \nbeen a significant deterioration in credit quality, \nor the financial asset becomes credit impaired in \nwhich case the impairment allowance is increased \nto the lifetime expected loss. \nAn asset is credit-impaired when it has one or \nmore of the loss events described below:\n■\t significant financial difficulty of the borrower \nor issuer;\n■\t a breach of contract, such as a default or past \ndue event;\n■\t the restructuring of a loan or advance by the \nGroup on terms that the Group would not \nconsider otherwise; \n■\t it is probable that the borrower will enter \nbankruptcy or other financial reorganization; or \n■\t the disappearance of an active market for a \nsecurity because of financial difficulties of the \nissuer. \nIn the case of purchased or originated \ncredit-impaired financial assets, the Group only \nrecognizes the cumulative changes in lifetime \nexpected credit losses since initial recognition as a \nloss allowance.\n(ii)\tImpairment of other non-financial assets\nInternal and external sources of information are \nreviewed at the end of each reporting period \nto identify indications that non-financial assets, \nincluding property, plant and equipment, \nright-of-use assets, intangible assets and other \nlong-term assets may be impaired.\nGoodwill is tested for impairment at least annually. \nFor the purposes of impairment testing, goodwill \nis allocated to each cash generating unit, or a \ngroup of cash generating units, that is expected \nto benefit from the synergies of the acquisition. \nWhere impairment testing is of a cash generating \nunit (or group of units), an impairment loss is \nrecognized in profit or loss where the recoverable \namount is less than the carrying amount of the \nunit (or group of units) and the impairment loss \nrecognized is allocated first to reduce the carrying \namount of any goodwill allocated to the unit (or \ngroup of units).\nOther assets are impaired and an impairment \nloss is recognized in profit or loss where the \nrecoverable amount of the asset is less than \nits carrying amount, and reversed where there \nhas been a favorable change in the recoverable \namount. Impairment of goodwill is not reversed.\nThe recoverable amount of an asset or group of \nassets is the greater of its fair value less costs \nof disposal and value in use. Value in use is the \ntotal estimated future cash flows from the asset \nor, where the asset does not generate cash flows \nindependent of other assets, a group of assets, \ndiscounted to their present value using a \npre-tax discount rate that reflects current market \nassessments of the time value of money and the \nrisks specific to the asset, or group of assets.\n(l)\tInventories\nInventories are assets which are held for sale in \nthe ordinary course of business, in the process \nof production for such sales or in the form of \nmaterial or supplies to be consumed in the \nproduction process or in the rendering of services.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 103\nInventories are carried at the lower of cost and net \nrealizable value.\nCost is calculated based on the standard cost \nmethod with periodic adjustments of cost variance \nto arrive at the actual cost, which approximates to \nweighted average cost. Cost includes expenditures \nincurred in acquiring the inventories and bringing \nthem to their present location and condition. \nThe cost of manufactured inventories and work \nin progress includes an appropriate share of \noverheads based on normal operating capacity.\nNet realizable value is the estimated selling \nprice in the ordinary course of business, less the \nestimated costs of completion and the estimated \ncosts necessary to make the sale.\nWhen inventories are sold, the carrying amount \nof those inventories is recognized as an expense \nin the period in which the related revenue is \nrecognized. Any write-down of inventories to net \nrealizable value and all losses of inventories are \nrecognized as an expense in the period the \nwrite-down or loss occurs. \n(m)\t\nCash and cash equivalents\nCash and cash equivalents comprise cash at bank \nand on hand, demand deposits with banks and \nother financial institutions, demand deposits with \nthird party merchants, and short-term, highly \nliquid investments that are readily convertible \ninto known amounts of cash and which are \nsubject to an insignificant risk of changes in value, \nhaving been within three months of maturity at \nacquisition. Bank overdrafts that are repayable \non demand and form an integral part of the \nGroup's cash management are also included as a \ncomponent of cash and cash equivalents for the \npurpose of the consolidated statement of cash \nflows.\n(n)\tEmployee benefits\n(i)\tShort-term employee benefits, contributions \nto defined contribution retirement plans \nand other long-term employee benefits\nSalaries, profit-sharing and bonus payments, \npaid annual leave and contributions to defined \ncontribution retirement plans and non-monetary \nbenefits are recognized as liabilities and in \nprofit or loss or in the cost of related assets in \nthe period in which the associated services are \nrendered by employees. Where payment or \nsettlement is expected to be made 12 months \nafter the end of the reporting period, these \namounts are discounted and stated at their \npresent values.\n(ii)\tDefined benefit obligations\nThe Group's obligation in respect of defined \nbenefit plans is calculated separately for each plan \nby estimating the total amount of future benefit \nthat employees have earned in return for their \nservice in the current and prior periods which is \nthen discounted to present value. The calculation \nis performed by management using the projected \nunit credit method.\nService cost and interest cost on the defined \nbenefit obligations and any curtailment gains \nand losses are recognized in profit or loss. \nRe-measurements arising from changes in \nactuarial assumptions regarding the amounts \nof future benefits are recognized immediately \nin other comprehensive income and shall not \nbe reclassified to profit or loss in a subsequent \nperiod. However, the Group may transfer those \namounts recognized in other comprehensive \nincome within equity.\n(o)\tIncome tax\nIncome tax expense comprises current and \ndeferred tax. It is recognized in profit or loss \nexcept to the extent that it relates to a business \ncombination, or items recognized in other \ncomprehensive income or directly in equity. \nCurrent tax comprises the expected tax payable \nor receivable on the taxable income or loss for \nthe year and any adjustment to the tax payable or \nreceivable in respect of prior years. The amount \nof current tax payable or receivable is the best \nestimate of the tax amount expected to be paid \nor received that reflects uncertainty, if any. It is \nmeasured using tax rates enacted or substantively \nenacted at the reporting date. Current tax also \nincludes any tax arising from dividends.\nDeferred tax is recognized in respect of temporary \ndifferences between the carrying amounts of \nassets and liabilities for financial reporting \npurposes and their tax bases. Deferred tax assets \nalso arise from unused tax losses and unused tax \ncredits. Deferred tax is not recognized for:\n\n\n104 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\n■\t temporary differences on the initial recognition \nof assets or liabilities in a transaction that is \nnot a business combination and that affects \nneither accounting nor taxable profit or loss \nand does not give rise to equal taxable and \ndeductible temporary differences;\n■\t temporary differences related to investments in \nsubsidiaries, associates and joint arrangements \nto the extent that the Group is able to control \nthe timing of the reversal of the temporary \ndifferences and it is probable that they will not \nreverse in the foreseeable future; \n■\t taxable temporary differences arising on the \ninitial recognition of goodwill; and\n■\t those related to the income taxes arising from \ntax laws enacted or substantively enacted \nto implement the Pillar Two model rules \npublished by the Organization for Economic \nCo-operation and Development.\nDeferred tax assets are recognized to the \nextent that it is probable that future taxable \nprofits will be available against which the asset \ncan be utilized. Future taxable profits are \ndetermined based on the reversal of relevant \ntaxable temporary differences. If the amount of \ntaxable temporary differences is insufficient to \nrecognize a deferred tax asset in full, then future \ntaxable profits, adjusted for reversals of existing \ntemporary differences, are considered, based on \nthe business plans for individual subsidiaries in \nthe Group. Deferred tax assets are reviewed at \neach reporting date and are reduced to the extent \nthat it is no longer probable that the related \ntax benefit will be realized; such reductions are \nreversed when the probability of future taxable \nprofits improves.\nThe amount of deferred tax recognized is \nmeasured based on the expected manner of \nrealization or settlement of the carrying amount \nof the assets and liabilities, using tax rates \nenacted or substantively enacted at the reporting \ndate. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are not \ndiscounted.\nA provision is recognized for those matters for \nwhich the tax determination is uncertain but \nit is considered probable that there will be a \nfuture outflow of funds to a tax authority. The \nprovisions are measured at the best estimate of \nthe amount expected to become payable.\nCurrent tax balances and deferred tax balances, \nand movements therein, are presented separately \nfrom each other and are not offset. Current tax \nassets are offset against current tax liabilities, and \ndeferred tax assets against deferred tax liabilities, \nif the Group has legally enforceable rights to set \noff current tax assets against current tax liabilities \nand the following additional conditions are met:\n■\t in the case of current tax assets and liabilities, \nthe Group intends either to settle on a net \nbasis, or to realize the asset and settle the \nliability simultaneously; or\n■\t in the case of deferred tax assets and \nliabilities, if they relate to income taxes levied \nby the same taxation authority on either:\n–\t the same taxable entity; or\n–\t different taxable entities, which, in each \nfuture period in which significant amounts \nof deferred tax liabilities or assets are \nexpected to be settled or recovered, intend \nto realize the current tax assets and settle \nthe current tax liabilities on a net basis or \nrealize and settle simultaneously.\n(p)\tProvisions and contingent liabilities\nProvisions are recognized for liabilities of uncertain \ntiming or amount when the Group has a legal or \nconstructive obligation arising as a result of a past \nevent, it is probable that an outflow of economic \nbenefits will be required to settle the obligation \nand a reliable estimate can be made. Where the \ntime value of money is material, provisions are \nstated at the present value of the expenditure \nexpected to settle the obligation.\nWhere it is not probable that an outflow of \neconomic benefits will be required, or the amount \ncannot be reliably estimated, disclosure is made \nof the contingent liability, unless the probability \nof outflow of economic benefits is remote. \nPossible obligations, whose existence will only be \nconfirmed by the occurrence or non-occurrence \nof one or more future events are also disclosed \nas contingent liabilities unless the probability of \noutflow of economic benefits is remote.\nThe main types of provisions are as follows:\n(i)\tProvision for warranties\nThe Group provides assurance warranties for its \nstandard products. The Group estimates the costs \n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 105\nthat may be incurred under its assurance warranty \nobligations and records a liability in the amount of \nsuch costs when revenue is recognized. Warranty \ncosts generally include spare parts, labor costs \nand service center support. Factors that affect \nthe Group's warranty liability include the amount \nof products sold, and historical and anticipated \nrates of warranty claims. The Group periodically \nreassesses its warranty liabilities and adjusts the \namounts as necessary.\n(ii)\tProvision for onerous contracts\nA provision for onerous contracts is recognized \nwhen the expected benefits to be derived by \nthe Group from a contract are lower than the \nestimated cost of meeting its obligations under \nthe contract. The provision is measured at the \npresent value of the lower of the expected cost \nof terminating the contract and the expected \nnet cost of continuing with the contract, which \nis determined based on the incremental costs \nof fulfilling the obligation under the contract \nand an allocation of other costs directly related \nto fulfilling the contract. Before a provision is \nestablished, the Group recognizes any impairment \nloss on the assets associated with that contract.\n(q)\tRevenue\nRevenue is income arising from sales of products, \nprovision of services or use by others of the \nGroup's properties under leases in the ordinary \ncourse of the Group's business.\n(i)\tRevenue from customer contracts\nRevenue is measured based on the consideration \nthe Group expects to be entitled to, from the \ncontract with the customer and excludes those \namounts collected on behalf of third parties. The \nGroup recognizes revenue when it transfers control \nover a good or service (or a bundle of goods or \nservices) to a customer. \ni.\t\nContract combinations and modifications\nThe Group combines separate customer contracts \nwith the same customer or related parties of the \nsame customers entered into at or near the same \ntime when those contracts are negotiated as a \npackage to form a single commercial objective, \ncontain significant pricing dependencies or the \ngoods or services promised in the contracts are a \nsingle performance obligation. \nContract modifications are generally treated either \nas a new separate contract, or as a prospective \nchange to an existing contract. In cases when the \nadditional or the remaining goods and services are \nnot distinct from those transferred before the date \nof modification, modifications are accounted for \nthrough a cumulative catch-up adjustment.\nii.\t Warranties\nIf a warranty attached to a product sold by \nthe Group is a distinct service in addition to \nstandard assurance, the Group recognizes the \nwarranty service as a separate performance \nobligation (POB) for which revenue is allocated \nand recognized on a straight-line basis over \nthe warranty period. Otherwise, warranties \nprovided by the Group are standard assurance and \naccounted for as a warranty provision at the time \nof the sale (see note 3(p)).\niii.\t Timing of revenue recognition\nThe Group determines at contract inception \nwhether it transfers the control of a good \nor service (or a bundle of goods or services) \nunderlying a POB to the customer over time or \nat a point in time. A POB is satisfied and related \nrevenue is recognized over time by measuring the \nprogress towards complete satisfaction of that \nPOB, if one of the following criteria is met:\n■\t the customer simultaneously receives and \nconsumes the benefits provided by the Group's \nperformance as the Group performs;\n■\t the Group's performance creates or enhances \nan asset that the customer controls as the \nasset is created or enhanced; or\n■\t the Group's performance does not create an \nasset with an alternative use to the Group and \nthe Group has an enforceable right to payment \nfor performance completed to date.\nIf a POB is not satisfied over time and the control \nover the related good or service is not transferred \nover time in accordance with the above criteria, \nit is recognized at a point in time when control is \ntransferred.\niv.\t Variable consideration\nRevenue is measured at the fair value of the \nconsideration received or receivable, adjusted at \ncontract inception for penalties, price concessions, \n\n\n106 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nreturns, trade discounts, volume rebates and \nother sales incentives, such as coupons, provided \nthat the level of expected return of goods, \nvolume rebates and other incentives given \ncan be estimated reliably and that revenue is \nonly recognized to the extent that it is highly \nprobable that a significant reversal in the amount \nof cumulative revenue recognized will not \noccur. When making an estimate for variable \nconsideration, the Group considers several \nfactors, including but not limited to, contract \ncommitments, business practices, historical \nexperience, customer take-up rates, and expected \npurchase volumes. \nv.\t Significant financing component\nThe amount of consideration in a sales contract is \nadjusted for the existence of significant financing \ncomponent in determining the transaction price \nonly when the payment term exceeds one year in \nduration between performance and the expected \npayment date. \nThe Group recognizes interest income where \npayment is received more than one year in arrears \nof satisfaction of a performance obligation, \nreflecting a deemed lending of cash to a customer. \n \nSuch interest income is presented in finance \nincome. \nThe Group adopts the practical expedient under \nIFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers \n(IFRS 15) and does not account for the significant \nfinancing components where the Group anticipates \nat contract inception that the timing difference \nbetween transfer of control of a good or service to \na customer, and the expected customer payment \nfor that good or service will be one year or less.\nvi.\t Stand-alone selling prices (SSP)\nThe transaction price of a contract with a \ncustomer is allocated to each POB in proportion to \nits SSP. \nThe Group uses directly observable SSP or \nestimated SSP in allocating transaction price to \nproducts. In establishing the estimated SSP, the \nGroup mainly uses an average price approach by \nproduct category. Average price of a product is \ncalculated with reference to the historical \nstand-alone product sale transactions for the \nproduct and the product category is determined \nwith reference to the product family and \ngeographical region. \nFor services that are regularly sold on a \nstand-alone basis, most of such services are \ncustomized and priced on a project basis, \ntherefore the transaction prices generally reflect \nthe SSP. For the services where an observable \ntransaction price is unavailable such as the \nservices sold in a bundle with products, the Group \ndetermines the SSP using a cost-plus approach, \ntaking into account several factors, including \nbut not limited to labor cost, competition and \ncompany business strategy.\nWhen a significant discount is granted and is \nspecifically attributable to one or more POB, \nthat discount is allocated to the identified POB(s) \nif the allocation reflects the Group's regular \nsales pattern. In all other cases the discount is \nallocated to the contract as a whole. \nvii.\tContract assets and liabilities \nA contract asset arises when revenue is recognized \nunder a contract with a customer before the \nGroup becomes unconditionally entitled to \nconsideration. Contract assets are reclassified to \ntrade receivables when the right to consideration \nbecomes unconditional.\nWhen consideration is received (or the right to \nconsideration is unconditional) before the related \nrevenue is recognized, a contract liability is \nrecognized. \nFor a single contract with the customer, either \na net contract asset or a net contract liability is \npresented. For multiple contracts, contract assets \nand contract liabilities of unrelated contracts are \nnot presented on a net basis.\nTrade receivables are recognized when the right to \nconsideration under a revenue contract becomes \nunconditional, regardless of the billing date.\nviii.\t\nRefund liabilities\nA refund liability, such as for rebates to customers, \nother sales-based incentives granted, and expected \nproduct returns, is recognized when the Group \nexpects to refund some or all of the customer \ncontract consideration. Refund liabilities are \npresented in other liabilities in the consolidated \nstatement of financial position. \nix.\t Contract costs\nCertain incremental acquisition costs (those paid \nto acquire a contract such as commission) and \n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 107\nfulfilment costs (those incurred to deliver services \nto customers) are initially capitalized to the extent \nthat the costs are recoverable, and subsequently \nrecognized as expense over the period of expected \nbenefit, which is generally the associated contract \nduration. \nIncremental acquisition costs are expensed as \nincurred where the amortization period of the \nasset that would have been recognized is one year \nor less.\nThe Group recognizes a contract cost impairment \nwhen the carrying amount of unamortized \ncontract costs exceeds the difference between \nthe remaining consideration expected and the \nassociated contract costs relating to providing \nthose goods and services under the contract.\nThe Group divides its business into five operating \nsegments: ICT Infrastructure Business, Consumer \nBusiness, Cloud Computing Business, Digital Power \nBusiness and Intelligent Automotive Solution Business. \nThe principal business activities of each segment are \ndescribed in note 7. The specific revenue accounting \npolicies applied by the Group in relation to the main \nactivities, based on the characteristics of contracts \nand the business practices of the segments, are \ndescribed below:\nICT Infrastructure Business\nIn the ICT infrastructure business, whose customers \ninclude telecom carriers and governments and \nenterprises, contracts typically involve multiple \npromises, including sales of equipment, software and \na wide range of services, which are usually separate \nPOBs. When the Group provides bespoke end-to-end \nsolutions, such as data center projects and turnkey \nprojects, if the goods and services in the contract are \nnot distinct, the solution contract contains one single \nPOB. Except for those related to certain standard \nproducts for government and enterprise customers, \nwarranties provided for ICT infrastructure business \nproducts are generally recognized as a distinct \nservice.\nThere are two sales patterns within the ICT \ninfrastructure business. One is direct sales to end \ncustomers and the other is distribution through \nchannel partners. Generally, the Group directly sells \nto carrier customers, and payments are received \naccording to the payment milestones set out in \nthe contracts before or after the obligations are \nfulfilled, usually including advance, delivery, and \ncompletion payment milestones. The control of goods \nis transferred to the customer when the goods are \ndelivered to the customer's designated location or \ninstalled. The Group usually sells to government and \nenterprise customers through distribution channels. \nIf a distribution channel is the principal, the control \nof goods is generally transferred when the goods are \ndelivered to the location designated by the channel. \nIf the channel is an agent, the control of goods is \ntransferred when the goods are delivered to the \nlocation designated by the second-tier channels or \nend-users that meet the criteria for a principal.\nIn most cases, solutions recognized as a single POB \nand services meet the criteria for the transfer of \ncontrol over time. The Group primarily uses the \noutput method to measure progress. For services \nsuch as hardware installation, network integration, \nnetwork optimization, and network planning, the \nGroup divides the whole service into several delivery \nmilestones according to the deliveries specified in the \ncontract to measure the performance progress. For \nservices such as customer support, managed services \nand training, the Group generally recognizes revenue \nusing the straight-line method.\nConsumer Business\nThe consumer business mainly provides terminal devices \nand services that can be sold on a stand-alone basis, \nsuch as mobile phones and tablets. The consumer \nbusiness generally sells its products through distribution \nchannels. Additionally, the Group sells products to \nconsumers directly through self-operated online \nplatforms and retail stores. Full payment is commonly \nreceived in advance. In most cases, control of the \ngoods is transferred when the goods are delivered \nto distribution channels or consumers. The nature \nof warranties for terminal devices and accessories is \ngenerally standard assurance.\nFor third-party applications, goods and services sold \nthrough the Group's online platforms and distribution \nchannels, the Group is a principal if it controls a \npromised good or service before it is transferred to a \ncustomer, otherwise the Group is an agent.\nCloud Computing Business\nThe cloud computing business mainly provides \ncustomers with cloud services, such as elastic \ncomputing, storage, networks, security, and \ndatabases. Cloud services are mainly classified into \ncontracts with periodic service access or contracts \nwith usage services, where the former is charged on \na subscription basis and the latter is charged based \non actual utilization. In both contract types, POBs are \n\n\n108 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nsatisfied over time and the Group recognizes revenue \nover the related contract period using a straight-line \nmethod or actual consumption volume multiplied by \nagreed charge rates.\nDigital Power Business\nThe digital power business mainly sells products \nand solutions such as smart photovoltaics (PV), data \ncenter facilities, and DriveONE (including e-mobility \nproducts for new energy vehicles), and generally \nincludes POBs of sales of equipment, installation \nservices and operation and maintenance services. \nExcept for DriveONE products that are directly \nsold to automobile manufacturers, the Group sells \nother digital power products primarily through \ndistribution channels. In most cases, control of the \ngoods is transferred when the goods are delivered \nto distribution channels. The nature of warranties \nfor digital power products is generally standard \nassurance.\nIntelligent Automotive Solution Business\nThe intelligent automotive solution business \nmainly provides automobile manufacturers with \nintelligent automotive components and accessories, \nautomated driving systems and related services, \nprimarily through a direct sales model. The control \nof goods is transferred to the customer when the \ngoods are delivered to the customer's designated \nlocation. Revenue related to software and services \nis recognized when the control of software and \nservices is transferred to the customer. The nature \nof warranties for intelligent automotive products is \ngenerally standard assurance.\n(ii)\tRental income from operating leases\nRental income receivable under operating leases is \nrecognized in profit or loss in equal installments \nover the periods covered by the lease term, except \nwhere an alternative basis is more representative \nof the pattern of benefits to be derived from the \nuse of the leased asset. Lease incentives granted \nare recognized in profit or loss as an integral part \nof the aggregate net lease payments receivable. \nVariable lease payments that do not depend on \nan index or a rate are recognized as income in the \naccounting period in which they are earned.\n(r)\t\nGovernment grants \nGovernment grants are recognized at fair value \nwhen there is reasonable assurance that they will \nbe received and that the Group will comply with \nthe conditions attached to them. \nGrants that compensate the Group for the cost \nof an asset are initially recognized as deferred \nincome and then recognized in profit or loss on a \nsystematic and rational basis over the useful life of \nthe related asset. \nGrants that compensate the Group for expenses to \nbe incurred in the future are initially recognized as \ndeferred income and then recognized in profit or \nloss in the same periods in which the expenses are \nincurred. Otherwise, the grants are recognized in \nprofit or loss directly. \n(s)\t\nTranslation of foreign currencies\n(i)\tForeign currency transactions\nForeign currency transactions during the year are \ntranslated into the respective functional currencies \nof group entities at the foreign exchange rates \nruling at the transaction dates. \nMonetary assets and liabilities denominated \nin foreign currencies are translated into the \nfunctional currency at the foreign exchange \nrates ruling at the end of the reporting period. \nExchange gains and losses are recognized in profit \nor loss, except those arising from derivatives used \nto hedge net investments in foreign operations \n(see note 3(f)).\nNon-monetary assets and liabilities that are \nmeasured in terms of historical cost in a foreign \ncurrency are translated using the foreign exchange \nrates ruling at the transaction dates. Non-monetary \nassets and liabilities denominated in foreign \ncurrencies that are stated at fair value are translated \nusing the foreign exchange rates ruling at the dates \nthe fair value was measured.\n(ii)\tForeign operations\nThe results of foreign operations, except for \nforeign operations in hyperinflationary economies, \nare translated into the presentation currency \nof the Group (CNY) at the exchange rates \napproximating the foreign exchange rates ruling \nat the dates of the transactions. Statement of \nfinancial position items are translated into CNY \nat the closing foreign exchange rates at the end \nof the reporting period. The resulting exchange \ndifferences are recognized in other comprehensive \nincome and accumulated separately in equity \nin the translation reserve. If the operation is a \nnon-wholly-owned subsidiary, then the relevant \nproportionate share of the translation difference is \nallocated to the non-controlling interests.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 109\nThe results and financial position of foreign \noperations in hyperinflationary economies are \ntranslated to CNY at the exchange rates ruling \nat the end of the reporting period. Prior to \ntranslating the financial statements of foreign \noperations in hyperinflationary economies, their \nfinancial statements for the current year are \nrestated to account for changes in the general \npurchasing power of the local currencies. The \nrestatement is based on relevant price indices at \nthe end of the reporting period.\nWhen a foreign operation is disposed of in its \nentirety or partially such that control, significant \ninfluence or joint control is lost, the cumulative \namount in the translation reserve related to that \nforeign operation is reclassified to profit or loss as \npart of the gain or loss on disposal.\n(t)\t\nBorrowing costs\nBorrowing costs that are directly attributable to \nthe acquisition, construction or production of an \nasset which necessarily takes a substantial period \nof time to get ready for its intended use or sale \nare capitalized as part of the cost of that asset. \nOther borrowing costs are expensed in the period \nin which they are incurred.\n4\t Accounting judgments and \nestimates\nSignificant judgments and key sources of estimation \nuncertainty are as follows: \n(a)\tRevenue recognition\nRevenue is recognized when control of a good \nor service is transferred to a customer. Where \nrevenue is recognized over time, the Group \nprimarily uses the output method to measure \nprogress. Judgments applied when using the \noutput method include assessing progress and \nmilestones achieved and determining if that \nrepresents the value of goods and/or services \ndelivered to the customer to date. Where revenue \nis recognized at a point in time, the Group \nassesses the transfer of control by reference to \nthe contractual terms and the circumstance of \nthe arrangements including a consideration of \npast business practice, such as whether the Group \nhas a legal right to payment, title has passed, the \ncustomer has the risks and rewards of ownership, \nor the customer is using the asset to generate \nvalue for themselves. \nIn determining the transaction price and the \namounts allocated to performance obligations, \nvariable consideration is estimated using the \nmost likely amount or expected value based on \nthe nature of the specific consideration and the \nanalysis of relevant contract terms, considering \nhistorical, current and expected information. \nThe collectability of a consideration is estimated \nat contract inception, based on the Group's \nassessment of the customer's ability and intention \nto pay when due, and is reassessed if there are \nsignificant changes in the facts and circumstances.\nFor sales to distribution channels, judgments \nand estimates are also applied in determining \nwhen the control of the goods is transferred to \nchannels and at what amount revenue should be \nrecognized. The judgments include whether the \nchannel is a principal or an agent in a transaction, \nand whether the channel's next sale is part of one \narrangement. The Group monitors the channel \ninventory level with reference to the channel's \nnormal turnover cycle and sales forecast, taking \ninto consideration various factors including \nproduct characteristics, historical experience, \nmarket demand and external competition. \nRevenue is only recognized when the control of \nthe goods is transferred and to the extent that it \nis highly probable that a significant reversal will \nnot occur.\nThe Group judges a contract modification as a \nseparate contract when the increase in contract \nscope is due to additional distinct promised goods \nor services and the price increases reflect the SSP \nof such goods or services plus any appropriate \nadjustments. Otherwise, a contract modification \nis judged as a prospective change to an existing \ncontract when the remaining goods or services are \ndistinct from those transferred before the date of \nthe modification, or accounted for as cumulative \ncatch-up adjustment to the revenue when the new \nor remaining goods or services are not distinct \nfrom those transferred.\nEstimation is inherent in revenue recognition and \nrevenue may materially change if management's \nestimation were to change or be found inaccurate \nor with the occurrence of unexpected events.\n\n\n110 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\n(b)\tImpairment of trade receivables and \ncontract assets\nThe credit risk of customers is regularly assessed \nwith a focus on the customer's ability and \nwillingness to pay, reflected by the Group's \nestimation of the expected credit loss allowance \non trade receivables and contract assets. The \nGroup estimates expected credit loss by assessing \nthe loss that will be incurred given customer \ndefault based on past payment experience and \nadjusted by the cash flow expected from collateral \nor credit risk mitigation received where these are \nconsidered to be integral to the asset, and by \nassessing the probability of default considering \ninformation specific to the customer as well \nas pertaining to the country and economic \nenvironment in which the customer operates. The \nestimate also incorporates forward-looking data.\nImpairment is assessed on an individual basis for \ntrade receivables and contract assets meeting \npre-determined criteria, including customers \nin financial difficulties, and contracts with risk \nmitigation arrangements or significant financing \narrangements, amongst others. Apart from \nreceivables and contract assets that have been \nassessed and provided for individually, allowances \nare estimated using provision matrices by \nmanagement with reference to the customers' \ncredit risk ratings and aging analysis of the \nremaining trade receivable and contract asset \nbalances. Different provision matrices have \nbeen developed by the Group based on different \ncustomer groups which exhibit different risk \ncharacteristics. \nIf the financial condition of customers were to \ndeteriorate or improve, or actual future economic \nperformance is different to the Group's estimates, \nadditional allowances or reversals may be required \nin future periods.\n(c)\t\nNet realizable value of inventories\nThe net realizable value of inventories is the \nestimated selling price in the ordinary course of \nbusiness, less the estimated costs of completion \nand the estimated costs necessary to make the \nsale, adjusted by the losses for obsolescence \nand redundancy. These estimates are based on \nthe current market condition, economic lives of \nthe Group's products, availability of components \nrequired to assemble the Group's products and \nthe historical experience of inventory losses. \nThey could change significantly as a result of \nindustrial technology upgrades, competitor \nactions, development of the Events as described \nin note 4(j) or other changes in market condition. \nManagement will reassess the estimations at the \nend of each reporting period.\n(d)\t\nImpairment losses of other \nnon-financial assets\nThe carrying amounts of other non-financial \nassets (including property, plant and equipment, \nright-of-use assets, goodwill and intangible \nassets and other long-term assets) are reviewed \nperiodically in order to assess whether the \nrecoverable amounts have declined below their \ncarrying amounts. In order to determine the \nrecoverable amount, the Group uses assumptions \nand develops expectations, which requires \nsignificant judgment. The Group uses all readily \navailable information in determining an amount \nthat is a reasonable approximation of recoverable \namount, including estimates based on reasonable \nand supportable assumptions and projections \nof production volume, sales price, amount of \noperating costs, discount rate and growth rate.\n(e)\t\nIncome tax and deferred tax assets\nThe Group is subject to income taxes in \nnumerous jurisdictions. Significant judgment is \nrequired in determining the Group's provision \nfor income taxes. There are certain transactions \nand computations for which the ultimate tax \ndetermination is uncertain during the ordinary \ncourse of business. The Group recognizes \nliabilities in the relevant accounting period based \non estimates of the probabilities of whether \nadditional taxes will be due. Where the final \ntax outcome of these matters is different from \nthe amounts that were initially recorded, such \ndifferences will impact current and deferred tax \nliabilities and the taxation charge for the year.\nEstimation uncertainty also arises from the \nrecognition of deferred tax assets in respect of \nunused tax losses and credits and deductible \ntemporary differences. Deferred tax assets are \nrecognized to the extent that it is probable that \nfuture taxable profits will be available against \nwhich they can be utilized. Recognition primarily \ninvolves judgment regarding the future financial \nperformance of each group entity, considering the \nreversal of existing taxable temporary differences \nand the periods in which tax losses can be utilized. \n \nAdverse changes to the operating environment \nor changes in the Group's organization structure \n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 111\ncould result in a future write-down of the deferred \ntax assets recognized.\n(f)\t\nProvision for warranties\nAs explained in note 28(b), the Group makes \nprovision for assurance warranties, taking into \naccount the Group's recent claim experience and \nanticipated claim rates for affected products. As \nthe Group is continually upgrading its product \ndesigns and launching new models, it is possible \nthat the recent claim experience is not indicative \nof future claims that it may receive in respect of \naffected product sales. \n(g)\t\nOther provisions\nThe Group makes provisions for onerous contracts, \noutstanding litigations and claims based on \nproject budgets, contract terms, available \nknowledge, legal advice and past experience. The \nGroup recognizes provisions to the extent that it \nhas a present legal or constructive obligation as a \nresult of a past event; that it is probable that an \noutflow of resources will be required to settle the \nobligation; and that the amount can be reliably \nestimated. \nThe Group makes provisions for onerous contracts \nin respect of losses arising from non-cancelable \nprocurement agreements when there is a change \nin the Group's procurement demands such that \nthe Group may not proceed with committed \npurchase orders or use the goods concerned. \nProvisions are made considering the contract \nterms, the suppliers' losses resulting from the \nGroup's termination of the agreements and the \nextent to which the goods under the committed \npurchase orders will no longer be used in the \nGroup's production. In estimating the losses \nfor redundancies, inventories held on hand and \nnon-cancelable purchase orders are evaluated \nas a whole. Judgment is required in making \nthe estimates and the ultimate outcome may \nbe different. The Group regularly updates its \nproduction plan and procurement demands, \nestimates probable losses, and adjusts provisions \naccordingly.\n(h)\t\nDepreciation and amortization\nProperty, plant and equipment and right-of-use \nassets are depreciated on a straight-line basis over \nthe estimated useful lives, after considering the \nestimated residual value. Intangible assets with \nfinite useful life are amortized on a \nstraight-line basis over the estimated useful lives. \nBoth the period and method of depreciation \nand amortization are reviewed annually. The \ndepreciation and amortization expense for future \nperiods is adjusted if there are significant changes, \nsuch as operational efficiency or changes in \ntechnologies, from previous estimates.\n(i)\tFair value of financial instruments\nSome of the Group's financial instruments \nare measured at fair value. In estimating the \nfair value of a financial instrument, the Group \nuses market-observable data to the extent it \nis available. Where directly market-observable \ndata are not available, the Group uses valuation \ntechniques that include unobservable inputs \nto estimate the fair value of certain financial \ninstruments. The Group regularly reviews \nsignificant unobservable inputs and relevant \nvaluation results.\n(j)\t\nFinancial impact of the Entity List event \nOn May 16, 2019 and August 19, 2019 (dates in \nnote 4(j) are in U.S. time), the U.S. Commerce \nDepartment's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) \nadded Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. and certain \nnon-US affiliates to the Entity List. On August 17, \n2020, BIS amended the Foreign-Produced Direct \nProduct Rule by expanding the scope of control \nover foreign-produced items, and further added \ncertain Huawei non-US affiliates to the Entity List. \nUpon being added to the Entity List, export, \nre-export or in-country transfer of items subject \nto the U.S. Export Administration Regulations \n(including hardware, software, technology, etc.) to \nthe listed entities shall be subject to a BIS license \nrequirement (collectively referred to as the Events).\nAs a result, supplies of relevant items to the \nGroup and sales of certain products of the Group \nare adversely affected. The Group has been \ntaking active measures to mitigate the impact of \nthe Events. Management has applied significant \njudgments to estimate the impacts arising \nfrom the Events and relevant impairments and \nprovisions have been recognized and adjusted \ncontinually based on the development of the \nEvents.\n5\t Changes in accounting policies\nThe International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) \nhas issued several amendments to IFRS Accounting \n\n\n112 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nStandards that are effective from January 1, 2023, of \nwhich the following are relevant to the Group:\n■\t Amendments to IAS 8, Accounting policies, \nchanges in accounting estimates and errors: \nDefinition of Accounting Estimates\n■\t Amendments to IAS 12, Income tax: International \nTax Reform – Pillar Two Model Rules\n■\t Amendments to IAS 12, Income tax: Deferred Tax \nrelated to Assets and Liabilities arising from a \nSingle Transaction\n■\t Amendments to IAS 1, Presentation of financial \nstatements, and IFRS Practice Statement 2, Making \nmateriality judgements: Disclosure of Accounting \nPolicies\nThe adoption of these amendments does not have a \nmaterial effect on the Group's consolidated financial \nstatements.\n6\t New standards and amendments \nissued but not yet effective for \nthe year ended December 31, \n2023\nThe IASB has issued a number of new standards \nand amendments which will affect the financial \nstatements in subsequent accounting periods. They \nare not expected to have a significant impact on the \nGroup's consolidated financial statements.\n7\t Segment information\nOperating segments are determined based on the \ntypes of customers, products and services provided, \nas well as the Group's organization structure, \nmanagement requirement and reporting system. \nThe financial information of the different segments \nis regularly reviewed by the Group's most senior \nexecutive management for the purpose of resource \nallocation and performance assessment.\nThe Group divides its business into the following five \noperating segments: \n■\t ICT Infrastructure Business\nThe ICT infrastructure business mainly works on \ninformation distribution, interaction, transmission, \nprocessing, and storage, with a focus on two \nindustries: connectivity and computing. The ICT \ninfrastructure business provides global telecom \ncarriers as well as government and enterprise \ncustomers with leading and innovative ICT \nproducts, solutions, and services. Our offerings \ninclude wireless networks, cloud core networks, \ndata communication, optical, computing, data \nstorage as well as services and software.\n■\t Consumer Business\nThe consumer business pursues a \"1 + 8 + \nN\" Seamless AI Life strategy. Driven by the \nHarmonyOS ecosystem, the consumer business \nfocuses on five key scenarios: smart office, \nfitness & health, smart home, easy travel, and \nentertainment. It provides smartphones, tablets, \npersonal computers, wearable devices, converged \nhome devices, Huawei Zhixuan cars, as well as the \napplications and services that run on these devices \nfor consumers and businesses.\n■\t Cloud Computing Business\nThe cloud computing business focuses on \ndelivering Everything as a Service by making \nHuawei's ICT know-how, products, and solutions \naccessible in the form of cloud services. It \nprovides customers, partners, and developers in \ndifferent industries with innovative technologies, \nincluding artificial intelligence, data governance, \nmedia services, and software and hardware \ndevelopment tools.\n■\t Digital Power Business\nThe digital power business integrates digital and \npower electronics technologies, with a focus on \nclean power generation, mobility electrification, \nand green ICT power infrastructure. It provides \nlow-carbon products and solutions covering smart \nPV and energy storage systems, smart charging \nnetworks, DriveONE (including e-mobility products \nfor new energy vehicles), data center facilities, \nand site power facilities, to help build a greener \nindustry and to promote sustainable development.\n■\t Intelligent Automotive Solution Business\nThe intelligent automotive solution business \nfocuses on providing new components for \nintelligent connected electric vehicles, and aims \nto help the automotive industry go intelligent, \nconnected, and electric. It provides products and \nsolutions including intelligent driving, intelligent \ncockpits, intelligent vehicle control, and intelligent \nvehicle cloud services.\nSegment revenue includes both sales to external \ncustomers and inter-segment sales.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 113\n(a)\tRevenue information in respect of \nbusiness segments\n(CNY million)\n2023\n2022\nICT Infrastructure\n361,997\n353,978\nConsumer\n251,496\n214,463\nCloud Computing\n55,287\n45,342\nDigital Power\n52,607\n50,806\nIntelligent Automotive \nSolution\n4,737\n2,077\nOther items\n8,624\n3,978\nElimination\n(30,574)\n(28,306)\nTotal\n704,174\n642,338\n(b)\tGeographical revenue information\n(CNY million)\n2023\n2022\nChina\n471,303\n403,999\nEurope, the Middle \nEast and Africa \n(EMEA)\n145,343\n149,206\nAsia Pacific\n41,041\n48,048\nAmericas\n35,362\n31,898\nOthers\n11,125\n9,187\nTotal\n704,174\n642,338\n8\t Revenue\n(CNY million)\n2023\n2022\nRevenue from contracts \nwith customers\n703,246\n641,420\nRental income\n928\n918\n704,174\n642,338\nRevenue from contracts with customers is analyzed by \ntiming of revenue recognition as follows:\n(CNY million)\n2023\n2022\nRecognized at a point \nin time\n564,255\n513,594\nRecognized over time\n138,991\n127,826\n703,246\n641,420\nFurther disaggregation of revenue by business and \ngeography is set out in note 7.\nThe amount of revenue recognized for the year ended \nDecember 31, 2023 from POBs satisfied (or partially \nsatisfied) in previous years amounted to CNY1,789 \nmillion (2022: CNY2,612 million). The revenue was \nconstrained in prior years as the relevant customers \nwere high credit risk rated and the collectability \nof sales consideration was estimated to be low, or \ncertain terms of relevant sale contracts were not \nagreed upon then. \nTransaction price allocated to remaining \nperformance obligations\nAs at December 31, 2023, the aggregated amount \nof transaction price allocated to the remaining \nperformance obligations under the Group's existing \ncustomer contracts was CNY91,439 million (2022: \nCNY83,535 million). This amount mainly represents \nthe remaining performance obligations under the \nGroup's ICT infrastructure business contracts. The \nGroup will recognize the revenue in future when \ncontrol of the corresponding service or product is \ntransferred to the customer as stipulated in note \n3(q). 74% of the amount is expected to occur over \nthe next year (2022: 76%), while the remaining \nportion is expected to occur in the years that follow. \nThe amounts disclosed above do not include any \nestimated amounts of variable consideration that are \nconstrained.\nThe Group does not disclose information about \nremaining performance obligations that have original \nexpected durations of one year or less as permitted \nby IFRS 15.\nRevenue is recognized when a performance obligation \nis satisfied in accordance with the accounting policies \nin note 3(q). The timing of payment from customers \nrelative to revenue recognition generates either \ncontract assets or trade receivables for payments \nreceived in arrears or contract liabilities for payments \nreceived in advance. \nContract assets and contract liabilities are presented \nin notes 20 and 26 respectively.\n\n\n114 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\n9\t Other income, net\n(CNY million)\nNote\n2023\n2022\nFair value changes in financial instruments arising from disposals of \nsubsidiaries and businesses\n(i)\n55,853\n24,524\nGovernment grants\n(ii)\n7,327\n6,552\nCommissions on individual income tax payments withheld\n \n614\n640\nGain on disposal of subsidiaries\n \n–\n59\nFactoring expenses\n \n(1,308)\n(1,147)\nImpairment of property, plant and equipment, intangible assets, \ngoodwill, right-of-use assets, joint ventures and associates\n \n(62)\n(229)\nDonations\n \n(275)\n(187)\nNet loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment, intangible \nassets and right-of-use assets\n \n(226)\n(80)\nOthers, net\n \n758\n1,438\n62,681\n31,570\n(i)\t The Group disposed of Honor business and certain subsidiaries engaged in manufacturing and sales of server products in prior years. \nAccording to the contract terms, the Group would receive the consideration in installments and there exists uncertainty over the \nultimate consideration the Group is entitled to. Therefore, the financial instruments arising from the disposals were both measured \nat fair value through profit or loss. Cash receipts on the financial instruments are presented within investing cash flows.\nDuring the year ended December 31, 2023, the Group and the buyer of the Honor business entered into a supplementary agreement \nand the Group's contractual rights and obligations pertaining to the sale were completely executed and discharged. The financial \ninstrument arising from the disposal of server product manufacturing and sales subsidiaries is included in other liabilities as at \nDecember 31, 2023.\n(ii)\t During the year ended December 31, 2023, government grants recognized as other income, net included unconditional grants of \nCNY744 million (2022: CNY976 million), and conditional grants of CNY6,583 million (2022: CNY5,576 million) which are generally \nrelated to research and development projects.\n10 Personnel expenses\n(CNY million)\n2023\n2022\nSalaries, bonuses and allowances\n156,446\n153,022\nDefined benefit plans\n6,205\n6,137\nDefined contribution plans and others\n19,194\n17,772\n181,845\n176,931\nDefined contribution plans\nThe Group contributes to defined contribution retirement plans for eligible employees. The plans are managed \neither by the governments in the countries where the employees are employed, or by independent trustees. \nContribution levels are determined by the relevant laws and regulations concerned.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 115\n11 Finance income and expenses\n(CNY million)\nNote\n2023\n2022\nInterest income on financial assets at amortized cost\n– deposits and wealth management products\n \n6,490\n3,085\n– other financial assets\n \n717\n413\nInterest income on financial assets at FVOCI\n \n393\n185\nInterest income on lease receivables\n \n14\n21\nNet gains on financial instruments mandatorily at FVPL\n(i)\n–\n5,548\nDividend income and others\n \n1,264\n807\nFinance income\n \n8,878\n10,059\nInterest expense on loans and borrowings\n \n(11,679)\n(7,596)\nLess: interest expense capitalized\n(ii)\n204\n124\nInterest cost on employee benefit obligations\n \n(691)\n(638)\nInterest expense on lease liabilities\n29(a)(ii)\n(479)\n(417)\nOther interest expense\n \n(321)\n(202)\nNet losses on financial instruments mandatorily at FVPL\n(i)\n(1,811)\n–\nNet losses on disposal of financial assets at FVOCI\n13(b)\n(261)\n–\nNet foreign exchange loss\n(iii)\n(474)\n(277)\n(Impairment loss)/reversal of impairment loss\n \n(3)\n4\nBank charges\n \n(22)\n(39)\nFinance expenses\n \n(15,537)\n(9,041)\nNet finance (expenses)/income\n \n(6,659)\n1,018\n(i)\t The net gains or losses mainly include fair value changes in investment funds, equity securities and beneficiary rights as well as \ncompound financial instruments mandatorily at FVPL as disclosed in note 17.\n(ii)\t Interest expenses capitalized represent interest costs on specific loans for property construction purpose.\n(iii)\tFor the year ended December 31, 2023, net foreign exchange loss included net fair value gain of CNY2,800 million on foreign \nexchange forward contracts that were not designated as hedging instruments (2022: net fair value loss of CNY557 million).\n12 \u0007\nIncome tax in the summary consolidated statement of profit or loss and \nother comprehensive income\nCharge for the year \n(CNY million)\n2023\n2022\nCurrent tax \nProvision for the year\n10,314\n9,487\nUnder provision in respect of prior years\n1,597\n142\n11,911\n9,629\nDeferred tax \nOrigination and reversal of temporary differences\n(1,163)\n(1,285)\nEffect of changes in tax rates on opening deferred tax balances\n(102)\n40\n(1,265)\n(1,245)\n10,646\n8,384\n\n\n116 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\n13 Other comprehensive income\n(a)\tTax effects relating to each component of other comprehensive income\n(CNY million)\n2023\n2022\nBefore-tax \namount\nTax (expense)/\nbenefit\nNet-of-tax \namount\nBefore-tax \namount\nTax (expense)/\nbenefit\nNet-of-tax \namount\nRe-measurement of defined benefit \nobligations\n– The Group\n151\n(18)\n133\n71\n(6)\n65\nNet change in the fair value and \nimpairment loss of financial assets \nmeasured at FVOCI\nNet change in the fair value of equity \ninvestments\n \n \n \n \n \n \n– The Group\n1,644\n(294)\n1,350\n(1,521)\n352\n(1,169)\nNet change in the fair value and impairment \nloss of non-equity financial assets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n– The Group\n176\n(4)\n172\n(266)\n16\n(250)\n1,820\n(298)\n1,522\n(1,787)\n368\n(1,419)\nTranslation differences on foreign \noperations\n– The Group\n1,202\n23\n1,225\n3,500\n14\n3,514\n– Share of associates and joint ventures\n1\n–\n1\n(1)\n–\n(1)\n1,203\n23\n1,226\n3,499\n14\n3,513\n3,174\n(293)\n2,881\n1,783\n376\n2,159\n(b)\tComponents of other comprehensive income, including reclassification adjustments\n(CNY million)\n2023\n2022\nNet change in the fair value and impairment loss of financial assets \nmeasured at FVOCI\n \n \nChanges in fair value recognized during the year\n1,557\n(1,791)\nReclassification adjustments for amounts transferred to profit or loss\n \n \n– Loss on derecognition (note 11)\n261\n–\nLoss allowances recognized\n2\n4\nNet deferred tax (debited)/credited to other comprehensive income\n(298)\n368\nNet movement in the fair value reserve during the year\n1,522\n(1,419)\nTranslation differences on foreign operations\nRecognized during the year\n \n \n– Translation differences\n1,357\n3,592\n– Effective portion of changes in fair value of hedging instruments\n(158)\n(93)\nReclassification adjustments for amounts transferred to profit or loss\n \n \n– Liquidation or disposal of subsidiaries\n4\n–\nNet deferred tax credited to other comprehensive income\n23\n14\nNet movement in the translation reserve during the year\n1,226\n3,513\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 117\n14 Property, plant and equipment \n(CNY million)\nFreehold \nland\nBuildings\nMachinery\nElectronic\n and other \nequipment\nMotor \nvehicles\nConstruction \nin progress\nInvestment \nproperty\nDecoration \nand leasehold\n improvements\nTotal\nCost:\nAt January 1, 2022\n415\n37,306\n48,821\n91,856\n589\n18,998\n429\n31,447\n229,861\nExchange adjustments\n(10)\n(8)\n(6)\n539\n3\n230\n50\n97\n895\nAdditions\n10\n294\n1,765\n3,448\n56\n29,520\n453\n122\n35,668\nTransfer from construction \nin progress\n–\n4,374\n6,971\n11,411\n1\n(26,301)\n–\n3,544\n–\nTransfer to investment \nproperty\n–\n(340)\n(77)\n–\n–\n–\n517\n(31)\n69\nDisposals\n–\n–\n(450)\n(1,971)\n(35)\n(30)\n(19)\n(328)\n(2,833)\nReclassified as assets held \nfor sale\n–\n–\n(9)\n(1)\n–\n–\n–\n(8)\n(18)\nHyperinflation adjustments\n–\n–\n4\n266\n13\n5\n–\n136\n424\nAt December 31, 2022\n415\n41,626\n57,019\n105,548\n627\n22,422\n1,430\n34,979\n264,066\nAt January 1, 2023\n415\n41,626\n57,019\n105,548\n627\n22,422\n1,430\n34,979\n264,066\nExchange adjustments\n(3)\n(111)\n(17)\n(73)\n(20)\n54\n(58)\n(178)\n(406)\nAdditions\n25\n55\n2,590\n3,627\n68\n40,560\n26\n55\n47,006\nTransfer from investment \nproperty\n51\n212\n–\n–\n–\n–\n(263)\n–\n–\nTransfer from construction \nin progress\n–\n2,790\n7,608\n8,274\n2\n(21,609)\n–\n2,935\n–\nTransfer to inventory\n–\n(658)\n(201)\n(1)\n–\n–\n–\n(454)\n(1,314)\nDisposals\n–\n–\n(1,098)\n(6,753)\n(65)\n(13)\n(5)\n(452)\n(8,386)\nReclassified as assets held \nfor sale\n–\n(4)\n(70)\n(15)\n–\n–\n–\n(6)\n(95)\nHyperinflation adjustments\n–\n–\n3\n302\n31\n10\n–\n88\n434\nAt December 31, 2023\n488\n43,910\n65,834\n110,909\n643\n41,424\n1,130\n36,967\n301,305\nAccumulated depreciation \nand impairment:\nAt January 1, 2022\n–\n6,353\n19,983\n61,045\n417\n6\n114\n17,809\n105,727\nExchange adjustments\n–\n18\n(1)\n359\n2\n(1)\n(2)\n72\n447\nDepreciation charge for \nthe year\n–\n1,244\n5,472\n12,104\n53\n–\n93\n3,686\n22,652\nTransfer to investment \nproperty\n–\n(6)\n(1)\n–\n–\n–\n14\n–\n7\nImpairment loss\n–\n–\n33\n129\n–\n75\n–\n4\n241\nDisposals\n–\n–\n(410)\n(1,631)\n(32)\n(1)\n(10)\n(320)\n(2,404)\nReclassified as assets held \nfor sale\n–\n–\n(1)\n(1)\n–\n–\n–\n(2)\n(4)\nHyperinflation adjustments\n–\n–\n3\n232\n8\n–\n–\n133\n376\nAt December 31, 2022\n–\n7,609\n25,078\n72,237\n448\n79\n209\n21,382\n127,042\nAt January 1, 2023\n–\n7,609\n25,078\n72,237\n448\n79\n209\n21,382\n127,042\nExchange adjustments\n–\n(10)\n6\n(21)\n(10)\n6\n(3)\n(119)\n(151)\nDepreciation charge for \nthe year\n–\n1,388\n6,351\n13,284\n54\n–\n53\n3,642\n24,772\nTransfer from investment \nproperty\n–\n10\n–\n–\n–\n–\n(10)\n–\n–\nTransfer from construction \nin progress\n–\n–\n–\n2\n–\n(2)\n–\n–\n–\nTransfer to inventory\n–\n(102)\n(94)\n(1)\n–\n–\n–\n(387)\n(584)\nImpairment loss\n–\n–\n35\n6\n–\n2\n–\n–\n43\nDisposals\n–\n–\n(493)\n(5,628)\n(62)\n(1)\n–\n(439)\n(6,623)\nReclassified as assets held \nfor sale\n–\n–\n(10)\n(7)\n–\n–\n–\n(2)\n(19)\nHyperinflation adjustments\n–\n–\n2\n250\n23\n–\n–\n55\n330\nAt December 31, 2023\n–\n8,895\n30,875\n80,122\n453\n84\n249\n24,132\n144,810\nCarrying amount:\nAt December 31, 2023\n488\n35,015\n34,959\n30,787\n190\n41,340\n881\n12,835\n156,495\nAt December 31, 2022\n415\n34,017\n31,941\n33,311\n179\n22,343\n1,221\n13,597\n137,024\n\n\n118 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nBased on the use of related assets, the depreciation charge for the year is allocated to cost of sales, research and \ndevelopment expenses, and selling and administrative expenses. Impairment losses are charged to cost of sales \nand other income, net in the summary consolidated statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income.\nAs at December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Group did not hold any property, plant and equipment as collateral for \nliabilities or contingent liabilities.\n15 Goodwill and intangible assets\n(CNY million)\nGoodwill\nSoftware\nPatents and\n royalties\n(note(a))\nTrademark \nand others\nTotal\nCost:\nAt January 1, 2022\n4,114\n2,496\n13,526\n3,231\n23,367\nExchange adjustments\n320\n10\n20\n26\n376\nAdditions\n–\n396\n1,048\n176\n1,620\nDisposals\n(10)\n(412)\n(862)\n(1,088)\n(2,372)\nAt December 31, 2022\n4,424\n2,490\n13,732\n2,345\n22,991\nAt January 1, 2023\n4,424\n2,490\n13,732\n2,345\n22,991\nExchange adjustments\n72\n–\n8\n6\n86\nAdditions\n–\n613\n1,084\n549\n2,246\nDisposals\n–\n(477)\n(300)\n(462)\n(1,239)\nAt December 31, 2023\n4,496\n2,626\n14,524\n2,438\n24,084\nAmortization and impairment:\nAt January 1, 2022\n3,784\n2,048\n7,926\n1,505\n15,263\nExchange adjustments\n317\n9\n21\n16\n363\nAmortization for the year\n–\n240\n889\n466\n1,595\nImpairment loss\n16\n–\n–\n4\n20\nDisposals\n(11)\n(362)\n(839)\n(1,086)\n(2,298)\nAt December 31, 2022\n4,106\n1,935\n7,997\n905\n14,943\nAt January 1, 2023\n4,106\n1,935\n7,997\n905\n14,943\nExchange adjustments\n70\n(1)\n6\n5\n80\nAmortization for the year\n–\n387\n862\n419\n1,668\nDisposals\n–\n(477)\n(207)\n(460)\n(1,144)\nAt December 31, 2023\n4,176\n1,844\n8,658\n869\n15,547\nCarrying amount:\nAt December 31, 2023\n320\n782\n5,866\n1,569\n8,537\nAt December 31, 2022\n318\n555\n5,735\n1,440\n8,048\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 119\n(a)\t As at December 31, carrying amounts of patents and royalties are analyzed as follows:\n(CNY million)\n2023\n2022\nPatents\n5,038\n4,507\nRoyalties\n828\n1,228\n5,866\n5,735\n(b)\t Based on the use of the related assets, the amortization charge for the year is allocated to cost of sales, \nresearch and development expenses, and selling and administrative expenses. Impairment losses are charged \nto cost of sales and other income, net in the summary consolidated statement of profit or loss and other \ncomprehensive income.\n(c)\t As at December 31, 2023 and 2022, all of the carrying amount of goodwill was allocated across multiple \ncash-generating units and the amount so allocated to each unit was not significant.\n(d)\t As at December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Group did not hold any intangible assets whose title is restricted or \npledged as security for liabilities.\n16 Interests in associates and joint ventures\n(CNY million)\n2023\n2022\nAssociates\n6,615\n6,414\nJoint ventures\n721\n695\n7,336\n7,109\nAssociates and joint ventures are accounted for using the equity method. None of the associates and joint \nventures is individually significant.\nAggregate carrying amounts and summarized financial information of associates and joint ventures are as follows:\n(CNY million)\nAssociates\nJoint ventures\n2023\n2022\n2023\n2022\nAggregate carrying amount\n6,615\n6,414\n721\n695\nAggregate amount of the Group's share of \nassociates' and joint ventures'\n \n \n \n \n(Loss)/profit for the year\n(106)\n504\n(40)\n208\nOther comprehensive income\n–\n(1)\n–\n–\nTotal comprehensive income\n(106)\n503\n(40)\n208\n\n\n120 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\n17 Other investments and derivatives\n(CNY million)\nNote\n2023\n2022\nFinancial assets at amortized cost\nFixed deposits\n \n111,215\n72,183\nDebt securities\n(i)\n3,575\n60\n114,790\n72,243\nLoss allowances\n(7)\n(3)\n114,783\n72,240\nFinancial assets mandatorily at FVPL\nInvestment funds\n(ii)\n165,847\n153,254\nEquity securities and beneficiary rights\n(iii)\n136,552\n62,495\nCompound financial instruments\n(iv)\n3,746\n3,946\nDerivatives\n(v)\n482\n305\n306,627\n220,000\nFinancial assets at FVOCI\nDebt securities\n(i)\n5,950\n9,077\nEquity securities\n(iii)\n10,046\n8,226\n15,996\n17,303\n437,406\n309,543\nNon-current portion\n \n154,510\n83,055\nCurrent portion\n \n282,896\n226,488\n437,406\n309,543\n(i)\t Debt securities comprise investments in fixed rate bonds, floating rate notes, certificates of deposit, commercial paper, etc. Debt \nsecurities are measured at amortized cost where the Group intends to hold them to collect contractual cash flows. Other debt \nsecurities are classified as FVOCI since they are held to collect and for sale, and also give rise to cash flows which are solely \nprincipal and interest. The loss allowances on debt securities at FVOCI amounted to CNY2 million as at December 31, 2023 (2022: \nCNY3 million).\n(ii)\t Investment funds comprise structured deposits, bond funds, money market funds and variable net asset value wealth management \nproducts. Investment funds are measured at FVPL where the Group intends to sell them or where the investments do not give rise \nto cash flows which are solely principal and interest.\n(iii)\tEquity securities and beneficiary rights represent equity investments and interests in equity investment arrangements. These \ninvestments are designated at FVOCI where they are considered strategic to the Group and meet the definition of equity from the \nissuers' perspective, or measured at FVPL. Dividend income received on equity investments at FVOCI amounted to CNY61 million \n(2022: CNY80 million) for the year ended December 31, 2023. \nCertain equity investments at FVOCI were disposed of during the year ended December 31, 2023, and the corresponding cumulative \ngain in fair value reserve of CNY3 million was transferred to retained earnings upon disposal of these investments (2022: CNY35 \nmillion).\n(iv)\tCompound financial instruments comprise equity instruments with redemption options and convertible notes which are classified at \nFVPL.\n(v)\t Derivatives mainly comprise foreign exchange forward contracts.\n(vi)\tAs at December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Group did not hold any investments pledged as collateral for liabilities or contingent \nliabilities.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 121\n18 Deferred tax assets/(liabilities)\n(a)\tComponents of recognized deferred tax \nassets/(liabilities) \n(CNY million)\n2023\n2022\nAccruals, defined \nbenefit obligations, \nrefund liabilities \nand unperformed \nobligations\n5,373\n5,708\nFair value changes of \nfinancial instruments\n(1,953)\n(1,618)\nDepreciation and \nimpairment of \nproperty, plant and \nequipment\n(3,856)\n(4,301)\nUnrealized profit\n4,556\n4,736\nTax losses\n4,900\n3,654\nUndistributed profits \nof subsidiaries\n(1,237)\n(1,129)\nWrite-down of \ninventories\n656\n652\nProvision for loss \nallowances\n429\n376\nOthers\n155\n(122)\nTotal\n9,023\n7,956\nReconciliation to the summary consolidated statement \nof financial position:\n(CNY million)\n2023\n2022\nNet deferred tax assets\n12,456\n11,760\nNet deferred tax \nliabilities\n(3,433)\n(3,804)\n9,023\n7,956\n(b)\tDeferred tax assets not recognized\nDeferred tax assets were not recognized on certain \nunused tax losses, deductible temporary differences \nand unused tax credits in accordance with the \naccounting policy set out in note 3(o).\nAs at December 31, 2023, deferred tax assets had \nnot been recognized in respect of unused tax losses \namounting to CNY313,696 million (2022: CNY207,383 \nmillion) and deductible temporary differences \namounting to CNY188,276 million (2022: CNY185,272 \nmillion); additionally, unused tax credits relating \nto overseas withholding income tax and corporate \nincome tax incurred as well as certain research and \ndevelopment expenditure totaling CNY2,853 million \n(2022: CNY4,408 million) had not been recognized as \ndeferred tax assets. \n19 \u0007\nInventories and other contract \ncosts\n(CNY million)\n2023\n2022\nInventories\nRaw materials\n73,422\n87,650\nManufacturing work in \nprogress\n34,534\n28,751\nFinished goods and \nconsumables\n28,631\n29,036\nDispatched goods and \ncontract work in \nprogress\n12,660\n14,106\nOther inventories\n5,042\n3,374\n154,289\n162,917\nOther contract costs\n269\n365\n154,558\n163,282\nAs at December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Group did \nnot hold any inventories pledged as collateral for \nliabilities or contingent liabilities.\n(a)\tAmount of inventories recognized as an \nexpense and included in profit or loss:\n(CNY million)\n2023\n2022\nCarrying amount of \ninventories sold\n282,697\n271,396\nWrite-down of \ninventories\n583\n6,196\n283,280\n277,592\nThe write-down is included in cost of sales.\n(b)\tContract costs\nThe Group's contract costs represent contract \nfulfilment costs incurred to deliver services to \ncustomers, which will be charged to cost of sales \nwhen the corresponding performance obligations are \nsatisfied.\nNo provision for impairment was required on contract \ncosts as at December 31, 2023 or 2022.\n\n\n122 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\n20 Contract assets\n(CNY million)\n2023\n2022\nGross carrying amount\n54,189\n52,821\nLoss allowances (note 21(b))\n(303)\n(294)\n53,886\n52,527\nNon-current portion\n1,340\n1,025\nCurrent portion\n52,546\n51,502\n53,886\n52,527\nContract assets relate to the Group's rights to \nconsideration for performance obligations that have \nbeen satisfied but not billed, primarily from ICT \ninfrastructure business contracts. Contract assets are \ntransferred to receivables when the right to payment \nbecomes unconditional, other than the passage of \ntime. This usually occurs when the Group issues an \ninvoice to the customer in accordance with the billing \nmilestones agreed in the contract, which are generally \nupon passing of the product acceptance tests.\nSignificant changes in the gross balances of contract \nassets during the year are as follows:\n(CNY million)\n2023\n2022\nAt January 1\n52,821\n52,810\nAddition during the year\n50,267\n47,836\nTransfers to receivables or \nreversal during the year\n(48,768)\n(48,640)\nExchange adjustments\n(131)\n815\nAt December 31\n54,189\n52,821\n21 Trade and bills receivable\n(CNY million)\nNote\n2023\n2022\nTrade receivables\nTrade receivables from \nthird parties\n(i)\n97,152\n87,143\nTrade receivables from \nrelated parties\n31\n72\n34\n97,224\n87,177\nBills receivable\nBank and finance \ncompany acceptance \nbills\n \n5,207\n809\nCommercial acceptance \nbills\n \n5,777\n1,647\nLetters of credit\n \n856\n1,244\n(ii)\n11,840\n3,700\n109,064\n90,877\nNon-current portion\n \n7,014\n3,073\nCurrent portion\n \n102,050\n87,804\n109,064\n90,877\n(i)\t As at December 31, 2023, the Group's trade receivables \nthat may be sold through reverse factoring arrangements \namounted to CNY6,885 million (2022: CNY7,112 million). \nThese trade receivables are managed in a business model \nwhose objective is achieved by both collection and sale, and \nare therefore measured at FVOCI.\n(ii)\t The Group's bills receivable are due within twelve months \nfrom issuance date.\n(a)\tAging analysis \nAt the end of the reporting period, the aging analysis \nof trade receivables is as follows:\n(CNY million)\n2023\n2022\nNot past due\n73,604\n65,195\nLess than 90 days past due\n15,767\n16,108\n90 days to 1 year past due\n8,101\n6,876\n1 year and above past due\n3,402\n2,170\n100,874\n90,349\nLoss allowances\n(3,650)\n(3,172)\n97,224\n87,177\nTrade receivables are generally due within 30 days \nfrom the date of billing.\n(b)\tLoss allowances of trade receivables \nand contract assets\nLoss allowances in respect of trade receivables and \ncontract assets are recorded using an allowance \naccount unless the Group is satisfied that there is no \nreasonable expectation of further recoveries in which \ncase the receivables are written off (see note 3(e)(i)).\nThe movement in loss allowances in respect of trade \nreceivables and contract assets during the year is as follows: \n(CNY million)\nNote\n2023\n2022\nAt January 1\n \n3,497\n3,148\nLoss allowances \nrecognized\n \n774\n297\nUncollectible amounts \nwritten-off\n \n(92)\n(472)\nCollection of previously \nwritten-off debtors\n \n39\n154\nDisposal of a subsidiary\n \n–\n(1)\nExchange adjustments\n \n(231)\n371\nAt December 31\n \n3,987\n3,497\nRepresenting loss \nallowances\n \n \n \n– on trade receivables\n \n3,650\n3,172\n– on contract assets\n20\n303\n294\n– included in OCI on trade \nreceivables at FVOCI\n \n34\n31\nTotal\n \n3,987\n3,497\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 123\nLoss allowances recognized on trade receivables \nand contract assets are included in selling and \nadministrative expenses.\nDuring the year ended December 31, 2023, the \nloss allowances of trade receivables and contract \nassets increased mainly due to additional allowance \nrecognized on the long-aged receivables due from \ncertain customers in Asia Pacific. \n(c)\tTransferred trade receivables not \nderecognized in their entirety\nAs at December 31, 2023, the Group's undue trade \nreceivables with the face value of CNY8 million (2022: \nCNY9 million) have been transferred to banks and the \nGroup received the corresponding remittance of CNY8 \nmillion (2022: CNY9 million). As these transactions \nare with recourse, the Group therefore has retained \nsubstantially all the risks and rewards and continues \nto recognize these trade receivables and the relevant \nfinancing as loans and borrowings (note 24).\nAs at December 31, 2023, the Group's trade \nreceivables with the carrying amount of CNY2,760 \nmillion (2022: CNY3,256 million) have been \ntransferred to banks. These trade receivables are \ncovered by insurance policies issued by third party \ncredit insurance agencies with the transferees as \nthe loss payees. In these transactions, the Group \nretains risk not covered by the insurance, therefore \nthe Group has neither transferred nor retained \nsubstantially all the risks and rewards in relation to \nthe trade receivables and the Group is considered to \nhave retained control of these trade receivables as the \ntransferees have no practical ability to sell these trade \nreceivables without the Group's consent. As such, \nthe Group continues to recognize the transferred \ntrade receivables of CNY527 million (2022: CNY567 \nmillion) and associated liabilities of CNY564 million \n(2022: CNY610 million) to the extent of its continuing \ninvolvement. The associated liabilities are included \nin other liabilities. As at December 31, 2023, loss \nallowances of CNY409 million (2022: CNY405 million) \nwere made on these transferred receivables.\n(d)\tCollateral\nAs at December 31, 2023 and 2022, except as \ndisclosed in note 21(c), the Group did not hold any \nother trade and bills receivable pledged as collateral \nfor liabilities or contingent liabilities.\n22 Other assets\n(CNY million)\nNote\n2023\n2022\nAdvance payments to suppliers\n \n51,985\n47,386\nPrepayment for acquisition of long-term assets\n \n7,971\n8,881\nTax receivables on unbilled deliveries\n(i)\n5,079\n4,963\nIncome tax related assets\n \n1,639\n1,488\nOther tax related assets\n \n16,322\n13,255\nPledged and restricted deposits with banks\n \n1,961\n1,608\nOther third party receivables\n \n17,190\n33,968\nOther long-term deferred assets\n \n2,938\n1,131\nRelated party receivables\n31\n278\n386\nAssets held for sale\n \n191\n13\n105,554\n113,079\nNon-current portion\n \n17,413\n14,628\nCurrent portion\n \n88,141\n98,451\n105,554\n113,079\n(i)\t Under certain tax regulations, value added tax (VAT) and other surcharges are payable at the earlier of delivery of goods and \nservices or issuance of VAT invoices. These balances represent VAT and surcharge receivable from customers on unbilled deliveries \nand will be reclassified to trade receivables upon billing.\n\n\n124 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\n23 Cash and cash equivalents\n(CNY million)\n2023\n2022\nCash on hand\n5\n7\nDeposits with banks and other financial institutions\n171,416\n138,999\nHighly liquid short-term investments\n21,023\n8,131\nDeposits with third party merchants\n459\n132\n192,903\n147,269\nShort-term investments included in cash and cash equivalents are highly liquid, readily convertible into known \namounts of cash and subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value. As at December 31, 2023, these \nshort-term investments comprised reverse repurchase agreements with maturities of less than three months of \nCNY19,500 million (2022: CNY500 million), money market funds of CNY1,024 million (2022: CNY7,631 million), \nand fixed income structured notes of CNY500 million (2022: nil). Money market funds comprise investments in \nshort-term debt securities which have constant or low volatility net asset values and are measured at FVPL. The \nfixed income structured notes are securities issued by Chinese security companies with guaranteed principal and \nfixed income.\nAs at December 31, 2023, cash and cash equivalents of CNY1,116 million (2022: CNY836 million) were held in \ncountries where exchange controls or other legal restrictions were in force.\nAs at December 31, 2023, the Group held cash equivalents of CNY6,772 million (2022: CNY8,312 million) in \nmulticurrency pooling arrangements to meet its day-to-day cash requirements. The facilities allow participating \nsubsidiaries to place deposits and borrow funds from the counterparty banks in any freely convertible currency \nsubject to the overall balance on the pools being positive.\nAs at December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Group did not hold any cash and cash equivalents pledged as collateral \nfor liabilities or contingent liabilities.\n24 Loans and borrowings\nContractual terms of the Group's loans and borrowings are summarized below.\n(CNY million)\n2023\n2022\nShort-term loans and borrowings:\n \n \n– Unsecured\n432\n228\nLong-term loans and borrowings:\n \n \n– Intra-group guaranteed\n23\n205\n– Trade receivables financing (note 21(c))\n8\n9\n– Unsecured\n236,949\n140,484\n– Corporate bonds\n71,002\n56,218\n307,982\n196,916\n308,414\n197,144\nNon-current portion\n291,688\n183,183\nCurrent portion\n16,726\n13,961\n308,414\n197,144\nIntra-group guaranteed loans are external borrowings which have been raised by one group entity but contractual \npayments of principal and interest are guaranteed by another group entity.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 125\nTerms and repayment schedule\nA summary of the main terms and conditions of outstanding loans and borrowings are as follows:\nAt December 31, 2023\n(CNY million)\nInterest rate \nper annum\nTotal\n1 year \nor less\n1 to 5 \nyears\nOver 5 \nyears\nIntra-group guaranteed bank \nloans:\nCNY\nvariable\n3.96%\n23\n23\n–\n–\nTrade receivables financing:\nUnited States Dollar (USD)\nvariable\n9.06%\n8\n2\n6\n–\nUnsecured bank loans:\nCNY\nvariable\n2.80% ~ 3.96%\n191,186\n404\n38,662\n152,120\nEuro (EUR)\nvariable\n4.73% ~ 4.94%\n8,051\n20\n4,693\n3,338\nEUR\nfixed\n5.07%\n1\n1\n–\n–\nHong Kong Dollar (HKD)\nvariable\n6.00% ~ 6.94%\n37,711\n6,518\n17,668\n13,525\nSaudi Arabian Riyal (SAR)\nvariable\n2.89% ~ 8.35%\n179\n179\n–\n–\nBahrain Dinar (BHD)\nvariable\n5.80%\n12\n12\n–\n–\nNigerian Naira (NGN)\nfixed\n19.00%\n201\n201\n–\n–\nPakistani Rupee\nfixed\n17.12%\n37\n37\n–\n–\nUSD\nvariable\n6.16%\n3\n3\n–\n–\n237,381\n7,375\n61,023\n168,983\nCorporate bonds:\nCNY\nfixed\n2.87% ~ 3.65%\n46,094\n9,152\n36,942\n–\nUSD\nfixed\n4.00% ~ 4.13%\n24,908\n174\n24,734\n–\n71,002\n9,326\n61,676\n–\n308,414\n16,726\n122,705\n168,983\n\n\n126 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nAt December 31, 2022\n(CNY million)\nInterest rate \nper annum\nTotal\n1 year \nor less\n1 to \n5 years\nOver 5 \nyears\nIntra-group guaranteed \nbank loans:\nCNY\nvariable\n4.26%\n205\n182\n23\n–\nTrade receivables financing:\nUSD\nvariable\n4.92%\n9\n2\n6\n1\nUnsecured bank loans:\nCNY\nvariable\n2.95% ~ 4.31%\n102,764\n135\n21,388\n81,241\nEUR\nvariable\n2.36% ~ 3.05%\n5,266\n–\n4,291\n975\nHKD\nvariable\n5.26% ~ 6.51%\n22,039\n–\n17,663\n4,376\nSAR\nvariable\n1.80% ~ 4.75%\n43\n43\n–\n–\nBHD\nvariable\n5.80%\n104\n104\n–\n–\nNGN\nfixed\n19.00%\n75\n75\n–\n–\nEUR\nfixed\n1.75%\n6\n6\n–\n–\nUSD\nvariable\n5.62% ~ 5.68%\n10,415\n10,415\n–\n–\n140,712\n10,778\n43,342\n86,592\nCorporate bonds:\nCNY\nfixed\n2.87% ~ 3.65%\n31,954\n2,999\n28,955\n–\nUSD\nfixed\n4.00% ~ 4.13%\n24,264\n–\n24,264\n–\n56,218\n2,999\n53,219\n–\n197,144\n13,961\n96,590\n86,593\nCertain of the Group's banking facilities are subject to compliance with covenants relating to financial ratios. In \nthe event of breach, the drawn down facilities would become payable on demand. The Group regularly monitors \nits compliance with these covenants. As at December 31, 2023 and 2022, no covenants had been breached.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 127\nCorporate bonds\nThe Group's CNY and USD corporate bonds were issued by the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries \nrespectively. Main terms of the outstanding corporate bonds are as follows: \nCorporate bond \nIssue date \nPrincipal amount\n million\nInterest rate \nper annum \nTerm \nUSD bond\nMay 19, 2015\n1,000\n4.125%\n10 years\nUSD bond\nMay 6, 2016\n2,000\n4.125%\n10 years\nUSD bond\nFebruary 21, 2017\n500\n4.000%\n10 years\nCNY medium-term note\nMarch 6, 2020\n2,000\n3.240%\n5 years\nCNY medium-term note\nMarch 23, 2020\n2,000\n3.380%\n5 years\nCNY medium-term note\nApril 24, 2020\n2,000\n3.090%\n5 years\nCNY medium-term note\nJanuary 29, 2021\n4,000\n3.580%\n3 years\nCNY medium-term note\nMarch 5, 2021\n4,000\n3.650%\n3 years\nCNY medium-term note\nJanuary 10, 2022\n4,000\n2.960%\n3 years\nCNY medium-term note\nJanuary 24, 2022\n3,000\n3.260%\n5 years\nCNY medium-term note\nFebruary 28, 2022\n4,000\n2.990%\n3 years\nCNY medium-term note\nJuly 22, 2022\n4,000\n2.870%\n3 years\nCNY medium-term note\nJanuary 16, 2023\n3,000\n3.450%\n5 years\nCNY medium-term note\nFebruary 10, 2023\n3,000\n3.400%\n5 years\nCNY medium-term note\nMarch 6, 2023\n3,000\n3.450%\n5 years\nCNY medium-term note\nApril 17, 2023\n4,000\n3.050%\n3 years\nCNY medium-term note\nAugust 28, 2023\n3,000\n2.980%\n5 years\nUSD bonds are fully guaranteed by the Company.\n\n\n128 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nReconciliation of movements of major liabilities to cash flows arising from financing activities\nYear ended December 31, 2023\nRelated liabilities\n(CNY million)\nOther loans and \nborrowings\nCorporate \nbonds\nLong-term assets\n installments\nLease \nliabilities\nBalance at January 1, 2023\n140,926\n56,218\n1,647\n10,571\nProceeds from borrowings\n140,128\n24,950\n–\n–\nRepayment of borrowings\n(44,911)\n(12,000)\n–\n–\nLong-term assets acquired\n–\n–\n283\n–\nInstallment payments\n–\n–\n(722)\n–\nNew leases\n–\n–\n–\n4,256\nPayment of lease liabilities\n–\n–\n–\n(3,556)\nInterest incurred during the year\n8,378\n2,491\n–\n479\nInterest paid\n(8,568)\n(2,158)\n–\n(344)\nAmortization of capitalized interests and \ntransaction costs\n120\n62\n29\n–\nNon-cash transactions (note)\n(750)\n–\n–\n–\nTermination of leases\n–\n–\n–\n(5)\nExchange adjustments\n2,089\n1,439\n67\n(566)\nBalance at December 31, 2023\n237,412\n71,002\n1,304\n10,835\nNote:\t Under certain financing arrangements, the Group's entitlement to consideration from customer contracts is \ntransferred for cash to financial institutions before the Group obtains unconditional rights, giving rise to financial \nliabilities included in loans and borrowings. The Group derecognizes the relevant loans and borrowings under \nthese arrangements upon becoming unconditionally entitled to the relevant contract consideration.\n25 Trade and bills payable\n(CNY million)\nNote\n2023\n2022\nTrade payables\nRelated party trade payables\n31\n875\n1,054\nThird party trade payables\n \n85,487\n84,218\n86,362\n85,272\nBills payable\nBank acceptance bills\n \n1,390\n1,745\nLetters of credit payable\n \n3,093\n5,087\n4,483\n6,832\n90,845\n92,104\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 129\n26 Contract liabilities\nSignificant changes in contract liabilities during the year are as follows:\n(CNY million)\n2023\n2022\nAt January 1\n87,575\n78,149\nRevenue recognized that was included in the contract liability balance at the \nbeginning of the year\n(57,716)\n(62,204)\nIncreases due to cash received or billing for unperformed obligations\n65,307\n69,848\nExchange adjustments\n(65)\n1,782\nAt December 31\n95,101\n87,575\nThe balance of contract liabilities represents consideration received or billing in advance of performance, after \noffsetting the balance of contract assets under the same contract. Contract liabilities mainly include deferred \nwarranty service income, vouchers, and advance receipts or billing related to sales of goods or services from ICT \ninfrastructure business, consumer business and cloud computing business. \n27 Other liabilities\n(CNY million)\nNote\n2023\n2022\nAccrued expenses\n \n25,093\n23,480\nRefund liabilities\n(i)\n17,980\n14,883\nOther taxes payable\n \n15,637\n14,112\nDue in relation to property, plant and equipment\n \n15,545\n11,430\nDue in relation to intangible assets\n \n1,845\n2,051\nDerivatives\n(ii)/17(v)\n304\n173\nOthers\n \n45,280\n50,905\n121,684\n117,034\nNon-current portion\n \n2,016\n2,608\nCurrent portion\n \n119,668\n114,426\n121,684\n117,034\n(i)\t Refund liabilities mainly comprise the rebates and other sales-based incentives to customers.\n(ii)\t As at December 31, 2023, the carrying value of the foreign exchange derivatives held as hedging instruments amounted to CNY5 \nmillion (2022: CNY30 million).\n28 Provisions \n(CNY million)\nNote\n2023\n2022\nWarranties\n(b)\n6,975\n4,793\nOnerous contracts with customers\n \n1,326\n719\nOnerous contracts with suppliers\n(c)\n6,635\n8,309\nOthers\n(d)\n5,233\n2,761\n20,169\n16,582\n\n\n130 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\n(a)\tMovement in provisions during the year is shown as below:\n(CNY million)\nWarranties\nOnerous\n contracts with \ncustomers\nOnerous \ncontracts with\n suppliers\nOthers\nTotal\nAt January 1, 2023\n4,793\n719\n8,309\n2,761\n16,582\nProvisions made/(reversals)\n6,867\n881\n(431)\n2,430\n9,747\nProvisions utilized\n(4,770)\n(277)\n(1,243)\n(214)\n(6,504)\nExchange adjustments\n85\n3\n–\n256\n344\nAt December 31, 2023\n6,975\n1,326\n6,635\n5,233\n20,169\n(b)\tWarranties\nThe provision for warranties is determined based on estimates made from historical and forecast warranty data \nassociated with similar products, the amounts of products under warranty at the end of the reporting period and \ntheir corresponding remaining warranty periods. \n(c)\tProvision for onerous contracts with suppliers\nThe Group has entered into certain non-cancelable procurement agreements in its normal course of business. \nAs a result of the Events disclosed in note 4(j) and changes in market demand for products, certain items under \nthese procurement agreements may not be capable of being used in production and provision has been made for \nthe estimated losses arising from fulfilling, amending or terminating relevant agreements in accordance with the \naccounting policy set out in note 3(p). The provision is charged to cost of sales.\n(d)\tOthers\nOthers are mainly provisions for outstanding claims, cases and disputes.\n29 Leases\n(a)\tAs a lessee\nThe Group leases office premises, staff apartments, warehouses, production equipment and motor vehicles in its \nnormal course of business. These leases typically run for an initial period of one to ten years. Some property \nleases contain extension options after the contract period and only a limited number of leases comprise variable \npayments. The Group also holds land use rights in the PRC, which are recognized as right-of-use assets at the \ndate the Group became entitled to the rights.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 131\nInformation about leases for which the Group is a lessee is presented below. \n(i)\tRight-of-use assets\n(CNY million)\nLand use\n rights\nBuildings\nMotor \nvehicles and \nothers\nTotal\nCost:\nAt January 1, 2022\n14,677\n13,513\n1,607\n29,797\nExchange adjustments\n4\n219\n63\n286\nAdditions\n834\n3,923\n462\n5,219\nTransfer to investment property\n(69)\n–\n–\n(69)\nDerecognition\n–\n(2,021)\n(474)\n(2,495)\nHyperinflation adjustments\n–\n47\n4\n51\nAt December 31, 2022\n15,446\n15,681\n1,662\n32,789\nAt January 1, 2023\n15,446\n15,681\n1,662\n32,789\nExchange adjustments\n(9)\n(61)\n26\n(44)\nAdditions\n2,391\n3,518\n738\n6,647\nTransfer to inventory\n(737)\n–\n–\n(737)\nDerecognition\n(1)\n(2,149)\n(725)\n(2,875)\nHyperinflation adjustments\n–\n74\n–\n74\nAt December 31, 2023\n17,090\n17,063\n1,701\n35,854\nAccumulated depreciation and impairment:\nAt January 1, 2022\n1,458\n5,838\n835\n8,131\nExchange adjustments\n1\n106\n24\n131\nDepreciation charge for the year\n303\n2,793\n476\n3,572\nImpairment loss\n–\n48\n–\n48\nTransfer to investment property\n(7)\n–\n–\n(7)\nDerecognition\n–\n(1,937)\n(474)\n(2,411)\nHyperinflation adjustments\n–\n36\n3\n39\nAt December 31, 2022\n1,755\n6,884\n864\n9,503\nAt January 1, 2023\n1,755\n6,884\n864\n9,503\nExchange adjustments\n(1)\n(6)\n13\n6\nDepreciation charge for the year\n323\n3,131\n410\n3,864\nImpairment loss\n–\n9\n–\n9\nTransfer to inventory\n(56)\n–\n–\n(56)\nDerecognition\n–\n(2,144)\n(724)\n(2,868)\nHyperinflation adjustments\n–\n(5)\n(1)\n(6)\nAt December 31, 2023\n2,021\n7,869\n562\n10,452\nCarrying amount:\nAt December 31, 2023\n15,069\n9,194\n1,139\n25,402\nAt December 31, 2022\n13,691\n8,797\n798\n23,286\nDuring the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, certain right-of-use assets were derecognized as a result of \nlease cancellation or entering into finance sub-leases.\n\n\n132 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\n(ii)\tAmounts recognized in profit or loss\n(CNY million)\nNote\n2023\n2022\nInterest expenses on lease \nliabilities\n11\n479\n417\nExpenses relating to \nshort-term leases\n \n442\n544\nExpenses relating to leases \nof low-value assets, \nexcluding short-term \nleases of low-value \nassets\n \n35\n31\nVariable lease payments \nnot included in the \nmeasurement of lease \nliabilities\n \n54\n39\nIncome from subleasing \nright-of-use assets\n \n136\n92\n(iii)\t\nAmounts recognized in summary \nconsolidated statement of cash flows\n(CNY million)\n2023\n2022\nTotal cash outflow for leases\n6,988\n4,723\n(b)\tAs a lessor\nMost of the Group's leases are operating leases under \nwhich certain properties are leased out (see note 8).\nAs at December 31, a maturity analysis of \nundiscounted lease payments to be received after the \nreporting date is as follows:\n(CNY million)\n2023\n2022\nWithin 1 year\n128\n115\nAfter 1 year but within 2 years\n68\n104\nAfter 2 years but within 3 years\n57\n78\nAfter 3 years but within 4 years\n54\n76\nAfter 4 years but within 5 years\n50\n73\nAfter 5 years\n176\n324\n533\n770\n30 Capital commitments\n(CNY million)\n2023\n2022\nContracted for acquisition and \nconstruction of long-term \nassets\n21,518\n21,843\nInvestment commitment\n2,385\n1,096\nTotal\n23,903\n22,939\n31 Related parties\nA related party is a person or an entity that has \ncontrol or joint control or significant influence over \nthe Group, or is a member of its key management \npersonnel, or is member of the Group, including joint \nventures and associates.\nTransactions between the Group and related parties \nare conducted on an arm's length basis. Outstanding \nreceivables and payables with related parties are \ncollected or paid in accordance with contracts, \nwithout additional interest or collateral.\nDetails of the Group's significant transactions with \nrelated parties are set out below.\nTransactions with related parties\n(CNY million)\nAssociates\n2023\n2022\nSales of goods and services\n1,534\n554\nPurchase of goods and services\n2,352\n2,400\nBalances with related parties\n(CNY million)\nAssociates\nDecember \n31, 2023\nDecember \n31, 2022\nTrade receivables\n 72\n 34\nContract assets\n 9\n 84\nOther assets\n 278\n 386\nTrade payables\n 875\n 1,054\nContract liabilities\n 206\n 18\nOther liabilities\n 211\n 76\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 133\n32 Group enterprises\n(a)\tParent and ultimate controlling party \nThe Group's ultimate controlling party is the Union of Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\n(b)\tMajor subsidiaries \nName of subsidiary\nPlace of \nincorporation\nProportion of \nownership interest\nPrincipal activities\n \n2023\n2022\nHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.\nChinese \nmainland\n100%\n100%\nDevelopment, manufacture and sale of \ntelecommunication and related products and \nprovision of support and maintenance services\nHuawei Device Co., Ltd.\nChinese \nmainland\n100%\n100%\nDevelopment, manufacture and sale of mobile \ncommunication products and ancillaries\nHuawei Machine Co., Ltd.\nChinese \nmainland\n100%\n100%\nManufacture of telecommunication products\nShanghai Huawei Technologies \nCo., Ltd.\nChinese \nmainland\n100%\n100%\nDevelopment of telecommunication products\nBeijing Huawei Digital \nTechnologies Co., Ltd.\nChinese \nmainland\n100%\n100%\nDevelopment of telecommunication products\nHuawei Tech. Investment \nCo., Limited\nHong Kong, \nChina\n100%\n100%\nTrading of materials\nHuawei International Co. Limited Hong Kong, \nChina\n100%\n100%\nDistribution of telecommunication products\nHuawei International Pte. Ltd.\nSingapore\n100%\n100%\nDistribution of telecommunication products\nHuawei Technologies Japan K.K.\nJapan\n100%\n100%\nDevelopment and sale of telecommunication \nproducts and ancillary services\nHuawei Technologies \nDeutschland GmbH\nGermany\n100%\n100%\nDevelopment and sale of telecommunication \nproducts and ancillary services\nHuawei Device (Shenzhen) \nCo., Ltd.\nChinese \nmainland\n100%\n100%\nDevelopment, manufacture and sale of mobile \ncommunication products and ancillaries\nHuawei Device (Hong Kong) \nCo., Limited\nHong Kong, \nChina\n100%\n100%\nSale and related services of mobile \ncommunication products and ancillaries\nHuawei Cloud Computing \nTechnologies Co., Ltd.\nChinese \nmainland\n100%\n100%\nDevelopment and sale of cloud products\nHuawei Technical Service \nCo., Ltd\nChinese \nmainland\n100%\n100%\nInstallation and maintenance of \ntelecommunication products and ancillaries, \nincluding consultancy\nHuawei Software Technologies \nCo., Ltd.\nChinese \nmainland\n100%\n100%\nSale of cloud products and services\nHiSilicon Technologies CO., \nLIMITED\nChinese \nmainland\n100%\n100%\nDevelopment and sale of semiconductors\nHiSilicon (Shanghai) \nTechnologies CO., LIMITED\nChinese \nmainland\n100%\n100%\nDevelopment and sale of semiconductors\nHisilicon Optoelectronics Co., \nLimited\nChinese \nmainland\n100%\n100%\nDevelopment, manufacture and sale of \noptoelectronic products related to information \ntechnology\nHuawei Technologies \nCoöperatief U.A.\nNetherlands\n100%\n100%\nIntermediate parent company for certain \noverseas subsidiaries\n\n\n134 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\n33 Contingent liabilities\n(a)\t On September 2, 2014 (dates in note 33 are in \nU.S. time), T-Mobile USA, Inc. (\"T-Mobile\") filed \na civil action against the Group's subsidiary, \nHuawei Device USA Inc., in relation to the \nalleged misappropriation of trade secrets relating \nto certain of T-Mobile's mobile phone test \nequipment. The two parties reached a settlement \non November 8, 2017.\nOn January 16, 2019, the United States \nDepartment of Justice issued an indictment \nagainst Huawei Device USA Inc. and Huawei \nDevice Co., Ltd., containing 10 charges in relation \nto the alleged theft of trade secrets relating to \nthe above equipment and alleged wire fraud and \nobstruction of justice. The charges relate to the \nyears from 2012 to 2014.\n(b)\t On January 24, 2019, the United States \nDepartment of Justice issued an indictment against \nHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Huawei Device USA \nInc. and other parties. The indictment contains \n13 charges in relation to alleged bank and wire \nfraud, violation of the International Emergency \nEconomic Powers Act of the United States with \nrespect to certain transactions involving Iran, and \nassociated matters.\nOn February 13, 2020, the United States \nDepartment of Justice issued a superseding \nindictment which, on top of the charges filed on \nJanuary 24, 2019, added Huawei Device Co., Ltd. \nand Futurewei Technologies, Inc. as defendants, \nand added 3 new charges of alleged racketeering \nconspiracy, alleged conspiracy to steal trade \nsecrets and alleged conspiracy to commit wire \nfraud. The superseding indictment also includes \nnew allegations including the defendants' alleged \ninvolvement in transactions involving North Korea \nand Iran.\nThe Group has engaged external counsels to assist \nit in respect of the matters referred to in (a) and \n(b) above. With regard to the matter referred to \nin (a) above, due to the complexity of the charges \ncontained in this indictment, its overlapping with \nthe superseding indictment issued on February 13, \n2020 referred to in (b) above and the difficulties \nfor the parties to prepare for the trial as a result of \nthe continuing outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, the \nUS Government and the defendants filed motions \non September 5, 2019, March 17, 2020, February \n23, 2021, February 18, 2022, January 18, 2023 and \nJanuary 9, 2024, respectively, requesting the trial to \nbe postponed, and such motions were granted by \nthe judge. Pursuant to the judge's latest decision on \nJanuary 10, 2024, the trial will be continued until \nOctober 27, 2025. With regard to the matter referred \nto in (b) above, it is currently in the process of \npre-trial discovery and the trial date has not yet been \nscheduled.  \nGiven the relatively early stage of these proceedings, \nas at the date of approval of these financial \nstatements, management considers that both \nthe timing and the outcome of these matters are \ninherently uncertain, and that the amount of any \npossible obligation of the Group, if any, cannot be \nreliably estimated. Accordingly, these indictments \ngive rise to contingent liabilities for the Group and \nno provision has been made in this regard in these \nfinancial statements. It is also not practicable at \nthis stage for the Group to disclose an estimate of \nthe possible future financial effect on the Group's \nfinancial statements of these matters.\n34 Subsequent events\n(a)\t Subsequent to December 31, 2023 and up to the \ndate of approval of these financial statements, \nthe Group has issued two super & short-term \ncommercial papers, with an aggregate principal \namount of CNY6,000 million;\n(b)\t Subsequent to December 31, 2023 and up to the \ndate of approval of these financial statements, \nthe Group has drawn accumulatively CNY15,632 \nmillion from two credit facilities entered into by \nHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned \nsubsidiary of the Group.\n35 Comparative figures\nThe presentation of certain prior year comparative \nfigures has been adjusted to reflect current year \npresentation requirements. None of these changes \nwere material.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 135\nRisk Factors\nAt Huawei, risk factors are defined as those that could cause uncertainty regarding the company's ultimate \nachievement of its business objectives. We identify such factors in our strategic plans, business operations, financial \nsystems, or the external environment. In this section, we will detail the major risk factors that could significantly \nimpact the company's survival, reputation, financial position, operating results, or long-term prospects.\n■\t Business managers, as the primary risk owners \nin their respective business domains, proactively \nidentify and manage risks to ensure they remain at \nan acceptable level.\nAt Huawei, risk management is incorporated into both \nstrategic planning and business planning processes. During \nstrategic planning, we systematically identify and manage \nstrategic risks. During business planning, we balance \nrisk and cost to formulate appropriate countermeasures, \nand monitor and report on risks as part of performance \nmanagement during routine operations. Huawei ensures \nuninterrupted business operations by identifying major \nrisk factors during strategic decision making and business \nplanning, and taking necessary measures to control risks \nduring operations and execution.\nStrategic Risks\nDigital technology is reshaping the world around \nus. The intelligent world is approaching faster than \never and we want to make sure that it is an inclusive \nworld in which everyone can benefit from the \npositive changes brought about by digital technology. \nMature commercial applications of new technologies \n– particularly 5.5G, AI, and cloud computing – are \naccelerating the digital and intelligent transformation \nof all industries, presenting enormous opportunities. \nThat said, Huawei's external environment is more \nvolatile and complex than ever. With the world facing \nthe formidable challenge of deciding how globalization \nshould proceed, global economic growth will likely \nslow over the next few years. This expected stagnation \nwill only be compounded by the US government's \nsustained efforts to contain the development of \nleading technologies outside its borders. Despite these \nchallenges, we will continue working hard to survive \nand thrive.\nThe digital economy has already become the world's \nmain engine for economic growth, and green and \nlow-carbon development is key to sustaining this \ngrowth. The three concurrent trends of digital, \nintelligent, and green industrial development will each \npresent tremendous growth opportunities within the \nHuawei uses an Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) \nsystem that accounts for our unique organizational \nstructure and operating model, in line with the \nCommittee of Sponsoring Organizations of the \nTreadway Commission (COSO) framework and \nreferencing the ISO 31000 risk management standard. \nUnder this system, we have defined a robust set of \nERM policies and processes, continuously refined our \nERM organizations and operating mechanisms, and \nramped up efforts to improve risk management and \nresponse. Huawei's ERM system ensures the following:\n■\t The Board of Directors approves company plans \nfor managing major risks and crises, and handles \nunexpected major incidents.\nHuawei's Risk Management System\n\n\n136 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\ninformation processing and communications industries. \nIn light of this, Huawei will continue focusing on \nleveraging its ICT strengths to enable the digital and \nintelligent transformation of all industries, and working \nwith partners and developers to ultimately bring digital \nto every person, home and organization for a fully \nconnected, intelligent world. Going forward, we will \nremain committed to embracing a globalized supply \nchain and working with partners worldwide to develop \nleading products and build diverse ecosystems.\nExternal Risks\nMacro environment: We expect growth to slow in \nmany economies in 2024. Despite slight drops in \ninflation, many economies will still have higher interest \nrates than those commonly seen over the last decade. \nThis will discourage investment and affect consumer \nspending. Furthermore, regional conflicts, geopolitical \ntensions, and protectionism will continue to undermine \nboth business and consumer confidence. Given this \nuncertain business environment, Huawei will closely \nmonitor risk and promptly adapt response strategies.\nCompliance: Operational compliance provides a solid \nfoundation on which Huawei can survive and continue \nserving and contributing to the world. Huawei has \nalways been dedicated to compliance with applicable \nlaws and regulations in the countries and regions in \nwhich it operates. Through sustained investment, we \nhave established a compliance management system that \napplies to all our businesses and employees worldwide \nand covers all legal obligations, including but not \nlimited to trade compliance, financial compliance, anti-\nbribery compliance, intellectual property (IP) and trade \nsecret protection, and cyber security and privacy. This \nenables the systematic management of compliance risks \nthrough established policies, organizations, regulations, \nprocesses, and so on.\nDespite these efforts, we may still feel the impact \nof the complex legal environments of some of the \ncountries and regions in which we operate. For \nexample, there may be a lack of clarity or transparency \nin regards to local laws or ambiguity surrounding legal \nsystems or law enforcement. Huawei will continue, \nas always, to learn from industry best practices and \ntake preventive measures to address these risks. The \ncertainty of legal compliance is our best bulwark \nagainst the uncertainty of the external environment.\nTrade: In 2023, we continued to face pressure from \nthe global economy and international trade. Emerging \nchallenges such as increasing geopolitical tensions, \nrising inequality, and worsening climate change are \nconcerning both countries and regions in terms of \nglobalization. The probability of trade protectionism \nand freight route barriers is increasing. Against this \ncomplex backdrop, trade is being politicized and \nincreasingly connected to security. Many have decided \nto cope with these challenges by reducing dependency \nand mitigating risk, which only further disrupts \nglobalization efforts. In addition, tightening financial \npolicies have increased risks to global trade and \nindustrial production.\nDespite the increasing policy uncertainty and tight \nmonetary policies in most economies around the \nworld, the global economy still demonstrated greater-\nthan-expected resilience in 2023. And so, a return \nto multilateral trade systems must be supported by \nboth individual countries and regions to make the \ninternational trade environment more stable, open, \nand sustainable. This will catalyze economic recovery \nand create more opportunities for prosperity and \ndevelopment.\nAs always, Huawei supports open and healthy global \nmarkets and advocates for cooperation in both trade \nand the economy. We will continue to provide security \nassurance based on standards and verification and \ndo our utmost to uphold international trade rules. \nWe believe that our sustained, long-term efforts in \ndigital innovation and application will fuel emerging \nbusinesses such as AI and green energy, support \nthe digital, intelligent, and green transformation of \neconomies worldwide, and create new engines of \ngrowth for both trade and the global economy.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 137\nNatural disasters: It is our mission and primary social \nresponsibility to maintain stable network operations. \nIn 2023, when a powerful earthquake struck Türkiye, \ndisrupting communications for 13 million people, we \nimmediately dispatched over 100 experts to work \nalongside our customers in the affected areas. This \nteam worked day and night to recover communications \nand maintain stable network operations. In the last \nyear, Huawei has similarly helped respond to typhoons \nin Japan and floods around the world, including in the \nDemocratic Republic of Congo, Pakistan, and Nigeria.\nEpidemics and natural disasters like earthquakes, \ntyphoons, and floods can impact Huawei's business \noperations in many different ways and thus can impact \nthe operations of the networks we have deployed. \nWe have developed contingency plans to respond to \ndifferent types of natural disasters and epidemics, and \ncontinue to improve our capabilities in this regard. \nThis has helped us ensure our own business continuity, \nand more importantly, ensure network stability for our \ncustomers.\nCountry-specific risks: Huawei currently operates in \nmore than 170 countries and regions worldwide. The \ncomplex international economic and political landscape \nwe operate in exposes us to a variety of different risks \nin different countries and regions. These risks include \neconomic and political instability, exchange rate \nfluctuations, capital controls, and sovereign defaults. \nAny one of these risks could hinder Huawei's local \nbusiness operations and bring uncertainty to our local \nbusiness development.\nIn 2024, the high interest rates of developed economies \nwill deal a blow to emerging markets with heavier \ndebt loads, exposing them to risks such as default, \ncapital outflows, and currency depreciation. Considering \nthis, we will closely monitor any changes in the \nenvironment, such as those related to post-pandemic \neconomic recovery, regional conflicts, and commodity \nprice fluctuations, and promptly employ effective \ncountermeasures to help achieve business objectives.\nOperational Risks\nInformation security: Although Huawei has a robust \ninformation security management system and takes \nstringent information security measures to protect its \nIP, it is impossible to completely prevent the improper \nuse of our proprietary assets and information. Even \nwhen we are able to protect our IP through judicial \nmeans, it is still possible for us to suffer losses due to \nimproper usage.\nIntellectual property: Huawei has long been \ndedicated to independent innovation and will continue \nto be. We respect the IP of third parties while actively \nprotecting our own. We also constantly work to \nimprove our IP risk control system. Despite this, there \nstill exists the possibility that rights holders may file \nIP claims against Huawei and third parties may still \ninfringe upon our IP. Huawei will continue to build \na high-value IP portfolio and IP capabilities globally. \nFurthermore, we will continue to follow international \nrules and industry conventions to address IP disputes \nand safeguard the operational security of our global \nbusinesses.\n\n\n138 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nCorporate \nGovernance \nReport\n139 Shareholders and the Employee \nShareholding Scheme\n139 The Shareholders' Meeting and \nthe Representatives' Commission\n141 Board of Directors\n147 Supervisory Board\n151 Independent Auditor\n152 Business Structure\n153 \u0007\nImproving the Internal Control \nSystem\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 139\nThe company only exists to serve its customers. The purpose of growing our harvest and increasing the fertility \nof our soil is to better serve our customers. \"Staying customer-centric and creating value for customers\" are the \ncompany's common values. The conferment of authority is required to drive the facilitation and implementation \nof the company's common values. However, without effective controls in place, authority un-checked will \nultimately hinder such common values. The company has a well-developed internal governance structure, under \nwhich all governance bodies have clear and focused authority and responsibility, but operate under checks and \nbalances. This creates a closed cycle of authority and achieves rational and cyclical succession of authority.\nThe company's fate cannot be tied to any single individual and the governance bodies of the company shall \nfollow a model of collective leadership. This collective leadership model is created upon common values, focused \nresponsibility, democratic centralized authority, checks and balances, and growth by self-reflection.\nIn addition, the company stays customer-centric, inspires dedication, and continuously improves its governance \nstructure, organizations, processes, and appraisal systems to sustain its long-term and profitable growth.\nShareholders and the Employee \nShareholding Scheme\nHuawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd. is a private \ncompany wholly owned by its employees. Huawei's \nshareholders are the Union of Huawei Investment & \nHolding Co., Ltd. (the \"Union\") and Mr. Ren Zhengfei.\nThrough the Union, the company implements an \nEmployee Shareholding Scheme (the \"Scheme\", or \nthe virtual restricted shares plan), which involved \n151,796 individuals, either current employees or \nretired beneficiaries, as of December 31, 2023. The \nScheme effectively aligns employee contribution \nand development with the company's long-term \ndevelopment, fostering Huawei's continued success.\nMr. Ren Zhengfei is the Company's natural person \nshareholder and also participates in the Scheme. As of \nDecember 31, 2023, Mr. Ren's investment accounted \nfor nearly 0.73% of the Company's total share capital.\nThe Shareholders' Meeting and \nthe Representatives' Commission\nThe Shareholders' Meeting, the company's \nauthoritative body, comprises two shareholders: the \nUnion and Mr. Ren Zhengfei.\nThe Representatives' Commission (the \"Commission\") \nis the organization through which the Union fulfills \nshareholder responsibilities and exercises shareholder \nrights. The Commission consists of no more than \n115 representatives of shareholding employees \n(\"Representatives\") and exercises rights on behalf of \nall shareholding employees. In 2023, the Commission \nheld one meeting. At the meeting, a new Board \nof Directors was elected, resulting in a new set of \nregular and alternate directors. The Commission also \nreviewed and approved the report from the Board of \nDirectors on the company's financial and operating \nresults, the work report from the Supervisory Board, \nand proposals for matters such as annual profit \ndistribution and annual capital increases.\nThe Commission holding a meeting in March 2023\n\n\n140 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nThe Representatives and Alternate Representatives are elected by the shareholding employees with voting \nrights, and serve for a term of five years. In the event that there is a vacancy in the Commission, the Alternate \nRepresentatives shall take up the vacancy in a predetermined sequence.\nThe shareholding employees with voting rights elect the Commission on a one-vote-per-share basis, after which \nthe Commission elects the company's Board of Directors and Supervisory Board on a one-vote-per-person basis. \nThe Commission, along with the Board of Directors and Supervisory Board, decides on, manages, and monitors \nmajor company matters.\nMembers of the current Commission are:\nMr. Ren Zhengfei, Ms. Sun Yafang, Mr. Liang Hua, \nMr. Guo Ping, Mr. Xu Zhijun, Mr. Hu Houkun, \nMs. Meng Wanzhou, Mr. Yu Chengdong, Mr. Wang Tao,\nMs. Chen Lifang, Mr. Peng Zhongyang, Ms. He Tingbo,\nMr. Li Yingtao, Mr. Yao Fuhai, Mr. Tao Jingwen, \nMr. Yan Lida, Mr. Li Jie, Mr. Ren Shulu, Mr. Li Dafeng,\nMr. Song Liuping, Mr. Tian Feng, Mr. Yi Xiang, \nMr. Li Jianguo, Mr. Peng Bo, Ms. Zhao Minglu, \nMs. Shi Yanli, Ms. Zhang Xiaoqing, Mr. Yang Shubin, \nMr. Zou Zhilei, Mr. Lu Yong, Mr. Yang Yougui, \nMr. Li Peng, Mr. Cao Jibin, Mr. Wu Weitao, \nMr. Chen Hao, Mr. Wang Shengniu, Mr. Wang Jianfeng, \nMr. Chen Lei, Mr. Wu Hui, Mr. Meng Ping, Mr. Lyu Ke, \nMr. Jiang Xisheng, Mr. Pan Shaoqin, Mr. Jiang Yafei, \nMr. Wang Weijian, Mr. Su Liqing, Mr. Luo Wencheng, \nMr. Zhang Hongxi, Mr. Xiong Lening, Mr. Ying Weimin, \nMr. Wu Kunhong, Mr. Wei Chengmin, Mr. Wu Qinming, \nMr. Xie Guohui, Mr. Wang Kexiang, Mr. Tang Qibing, \nMr. Sun Fuyou, Mr. Ma Yue, Mr. Zhou Jianjun, \nMr. Xun Su, Mr. Lu Qi, Mr. Lin Baifeng, \nMr. Shen Huifeng, Mr. Zheng Liangcai, \nMr. Ma Qingqing, Mr. Wang Hua'nan, Mr. Bai Limin, \nMs. Yang Li, Mr. Hou Jinlong, Mr. Hu Kewen, \nMr. Zhang Shunmao, Mr. Zha Jun, Mr. Zhou Hong, \nMr. Ma Haixu, Mr. Liu Shaowei, Mr. Tang Xinhong, \nMr. Yang Chaobin, Mr. Gong Ti, Mr. Cai Changtian, \nMr. Gao Ji, Mr. Xiong Yan, Mr. Wang Yixiang, \nMr. Li Zhoujian, Mr. He Gang, Mr. Zhang Ping'an, \nMr. Bian Honglin, Mr. Xu Qinsong, Mr. Li Xiaolong, \nMr. Zhu Ping, Mr. Shao Yang, Mr. Zhu Yonggang, \nMr. Chen Yue, Mr. Bai Yi, Mr. Wu Congcheng, \nMs. Song Yanling, Mr. Zuo Defeng, Mr. Xia Jian, \nMr. Wang Nanbin, Mr. Zheng Pingfang, Ms. Cao Yi, \nMr. Ran Weidong, Mr. Du Yanxin, and Mr. Wang Yanmin.\nElect\nOne vote\nper share\nElects\nElects\nElects\nOne vote\nper person\nShareholding employees with voting rights\nRepresentatives’ Commission\nSupervisory Board\nBoard of Directors\nExecutive Committee\nof the Board of Directors\nExecutive Committee\nof the Supervisory Board\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 141\nThe main responsibilities of the BOD are to:\n■\t Develop proposals for corporate governance.\n■\t Review proposals to increase or decrease the \ncompany's registered capital, as well as proposals \nrelated to profit distribution and loss recovery.\n■\t Review the company's stock options plan and \nother long-term incentive plans.\n■\t Review or approve the company's plans for \nentering and exiting different industries, and \napprove the company's strategic plan.\n■\t Approve major organizational restructuring, \nmanagement system development, and business \ntransformation.\n■\t Approve major financial policies, financial plans, \nand business transactions.\n■\t Approve the company's annual budget proposal, \nannual operations report, and annual audit report.\n■\t Approve the appointment/removal, compensation, \nand long-term incentives of senior management.\n■\t Approve major HR policies and plans at the \ncorporate level.\n■\t Approve proposals for managing major risks and \ncrises, and manage major emergencies.\n■\t Approve the development of internal controls and \ncompliance systems.\nIn 2023, the BOD held 12 meetings. At the meetings, \nthe BOD reviewed and approved matters such as the \ncompany's medium-to-long-term strategic plan, as \nwell as the company's annual business plan, audit \nreport, profit distribution, and capital increases.\nThe BOD has 17 members, who are elected by the \nCommission and then voted in by the Shareholders' \nMeeting. In March 2023, a new BOD was elected, \nresulting in a new set of regular and alternate \ndirectors. The BOD elected deputy chairs and \nexecutive directors, and determined the directors who \nwill attend BOD Executive Committee meetings as \nnon-voting attendees.\nBoard of Directors\nThe Board of Directors (BOD) is the highest body responsible for corporate strategy, operations management, \nand customer satisfaction. The BOD's mission is to lead the company forward. It exercises decision-making \nauthority for corporate strategy and operations management, and ensures customer and shareholder interests are \nprotected.\n\n\n142 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nFrom the left in the first row: Mr. Li Jianguo, Mr. Zhang Ping'an, Mr. Hu Houkun, Mr. Xu Zhijun, Mr. Liang Hua, Ms. Meng Wanzhou, Mr. Wang Tao, and \nMr. Yu Chengdong\nFrom the left in the second row: Mr. Yang Chaobin, Mr. Zha Jun, Mr. Zheng Liangcai, Mr. Hou Jinlong, Ms. He Tingbo, Mr. Peng Bo, Mr. Ren Zhengfei, \nMr. Tao Jingwen, and Mr. Ying Weimin\nMembers of the current BOD are as follows:\n■\t Chairman: Mr. Liang Hua\n■\t Deputy Chairs: Mr. Xu Zhijun, Mr. Hu Houkun, and \nMs. Meng Wanzhou\n■\t Executive directors: Mr. Wang Tao, Mr. Zhang \nPing'an, Mr. Yu Chengdong, and Mr. Li Jianguo\n■\t Directors who will attend BOD Executive \nCommittee meetings as non-voting attendees: Ms. \nHe Tingbo and Mr. Zheng Liangcai\n■\t Directors: Mr. Ren Zhengfei, Mr. Tao Jingwen, Mr. \nPeng Bo, Mr. Zha Jun, Mr. Hou Jinlong, Mr. Yang \nChaobin, and Mr. Ying Weimin\nIn the event that there is a vacancy in the BOD, alternate directors will take up the vacancy in a predetermined \nsequence. Alternate directors are Mr. He Gang, Mr. Bai Yi, Mr. Cao Jibin, Mr. Zhou Hong, Mr. Bian Honglin, Mr. Jin \nYuzhi, Mr. Lu Yong, Mr. Zou Zhilei, Mr. Jiang Yafei, Mr. Hu Kewen, and Mr. Wang Huanan.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 143\nMr. Liang Hua \n(Howard Liang)\nChairman\nBorn in 1964, Mr. Liang holds a doctorate degree \nfrom Wuhan University of Technology. Mr. Liang \njoined Huawei in 1995 and has served as President \nof Supply Chain, CFO of Huawei, President of the \nBusiness Process & IT Mgmt Dept, President of the \nGlobal Technical Service Dept, Chief Supply Chain \nOfficer, Chairman of the Audit Committee, and \nChairman of the Supervisory Board. Mr. Liang is now \nChairman of Huawei's Board of Directors.\nMr. Xu Zhijun\n(Eric Xu)\nDeputy Chairman, \nRotating Chairman\nMr. Xu holds a doctorate degree from Nanjing University \nof Science & Technology. He joined Huawei in 1993 and \nhas served as President of the Wireless Network Product \nLine, Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer, Chief Products \n& Solutions Officer, Chairman of the Investment Review \nBoard, Rotating CEO of Huawei, and Chairman of the \nStrategy & Development Committee (SDC). Currently, \nMr. Xu serves as Deputy Chairman of the Board and \nRotating Chairman of Huawei.\nMr. Hu Houkun\n(Ken Hu)\nDeputy Chairman, \nRotating Chairman\nBorn in 1968, Mr. Hu holds a bachelor's degree from \nHuazhong University of Science and Technology. \nMr. Hu joined Huawei in 1990 and has served as \nPresident of the Marketing & Sales Dept in China, \nPresident of the Latin America Region, President of \nthe Global Sales Dept, Chief Sales & Service Officer, \nChief Strategy & Marketing Officer, Chairman of the \nGlobal Cyber Security and User Privacy Protection \nCommittee (GSPC), Chairman of the BOD of Huawei \nUSA, Deputy Chairman of the Board, Rotating CEO, \nand Chairman of the HRC. Currently, Mr. Hu serves as \nDeputy Chairman of the Board and Rotating Chairman \nof Huawei.\nMs. Meng Wanzhou \n(Sabrina Meng)\nDeputy Chairwoman, \nRotating Chairwoman\nMs. Meng holds a master's degree from Huazhong \nUniversity of Science and Technology. Ms. Meng \njoined Huawei in 1993 and has held positions \nincluding Director of the International Accounting \nDept, CFO of Huawei Hong Kong, and President of \nthe Accounting Mgmt Dept. Ms. Meng now serves \nas Deputy Chairwoman of the Board, and Rotating \nChairwoman and CFO of Huawei.\nSince 2003, Ms. Meng has led the establishment \nof Huawei's globally unified finance organizational \nstructure, processes, regulations, and IT platforms. \nFrom 2007 to 2014, Ms. Meng implemented the \nIntegrated Financial Services (IFS) Transformation \nProgram across the company around the world, \nmaking fine-grained management part of Huawei's \nDNA for sustainable growth.\nIn 2014, Ms. Meng led the company's data \ntransformation and established a comprehensive data \nmanagement system, creating a single source for data \nand making data a strategic asset of the company. \nDuring the same period, Ms. Meng implemented \ntransformation programs for Internal Controls over \nFinancial Reporting (ICFR), Consistency of Inventory \nAccounts and Goods (CIAG), treasury management, \nand tax management. This has transformed the \nfinance team into a business partner and value \nintegrator, and supported the rapid and stable \ndevelopment of the company's business worldwide.\nSince 2019, Ms. Meng has developed a blueprint \nfor the digital transformation of finance based \non the company's strategic vision and long-term \ndevelopment plan. She has led the development of \nkey risk indicators and risk control models, making \ncontactless risk controls a reality at Huawei. She \nhas guided the establishment of an agile operations \nmanagement system which has facilitated intelligent \noperations management and decision-making based \non data and AI algorithms. She has also guided the \nestablishment of an integrated management platform \nfor key financial operations scenarios, to achieve \ncollaborative operations and matrix management \nbased on data sharing and real-time interactions.\nUnder Ms. Meng's leadership, Huawei has established \na world-leading digital and intelligent finance \norganization, laying a solid foundation for the \ncompany's operations and supporting the company's \nefforts to realize its strategies in the new era.\n\n\n144 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nMr. Wang Tao\n(David Wang)\nExecutive Director\nBorn in 1972, Mr. Wang holds a master's degree from \nXi'an Jiaotong University. Mr. Wang joined Huawei in \n1997 and has served as R&D Manager in Wireless, Vice \nPresident of the UMTS Technical Sales Dept, President \nof Technical Sales of the European Area, Managing \nDirector of Huawei Italy and Switzerland, President \nof the Wireless Network Product Line, President of \nthe Network Product Line, President of ICT Strategy & \nMarketing, and President of ICT Products & Solutions. \nCurrently, Mr. Wang serves as an Executive Director \nof the Board, Chairman of the ICT Infrastructure \nManaging Board, and Chairman of the Investment \nReview Board.\nMs. He Tingbo\nDirector\nBorn in 1969, Ms. He holds a bachelor's degree \nin semiconductor physics, a bachelor's degree \nin communications engineering, and a master's \ndegree from Beijing University of Posts and \nTelecommunications. Ms. He joined Huawei in \n1996 and has held positions in the chip business \n(development, research, architecture, and supply \nchain). She has served as R&D Director, President \nof HiSilicon, and President of the 2012 Laboratories. \nCurrently, Ms. He serves as Chair of Huawei Scientist \nCommittee, ITMT Director, and President of HiSilicon.\nMr. Zhang Ping'an\nExecutive Director\nBorn in 1972, Mr. Zhang holds a master's degree \nfrom Zhejiang University. Mr. Zhang joined Huawei \nin 1996 and has served as Product Line President, \nVice President of Strategy & Marketing, Regional \nVice President, Vice President of the Global Technical \nService Dept, CEO of Huawei Symantec, COO of the \nEnterprise BG, President of the Telecom Software \nBusiness Dept, and President of the Consumer Cloud \nService Dept. Currently, Mr. Zhang serves as an \nExecutive Director of the Board and CEO of Huawei \nCloud Computing Technologies.\nMr. Yu Chengdong \n(Richard Yu)\nExecutive Director\nBorn in 1969, Mr. Yu holds a master's degree from \nTsinghua University. He joined Huawei in 1993 and \nhas served as 3G Product Director, Vice President \nof the Wireless Technical Sales Dept, President of \nthe Wireless Network Product Line, President of the \nEuropean Area, and Chief Strategy & Marketing \nOfficer. Currently, Mr. Yu serves as CEO of the \nConsumer BG, Chairman of the Board of Directors of \nthe Intelligent Automotive Solution BU, and Director \nof the Investment Review Board for Smart Devices and \nIntelligent Automotive Components.\nMr. Li Jianguo\nExecutive Director\nBorn in 1964, Mr. Li holds a master's degree in \nengineering from Huazhong University of Science and \nTechnology. Mr. Li joined Huawei in 1993 and has \nserved as a product R&D engineer, Deputy Manager \nof the Development and Pilot (D&P) Dept, Manager \nof the Manufacturing Dept, Executive Vice President of \nHuawei Electric, Director of the Electronics Assembly \nBusiness Dept, Deputy Director of the Supply Chain \nMgmt Dept, Director of the Product Engineering & \nProcess Development Dept under the Central Research \n& Development Unit (CRDU), Director of the PDT/\nTDT Leaders Mgmt Dept under the CRDU, President \nof the Manufacturing SBG, an executive member of \nthe Supervisory Board, and a member of the Board. \nCurrently, Mr. Li serves as an Executive Director of the \nBoard and President of the Manufacturing Dept.\nMr. Zheng Liangcai\nDirector\nBorn in 1975, Mr. Zheng holds a bachelor's degree \nfrom Tsinghua University. Mr. Zheng joined Huawei in \n1999 and has served as General Manager of the Rio \nde Janeiro Representative Office, General Manager \nof the Mexico Representative Office, President of \nthe Northern Latin America Region, President of the \nSouthern South America Region, President of the \nLatin America Area, and as a member of the ICT \nInfrastructure Managing Board, Investment Review \nBoard (IRB), and Human Resources Committee \n(HRC). Currently, Mr. Zheng serves as a member of \nthe Executive Steering Committee (ESC), Platform \nCoordination Committee, Disciplinary and Supervisory \nCommittee, Global Cyber Security and User Privacy \nProtection Committee (GSPC), and President of the \nHuman Resource Mgmt Dept. Mr. Zheng is also a \nmember of the Board who will attend BOD Executive \nCommittee meetings as a non-voting attendee.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 145\nMr. Ren Zhengfei\nDirector\nBorn on October 25, 1944 into a rural family where \nboth parents were school teachers, Mr. Ren Zhengfei \nspent his primary and middle school years in a remote \nmountainous town in Guizhou Province. In 1963, he \nstudied at the Chongqing Institute of Civil Engineering \nand Architecture. After graduation, he was employed \nin the civil engineering industry until 1974 when he \njoined the military's Engineering Corps as a soldier \ntasked to establish the Liao Yang Chemical Fiber \nFactory. Subsequently, Mr. Ren had taken positions as \na Technician, an Engineer, and was lastly promoted \nas a Deputy Director, which was a professional role \nequivalent to a Deputy Regimental Chief, but without \nmilitary rank. Because of his outstanding performance, \nMr. Ren was invited to attend the National Science \nConference in 1978 and the 12th National Congress of \nthe Communist Party of China in 1982. Mr. Ren retired \nfrom the army in 1983 when the Chinese government \ndisbanded the entire Engineering Corps. He then \nworked in the logistics service base of the Shenzhen \nSouth Sea Oil Corporation. As he was dissatisfied with \nhis job, he decided to establish Huawei with a capital \nof CNY21,000 in 1987. He became the CEO of Huawei \nin 1988 and has held the title ever since.\nMr. Tao Jingwen\nDirector\nBorn in 1971, Mr. Tao graduated from Beijing \nUniversity of Posts and Telecommunications. Mr. Tao \njoined Huawei in 1996 and has served as a product \ndevelopment engineer, Deputy General Manager of \nthe Market Technology Section, Executive Deputy \nDirector of the International Technical Sales Dept, \nExecutive Vice President and President of the Sub-\nSahara Region, President of the Global Technical \nSales & Marketing Dept, President of Huawei Device, \nPresident of the West European Region, and President \nof the Quality, Business Process & IT Mgmt Dept.\nMr. Zha Jun\nDirector\nBorn in 1971, Mr. Zha holds a master's degree from \nZhejiang University. Mr. Zha joined Huawei in 1997 \nand has served as A8010 Development Manager, UMG \nSPDT Leader, Director of the IMS Product Family, \nPresident of the Router & Cyber Security Product Line, \nand President of the Fixed Network Product Line, and \nPresident of the Central Research Institute. Currently, \nMr. Zha serves as Director of the 2012 Laboratories \nand Chairman of the Research and Innovation \nManagement Committee.\nMr. Peng Bo \n(Vincent Peng)\nDirector\nBorn in 1976, Mr. Peng holds a bachelor's degree \nin engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology. \nMr. Peng joined Huawei in 1999 and has served as \nDirector of the Vodafone Account Dept, Vice President \nof the European Area, President of the Carrier BG \nGlobal Sales Dept, President of the Global Sales & \nAccounts Business Dept, and President of the West \nEuropean Region, Vice President of the Public Affairs \nand Communications Dept, and President of the \nCorporate Communications Dept. Currently, Mr. Peng \nserves as a member of the Board and President of the \nGlobal Procurement Qualification Mgmt Dept.\nMr. Hou Jinlong\nDirector\nBorn in 1970, Mr. Hou holds a bachelor's degree from \nShanghai Jiao Tong University. Mr. Hou joined Huawei \nin 1996 and has served as Wireless GSM R&D Product \nDirector, Chief Engineer of the Wireless Account \nDept, Wireless MSC 6.0 Pilot PDT Leader, Wireless \nTechnical Sales Director, Director of the Wireless \nNetwork Marketing Dept, CEO of TD Tech, President \nof the Network Energy Product Line, President of the \nIT Product Line, President of Cloud & AI Products \n& Services, and President of the Cloud & AI BG. \nCurrently, Mr. Hou serves as President of Huawei \nDigital Power Technologies.\nMr. Yang Chaobin\nDirector\nBorn in 1972, Mr. Yang holds a master's degree \nfrom University of Science and Technology of China. \nMr. Yang joined Huawei in 1998 and has served as \nDirector of the Wireless Network Research Dept, \nPresident of the LTE Product Line, Chief of the Sweden \nResearch Center, Director of the Wireless Network \nSolutions Dept, Director of the Wireless Network \nMarketing Dept, President of the 5G Product Line, \nand President of the Wireless Network Product Line. \nCurrently, Mr. Yang serves as a member of the Board \nand President of ICT Products & Solutions.\n\n\n146 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nExecutive Committee\nThe BOD has established the Executive Committee, \nwhich acts as the standing executive body of the \nBOD. Entrusted by the BOD, the Executive Committee \nexamines and reflects on major issues within the \ncompany, decides on issues authorized by the BOD, \nand oversees their execution. In 2023, the BOD \nExecutive Committee held 17 meetings.\nMembers of the current BOD Executive Committee \nare Mr. Xu Zhijun, Mr. Hu Houkun, Ms. Meng \nWanzhou, Mr. Wang Tao, Mr. Zhang Ping'an, Mr. Yu \nChengdong, and Mr. Li Jianguo.\nRotating chairs\nThe BOD and its Executive Committee are led by \nrotating chairs. During their term, each rotating chair \nserves as the foremost leader of the company. The \nterm of each rotating chair lasts six months. The \nrotation sequence is as follows:\n■\t Mr. Hu Houkun:\nOctober 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024\n■\t Mr. Xu Zhijun:\nApril 1, 2024 to September 30, 2024\n■\t Ms. Meng Wanzhou:\nOctober 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025\nMr. Ying Weimin\nDirector\nBorn in 1973, Mr. Ying holds a master's degree from \nShanghai Institute of Technical Physics of the Chinese \nAcademy of Sciences. Mr. Ying joined Huawei in \n1998 and has served as President of the LTE Product \nLine, President of the GSM & UMTS & LTE Product \nLine, Director of the Wireless R&D Mgmt Dept, and \nPresident of the Global Procurement Qualification \nMgmt Dept. Currently, Mr. Ying serves as a member of \nthe Board, Chief Supply Chain Officer, and Director of \nthe Group Procurement Management Committee.\nAudit Committee\nThe Audit Committee (AC) operates under the BOD \nto oversee internal controls, including the internal \ncontrol system, internal and external audits, corporate \nprocesses, legal compliance, and adherence to the \nBusiness Conduct Guidelines (BCGs).\nThe main responsibilities of the AC are to:\n■\t Approve the annual internal audit plan, and review \nits scope, required resources, and audit outputs.\n■\t Approve corporate policies for internal controls; \napprove the corporate development plan for \ninternal controls and the plan's key milestones; \nand regularly assess the company's internal \ncontrol status.\n■\t Evaluate the effectiveness of the ethics and \ncompliance function, legal compliance, and \nadherence to corporate policies.\n■\t Approve the selection of the external auditor, \nnotify the BOD of any proposed change to the \nexternal auditor for approval, approve related \nbudgets, and evaluate the work of the external \nauditor.\n■\t Supervise the completeness, accuracy, and legal \ncompliance of the company's financial statements; \nand review compliance with and application of \naccounting policies as well as financial disclosures.\n■\t Approve internal control Key Performance \nIndicators (KPIs), and instruct Global Process \nOwners (GPOs) and business executives to report \ninternal control results.\nThe AC generally holds monthly meetings and \nconvenes special sessions as necessary. Business \nexecutives and various experts are invited to attend \nas non-voting participants.\nIn 2023, the committee held nine meetings, focusing \non topics such as anti-corruption, internal controls, \ninternal and external audits, and oversight of level-1 \norganizations. At the meetings, the AC reviewed and \napproved the company's annual internal controls \nplans, internal and external audit plans, and the \nannual oversight plans of level-1 organizations like \nICT Infrastructure Business, Consumer Business, \nDigital Power, and Huawei Cloud Computing. The AC \nalso reviewed the progress and execution results of \nthe above-mentioned plans, and instructed business \nexecutives of the organizations that failed to deliver \nthe expected results regarding internal controls \nimprovement to report on their internal controls.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 147\nSupervisory Board\nAs Huawei's highest oversight body, the Supervisory Board exercises the authority of oversight on behalf of the \ncompany's shareholders. The Supervisory Board is responsible for the company's survival, development, and \nlong-term prospects. Its core authorities are reflected in leader management, business reviews, and strategic \nvision. Through the observation of managers and cultivation of managerial candidates, the Supervisory Board \npromotes the development of leadership pipelines, aiming to ensure that the company has qualified successors. \nBy establishing a rule-based, systematic oversight framework, the Supervisory Board comprehensively oversees \nmatters such as the responsibility fulfillment of BOD directors and other executives, the company's operating \nand financial status, and compliance and internal control systems, gradually guiding the company to change \nfrom experience-based management to rule-based management and enabling businesses to operate freely within \npreset boundaries.\nIn 2023, the Supervisory Board improved its basic institutions and organization, observed managers, managed \nthe resource pool of managerial candidates, inspected and examined major areas with potential risks, oversaw \nthe company's operations management, and guided and managed the development of subsidiary boards. In 2023, \nthe Supervisory Board held 18 meetings, and its members attended all BOD meetings as non-voting participants, \noverseeing and reviewing BOD responsibility fulfillment, and overseeing and assessing the responsibility \nfulfillment of BOD directors and other executives.\nThe Supervisory Board has 15 members, who are elected by the Commission and then voted in by the \nShareholders' Meeting. On March 29, 2022, a new Supervisory Board was elected, resulting in a new set of \nregular and alternate members.\n\n\n148 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nMembers of the Executive Committee of the Supervisory Board are Mr. Guo Ping, Mr. Li Jie, Ms. Chen Lifang, Mr. Yao \nFuhai, Mr. Li Dafeng, Mr. Li Yingtao, and Mr. Ma Qingqing.\nFrom the left in the first row: Mr. Ren Shulu, Mr. Yao Fuhai, Mr. Guo Ping, Mr. Li Jie, and Mr. Li Yingtao\nFrom the left in the second row: Mr. Song Liuping, Mr. Lyu Ke, Ms. Chen Lifang, Mr. Tian Feng, Ms. Shi Yanli, Mr. Peng Zhongyang, Ms. Yang Li, \n\nMr. Li Peng, Mr. Li Dafeng, and Mr. Ma Qingqing\nMembers of the new Supervisory Board are as follows:\n■\t Chairman:\t\nMr. Guo Ping\n■\t Deputy Chairman:\t\nMr. Li Jie\n■\t Executive members:\t \u0007\nMs. Chen Lifang, Mr. Yao \nFuhai, Mr. Li Dafeng, Mr. Li \nYingtao, and Mr. Ma Qingqing\n■\t Members:\t\n\u0007\nMr. Song Liuping, Mr. Ren \nShulu, Mr. Tian Feng, Mr. \nPeng Zhongyang, Ms. Shi \nYanli, Ms. Yang Li, Mr. Lyu Ke, \nand Mr. Li Peng\nIn the event that there is a vacancy in the Supervisory \nBoard, its alternate members will take up the \nvacancy in a predetermined sequence. Currently, the \nSupervisory Board has four alternate members: Mr. \nWei Chengmin, Mr. Xu Qinsong, Mr. Wu Qinming, and \nMr. Gao Ji.\nThe Supervisory Board has established the Executive \nCommittee, which acts as the standing executive \nbody of the Supervisory Board. Entrusted by the \nSupervisory Board, the Executive Committee examines \nand reflects on major issues within the company, \ndecides on issues authorized by the Supervisory \nBoard, and oversees their execution. In 2023, the \nExecutive Committee of the Supervisory Board held \n20 meetings.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 149\nBorn in 1966, Mr. Guo holds a master's degree from \nHuazhong University of Science and Technology. Mr. \nGuo joined Huawei in 1988 and has served as R&D \nProject Manager, General Manager of Supply Chain, \nDirector of Huawei Executive Office, Chief Legal \nOfficer, President of the Business Process & IT Mgmt \nDept, President of the Corporate Development Dept, \nChairman and President of Huawei Device, Rotating \nCEO of Huawei, Chairman of the Finance Committee, \nDeputy Chairman of the Board of Directors, and \nRotating Chairman of Huawei. Currently, Mr. Guo \nserves as Chairman of the Supervisory Board.\nMr. Guo Ping\nChairman of the \nSupervisory Board\nBorn in 1967, Mr. Li holds a bachelor's degree in \nwireless communications and a master's degree \nin computer image processing from Xi'an Jiaotong \nUniversity. Mr. Li joined Huawei in 1992 and has \nserved as an R&D engineer, General Manager of \na representative office in China, General Manager \nof the Moscow Representative Office, President of \nthe Commonwealth of Independent States Region, \nPresident of the Global Technical Sales Dept, President \nof the Global Technical Service Dept, President of the \nHuman Resource Mgmt Dept, President of the Joint \nCommittee of Regions, President of Huawei University, \nand President of the Corporate Leadership Mgmt \nDept. Currently, Mr. Li serves as Deputy Chairman of \nthe Supervisory Board and Chief Compliance Officer.\nMr. Li Jie\nDeputy Chairman of \nthe Supervisory Board\nBorn in 1971, Ms. Catherine Chen graduated from \nNorthwest University in China. She joined Huawei in \n1995 and has served as Chief Representative of the \nBeijing Representative Office, Vice President of the \nInternational Marketing Dept, Deputy Director of the \nDomestic Marketing Management Office, President \nof the Public Affairs and Communications Dept, and \na member of the Board of Directors. Currently, Ms. \nCatherine Chen serves as an executive member of the \nSupervisory Board and Chairwoman of the Subsidiary \nBoard Directors Resources Bureau.\nMs. Chen Lifang \n(Catherine Chen)\nExecutive Member of \nthe Supervisory Board\nBorn in 1968, Mr. Yao holds a bachelor's degree from \nUniversity of Electronic Science and Technology of \nChina. Mr. Yao joined Huawei in 1997 and has served \nas Director of the Pricing Center, Vice President of \nthe Business Process & IT Mgmt Dept, Vice President \nof the Strategy Cooperation Dept, Vice President \nof the Global Technical Sales Dept, President of \nthe Global Technical Service Dept, President of \nthe Global Procurement Qualification Mgmt Dept, \nChief Supply Chain Officer, Director of the Group \nProcurement Management Committee, a member of \nthe Supervisory Board, and a member of the Board \nof Directors. Currently, Mr. Yao serves as an executive \nmember of the Supervisory Board and Chair of the \nSupervisory Board Lower House.\nMr. Yao Fuhai\nExecutive Member of \nthe Supervisory Board\nBorn in 1966, Mr. Li holds a bachelor's degree from \nthe Department of Radio Engineering, Changchun \nInstitute of Posts and Telecommunications, and a \nmaster's degree in signal and information processing, \nHarbin Institute of Technology. Mr. Li joined Huawei \nin 1996 and has served as Deputy Sales Director of \nthe Beijing Office, General Manager of the Tianjin \nOffice, General Manager of the Shijiazhuang Office, \nDirector of the China Telecom Account Dept, Vice \nPresident of the Eastern and Southern Africa Region, \nDirector of the MTN Account Dept, President of the \nEastern and Southern Africa Region, President of \nthe Middle East and Africa Area, President of the \nSales & Delivery Finance Mgmt Dept, and Director \nof the ICT Infrastructure Managing Board Office. \nCurrently, Mr. Li serves as an executive member of the \nSupervisory Board.\nMr. Li Dafeng\nExecutive Member of \nthe Supervisory Board\n\n\n150 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nBorn in 1969, Mr. Li holds a doctorate degree from \nHarbin Institute of Technology. Mr. Li joined Huawei \nin 1997 and has served as Chief of the Sweden \nResearch Center, Director of the Product Mgmt Dept \nof Wireless Marketing, Director of the Research \nDept of Products & Solutions, Director of the \nGeneral Technology Office of Products & Solutions, \nPresident of the Central Research & Development \nUnit, President of the 2012 Laboratories, President of \nProducts & Solutions, President of Network Products \n& Solutions, and President of Administration of the \n2012 Laboratories. Currently, Mr. Li serves as an \nexecutive member of the Supervisory Board.\nMr. Li Yingtao\nExecutive Member of \nthe Supervisory Board\nBorn in 1973, Mr. Ma holds a master's degree in \nsystem engineering from Northwestern Polytechnical \nUniversity. Mr. Ma joined Huawei in 1997 and has \nserved as an R&D engineer, Senior Product Manager \nof the Marketing & Sales Dept, Overseas Marketing \nDirector, Director of the Human Resource Dept of \nStrategy & Marketing, and Director of the Consumer \nBG Human Resource Dept. Currently, Mr. Ma serves \nas an executive member of the Supervisory Board, \nPresident of the Corporate Leadership Mgmt Dept, \nVice President of the Consumer BG, and Vice \nPresident of the Intelligent Automotive Solution BU.\nMr. Ma Qingqing\nExecutive Member of \nthe Supervisory Board\nBorn in 1966, Mr. Song completed his postdoctoral \nresearch at Beijing Institute of Technology in 1996. \nMr. Song joined Huawei in 1996 and has served as \nManager of the Product Strategy Planning Dept, \nDirector of the IPR Dept, Director of the External \nCooperation Dept, PSST member, President of the \nLegal Affairs Dept, President of the Patent Review \nBoard, Director of the Trade and Customs Compliance \nCommittee, a member of the Disciplinary and \nSupervisory Sub-committee of the Human Resources \nCommittee, a member of the Platform Coordination \nCommittee, and Chief Compliance Officer. Currently, \nMr. Song serves as a member of the Supervisory \nBoard and Chief Legal Officer.\nMr. Song Liuping\nMember of the Supervisory Board\nMr. Ren holds a bachelor's degree from Yunnan \nUniversity. Mr. Ren joined Huawei in 1992 and has \nserved as General Manager at the Lanzhou Office, the \nGuangzhou Office, and the Fuzhou Office, Director \nof the Customer Relationship Mgmt Dept, Director \nof the Internal Service Mgmt Dept, and President of \nthe Capital Construction Mgmt Dept. Currently, Mr. \nRen serves as a member of the Supervisory Board, \nChief Logistics Officer, and President of the Power \nAssurance Dept.\nMr. Ren Shulu \n(Steven Ren)\nMember of the \nSupervisory Board\nBorn in 1969, Mr. Tian holds a bachelor's degree \nfrom Xidian University. Mr. Tian joined Huawei in \n1995 and has served as General Manager of the \nShijiazhuang Office, HR Director of the Domestic \nMarketing Dept, Director of the Market Finance Dept, \nEVP of the Middle East and Northern Africa Area, \nPresident of the Middle East Region, President of the \nChina Region, CEO of Huawei Agisson, Vice President \n(Acting) of the Human Resource Mgmt Dept, EVP \nof Huawei University, Director of the Institute of \nEducation of Huawei University, Director of the \nDisciplinary and Supervisory Sub-committee of the \nHuman Resources Committee, an executive member \nof the Management Team of the Joint Committee of \nRegions, Director of the Subsidiary Board Directors \nResources Bureau, President of the Central Asia \nand Russia Area, a member of the Management \nTeam of the Corporate Leadership Mgmt Dept, a \nmember of the Audit Committee, a member of the \nICT Infrastructure Managing Board, Director of the \nDisciplinary and Supervisory Committee, President \nof the Asia Pacific Area, President of the Internal \nAudit Dept, and a member of the Supervisory Board. \nCurrently, Mr. Tian serves as a member of the \nSupervisory Board, Director of the Audit Committee, \nand Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board \nLower House.\nMr. Tian Feng\nMember of the Supervisory Board\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 151\nIndependent Auditor\nAn independent auditor is responsible for auditing a \ncompany's annual financial statements. In accordance \nwith applicable accounting standards and audit \nprocedures, the independent auditor expresses an \nopinion as to whether the financial statements are \ntrue and fair.\nThe scope of the financial audit and the annual audit \nresults are subject to review by the Audit Committee. \nAny relationship or service that may potentially affect \nthe objectivity and independence of the independent \nauditor must be discussed with the Audit Committee. \nThe independent auditor may discuss any issues \nidentified or any difficulties encountered during the \ncourse of the financial audits with the Audit Committee.\nKPMG has been Huawei's independent auditor since 2000.\nBorn in 1968, Mr. Peng holds a bachelor's degree \nfrom Huazhong University of Science and Technology. \nMr. Peng joined Huawei in 1997 and has served as \nTechnical Service Engineer of the South China Area, \nTransmission Project Manager and Development \nEngineer of the Russia Representative Office, \nGeneral Manager of the Yemen Representative \nOffice, Assistant to President of the Middle East and \nNorthern Africa Region, President of the Northern \nAfrica Region, President of the China Region, \nPresident of the Corporate Leadership Mgmt Dept, \nand President of the Enterprise BG. Currently, Mr. \nPeng serves as a member of the Supervisory Board \nand the Lead of the Strategic Reserve.\nMr. Peng Zhongyang\nMember of the \nSupervisory Board\nBorn in 1968, Mr. Lyu holds a master's degree \nin information and electronics engineering from \nZhejiang University, and an EMBA from China Europe \nInternational Business School. Mr. Lyu joined Huawei \nin 1993 and has served as a software engineer, \nproject manager, Director of the Corporate Technical \nCooperation Dept, Chief Operating Officer of Huawei \nTechnologies India Private Limited (HTIPL), HR \nDirector of R&D, President of the Human Resource \nMgmt Dept, President of Huawei University, Lead \nof the Strategic Reserve, President of the Corporate \nLeadership Mgmt Dept, and Chairman of the \nCorporate Advisory Committee. Currently, Mr. Lyu \nserves as a member of the Supervisory Board, a \nmember of the Supervisory Board Upper House, and \nthe Leader of the Supervisory Board Upper House \nSecretary Team.\nMr. Lyu Ke\n(Jack Lyu)\nMember of the \nSupervisory Board\nBorn in 1974, Ms. Shi holds a master's degree from \nCentral University of Finance and Economics. Ms. Shi \njoined Huawei in 2000 and has served as Director of \nthe China Accounting Shared Service Center, Director \nof the Argentina Accounting Shared Service Center, \nDirector of the Revenue Business Center, Director \nof the Accounting Solution Business Center, CFO of \nthe West European Region, Vice President of the \nAccounting Mgmt Dept, President of the Accounting \nMgmt Dept, and President of the Subsidiary Mgmt \nDept. Currently, Ms. Shi serves as a member of the \nSupervisory Board and Deputy CFO of the Group \nFinance Mgmt Dept.\nMs. Shi Yanli\nMember of the \nSupervisory Board\nBorn in 1963, Ms. Yang holds a master's degree from \nHuazhong University of Science and Technology. Ms. \nYang joined Huawei in 1998 and has served as Head \nof the HR Director Office, Assistant to HR Director \nof Sales & Services, Deputy HR Director of the \nCommonwealth of Independent States Area, Director \nof the Talent Mgmt Dept of the Human Resource \nMgmt Dept, HR Director of the CEE & Nordic \nEuropean Region, and Director of the HR Section \nof the Human Resources Committee. Currently, Ms. \nYang serves as a member of the Supervisory Board, \nChief Ethics & Compliance Officer, and Director of the \nCommittee of Ethics and Compliance.\nMs. Yang Li\nMember of the \nSupervisory Board\nBorn in 1977, Mr. Li holds a bachelor's degree from \nTongji University. Mr. Li joined Huawei in 1999 \nand has served as General Manager of the Xi'an \nRepresentative Office, Assistant to the President \nof the China Region, President of the Eastern and \nSouthern Africa Region, President of the Southern \nAfrica Region, President of the West European Region, \nand President of the Carrier BG. Currently, Mr. Li \nserves as a member of the Supervisory Board and \nPresident of ICT Sales & Service.\nMr. Li Peng\nMember of the Supervisory Board\n\n\n152 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nBusiness Structure\nAs one of Huawei's core businesses, the ICT \nInfrastructure Business comprises the Carrier Business, \nthe Enterprise Business, and ICT Infrastructure. By \nworking on information distribution, interaction, \ntransmission, processing, and storage, Huawei helps \ncustomers build CT and IT infrastructure with its leading, \ninnovative products, solutions, and services.\n■\t In the carrier market, Huawei continuously \ninnovates with leading carriers, to explore business \nscenarios and verify key technologies, thus helping \ncarriers constantly enhance their core digital \ninfrastructure capabilities, growing together with \nthem in their new business domains, and serving \nas an enabler of carriers' digital and intelligent \ntransformation.\n■\t In the enterprise market, Huawei works to build \na “partner + Huawei” open cooperation system \nfor NAs and the commercial and distribution \nsegments. With a focus on industries' valued \nscenarios, Huawei provides integrated solutions \nto accelerate the digital and intelligent \ntransformation of industries, and creates new \nvalue together with them.\n■\t ICT Infrastructure comprises Connectivity, \nComputing, Data Storage, and Carrier Software \nand Service. In Connectivity, Huawei proactively \nworks with industry partners to define 5.5G and \nbuild leading, innovative network infrastructure \nbased on wireless, optical, intelligent IP, and \ncloud core networks, as part of the effort to \ncontinuously drive the connectivity industry \nGroup Functions\nCorporate\nDevelopment\nStrategy\nFinance\nCyber Security &\nPrivacy Protection\n2012 Laboratories\nSupply Chain\nLogistics Services\nQuality, BP & IT\nHuman Resources\nLeadership Management\nPR & GR\nLegal Afairs\nInternal Audit\nEthics & Compliance\nRegional Organizations\nHiSilicon\nIntelligent \nAutomotive \nSolution \nBusiness\nDigital\nPower\nHuawei\nCloud\nComputing\nConsumer \nBusiness\nICT Infrastructure Business\nICT \nInfrastructure \nEnterprise\nBusiness\nCarrier\nBusiness\nforward. In Computing, Huawei works alongside \nits partners around the world to develop digital \ninfrastructure ecosystems based on Kunpeng, \nAscend, and foundational software like Euler, \nCANN, and MindSpore, establishing the computing \nbackbone for the digital world. In Data Storage, \nHuawei proactively embraces new media and new \napplications, and builds a secure, reliable, green, \nand efficient storage pedestal for a rich variety \nof application scenarios. In Carrier Software and \nService, by focusing on the entire lifecycle of ICT \ninfrastructure, including planning, construction, \nnetwork O&M, optimization, and operations, \nHuawei works with its partners to deliver users \nbetter service experience and facilitate carrier and \nenterprise customers' business success.\nThe Consumer Business continues to put consumers \nat the center of everything it does. By focusing on \nquality products, the Consumer Business aims to \ncreate an inspired AI experience across all scenarios \nand build a brand that has a human touch and \nis liked and trusted by consumers. The Consumer \nBusiness also works to build a prosperous HarmonyOS \necosystem and achieve business success together with \nits partners.\nHuawei Cloud Computing provides stable, reliable, \nsecure, trustworthy, and innovative cloud services to \ncustomers. Huawei Cloud Computing aims to deliver \nEverything as a Service, accelerate intelligence, \nreshape industries, and build the cloud foundation \nfor an intelligent world with ubiquitous cloud and \npervasive intelligence.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 153\nDigital Power offers enterprise and industry customers \nproducts and solutions like smart PV, smart charging \nnetworks, data center facility, critical power supply, \nand DriveONE. Digital Power is committed to \nintegrating digital and power electronics technologies \nto provide customers with high-quality, highly-\nefficient, green, and low-carbon power electronics \nproducts, facilitating customers' business success.\nThe Intelligent Automotive Solution Business has \nbrought Huawei's expertise in ICT to the intelligent \nautomotive sector, providing new components for \nintelligent connected vehicles and helping car OEMs \nbuild better vehicles with ICT technologies.\nHiSilicon provides board-level chipsets and module \nsolutions to sectors like smart devices, home \nappliances, and automotive electronics. It offers \nend-to-end technological capabilities like sensing, \nconnectivity, computing, and display to help devices \ngo digital, connected, intelligent, and low-carbon. \nBased on chipsets and components, HiSilicon works to \nempower connected smart devices, enable innovations \nacross different sectors, and help customers achieve \nbusiness success.\nTo gradually build a shared service platform to \nsupport the development of our multiple businesses \nand create an anchor for corporate policy execution, \nthe company operates a Platform Coordination \nCommittee. This committee is designed to drive group \nfunctions to optimize their execution and operations, \nsimplify cross-function operations, and strengthen \ncollaboration, so that group functions will become the \nbest service organizations available to support and \npromote business operations. Group functions provide \nbusiness support, services, and oversight. They are \npositioned to offer accurate, timely, and effective \nservices to field offices and strengthen oversight while \ndelegating sufficient authority to them.\nImproving the Internal Control \nSystem\nHuawei continued to design and implement an \ninternal control system based on its organizational \nstructure and operating model. The internal control \nframework and its management system apply to all \nbusiness and financial processes of the company and \nits subsidiaries and business units. The internal control \nsystem is based on the five components of the COSO \nframework: Control Environment, Risk Assessment, \nControl Activities, Information & Communication, and \nMonitoring. It also covers internal controls of financial \nstatements to ensure their truthfulness, integrity, and \naccuracy.\nControl Environment\nA control environment is the foundation of an internal \ncontrol system. Huawei is committed to a corporate \nculture of integrity, business ethics, and compliance \nwith laws and regulations. Huawei has issued the \nBCGs to identify acceptable business conduct. The \nBCGs must be observed by all employees, including \nsenior executives. Regular training programs are \noffered, and all employees are requested to sign \nthe BCGs to ensure that the BCGs have been read, \nunderstood, and observed.\nHuawei has implemented a mature governance \nstructure, with clearly defined authorization \nand accountability mechanisms. The governance \nstructure comprises the Board of Directors (BOD), \nits committees, group functions, and multi-level \nmanagement teams. Huawei clearly defines the roles \nand responsibilities of its organizations to ensure the \neffective separation of authority and responsibilities \nas well as checks and balances through mutual \noversight. The CFO of Huawei is in charge of \ninternal controls. The internal control management \ndepartment reports to the CFO for any possible \ndefects and improvements already made in terms \nof internal controls, and assists the CFO in building \nthe internal control environment. The internal audit \ndepartment independently monitors and assesses the \nstatus of internal controls for all business operations.\nRisk Assessment\nHuawei has a department dedicated to internal \ncontrols and risk management to regularly assess \nrisks to the company's global business processes. \nThis department identifies, manages, and monitors \nsignificant risks, forecasts potential risks caused by \nchanges to the internal and external environments, \nand submits risk management strategies along \nwith risk mitigation measures for decision making. \nAll process owners are responsible for identifying, \nassessing, and managing business risks and taking \nnecessary internal control measures. Huawei has \ninstituted a mechanism for improving internal controls \nand risk controls to efficiently manage critical risks.\n\n\n154 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nControl Activities\nHuawei has established the Global Process \nManagement System and the Business Transformation \nManagement System, released the global Business \nProcess Architecture (BPA), and appointed Global \nProcess Owners (GPOs) in line with the BPA.\nResponsible for building processes and internal \ncontrols, GPOs:\n■\t Identify key control points and the Separation of \nDuties Matrix for each process, and apply these to \nall regional offices, subsidiaries, and BUs.\n■\t Conduct compliance tests on key control points \nand issue test reports to ensure the effectiveness \nof internal controls is continuously monitored.\n■\t Optimize processes and internal controls based \non business pain points and key requirements \nfor financial statements. The aim is to improve \noperating efficiency and financial results, ensure \ncompliance and the accuracy and reliability of \nfinancial statements, and help achieve business \nobjectives.\n■\t Perform annual assessments of internal controls, \ncomprehensively assess overall process design \nand process execution within each business \nunit, and then report the results to the Audit \nCommittee (AC).\nInformation & Communication\nHuawei has developed multi-dimensional information \nand communication channels to ensure the timely \nacquisition of external information from customers, \nsuppliers, and other parties. It has also created formal \nchannels for transferring internal information, and \noffered an online space, the Xinsheng Community, \nfor employees to freely communicate their thoughts \nand ideas. Corporate management holds regular \nmeetings with departments at all levels to effectively \ncommunicate management orientation to employees \nand ensure effective implementation of management \ndecisions. All business policies and processes are \navailable on the company's Intranet.\nManagers and process owners regularly organize \ntraining programs on business processes and internal \ncontrols to ensure that up-to-date information is \nmade available to all employees. The company has \nestablished a mechanism for process owners at all \nlevels to regularly communicate with each other, \nreview the execution of internal controls, follow up \non internal control issues, and implement \nimprovement plans.\nMonitoring\nHuawei has established an internal complaint channel, \nan investigation mechanism, an anti-corruption \nmechanism, and an accountability system. The \nAgreement on Honesty and Integrity that Huawei \nhas signed with its suppliers clearly stipulates that \nsuppliers may report improper conduct by Huawei \nemployees through the channels stipulated in the \nAgreement to assist the company in monitoring \nthe integrity of its employees. The internal audit \ndepartment independently assesses the overall status \nof the company's internal controls, investigates \nany suspected violations of the BCGs, and reports \nthe audit and investigation results to the AC and \nsenior management. Huawei has also implemented \na mechanism for internal control appraisals of GPOs \nand regional managers, holding them accountable \nand pursuing impeachment when and where \nnecessary. The AC and the CFO regularly review the \ncompany's internal control status, and listen to and \nreview reports on action plans for improving internal \ncontrols and plan execution progress. Both have the \nauthority to request the relevant GPOs or business \nexecutives to explain their internal control issues and \ntake corrective actions.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 155\nSustainability\nHarmony\nAll-inclusiveness\nReliability\nEnvironment\n156 Introduction\n160 Digital Inclusion\n166 Security and Trustworthiness\n168 Environmental Protection\n173 Healthy and Harmonious Ecosystem\n187 Respecting Human Rights\nSustainable \nDevelopment\n\n\n156 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nIntroduction\nSustainable development is a responsibility shared by the entire world. As a leading global provider of ICT \ninfrastructure and smart devices, Huawei's vision is to bring digital to every person, home and organization for \na fully connected, intelligent world. We believe that if we S.H.A.R.E. (work towards sustainability, harmony, all-\ninclusiveness, reliability, and environmental friendliness), we can create a better, sustainable, and digital future. We \nwant to maximize equality and inclusion by making technology accessible to all and strike a balance between social \ndevelopment and environmental protection through technological innovation. We also want to develop secure and \nreliable ICT infrastructure and services that safeguard the digital world and work with our industry partners to build a \nhealthy and harmonious business ecosystem. \nSustainability strategies and 2023 progress\nTECH4ALL's education \nprograms have benefited \n630 schools and more than \n400,000 people, including \nK–12\n1 students and teachers, \nunemployed young people, \nand senior citizens. \n400,000\nHuawei's ICT solutions \nhave brought connectivity \nto 90 million people in \nrural and remote areas \nin nearly 80 countries \naround the world.\n90 million\nHuawei's digital \ntechnologies have helped \npreserve biodiversity and \nsustainably manage and \nuse natural resources \nin 53 of the world's \nprotected areas. \n53\nHuawei has worked with \nseniors universities, local \ncommunity organizations, \nand nursing homes to \nprovide digital literacy \ntraining in 210 cities in \nChina, benefiting more \nthan 42,000 senior citizens. \n42,000\nDigital Inclusion\nTECH4ALL: Since the launch of Huawei's TECH4ALL digital inclusion initiative in 2019, we have implemented a number \nof projects that leverage digital technologies and multi-stakeholder partnerships to make the world more inclusive and \nsustainable.\nHuawei was awarded 57 \ncyber security certificates, \ngiving our customers \ninternationally-recognized \nsecurity assurances.\n57\nHuawei supported stable \ncommunications during \nover 300 disasters and \nmajor events. \n300\nWe promptly and \neffectively handled over \n29,000 requests from \npersonal data subjects to \nprotect their rights. \n29,000\nWe carried out over 60 \ninspections and audits \nagainst industry best \npractices, ensuring that our \ncorporate privacy protection \npolicies are well enforced. \n60\nSecurity and Trustworthiness\nTaking responsibility to build trust: Cyber security and privacy protection are a top priority at Huawei, and so \nwe are continuing to invest and remain transparent in both areas. We have worked hard to improve our software \nengineering capabilities and practices, build resilient networks, develop trustworthy and high-quality products, and \nsupport stable network operations. \nHuawei's digital power \nsolutions have helped \ncustomers generate 997.9 \nbillion kWh of green \npower and save 46.1 \nbillion kWh of electricity. \n997.9 billion\nOnly 0.5% of the e-waste \nfrom Huawei's ICT \nbusiness, and zero e-waste \nfrom our smart device \nbusiness, went to landfills. \n0.5%\nThe average energy \nefficiency of Huawei's \nmain products has \nincreased 2.6 times since \n2019 (base year).\n2.6x\nA total of 780,000 devices \nhave extended their \nlifespan through our \ntrade-in program. \n780,000\nEnvironmental Protection\nContributing to a clean, efficient, low-carbon, and circular economy: Huawei aims to continuously explore an \noptimal way to build a low-carbon, circular economy and find innovative solutions that make our own value chain \ngreener. As part of these efforts, we have integrated requirements including compliance with environmental laws \nand regulations, energy efficiency, and environmental benefits into our business activities, such as R&D, operation, \nprocurement, manufacturing, and supply chain.\n1\t\nK–12 refers to the educational journey from kindergarten to the 12th grade.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 157\n2023 sustainability honors and awards\nHonor/Award\nIssued By\nClimate A List\nCDP\n2023 Sustainability Champion Award\nAfricaCom\nGSMA GLOMO's \"Best Mobile Innovation for Emerging \nMarkets\" for Huawei's RuralLink solution\nGSMA\nInnovative Breakthrough in Mobile Technology Award \nand Outstanding Award for Huawei's Green Target \nNetwork program\nGlobal TD-LTE Initiative (GTI)\nNeurons Awards Special Jury Prize for a TECH4ALL \nproject designed to protect endangered wild Atlantic \nsalmon in Norway\nJury of World AI Cannes Festival (WAICF) 2023\nFirst Prize in China Outstanding ICT Case Studies for a \nTECH4ALL project designed to monitor biodiversity in the \nYellow River Delta National Nature Reserve\nChina Association of Communication Enterprises\nSmartphone OS/UI Elderly-friendliness Assessment – Five \nStars for HarmonyOS 3\nChina Telecom Research Institute\nTop Employer in Europe\nTop Employers Institute\nClimate Performance Assessment Gold Rating\nClimate Choice (commissioned by Telefonica \nand T-Systems) \nCustoms Compliance Award\nJordan Customs\nBest Contribution to Cyber Security\nVietnam Information Security Association \n(VNISA) \nBest Data Privacy Governance\nAssociation of Big Data & AI (ABDI), Indonesia\nPrime Minister Award: Best of Contributor in Human \nCapital Development Award\nNational Innovation Agency (NIA), Thailand\nHong Kong Authorized Economic Operator Partnership \nScheme Gold Award\nHong Kong Customs\nHuawei invested over \nCNY18.6 billion in \nemployee benefits. \nCNY18.6 billion\nHuawei operated over \n300 social contribution \nprograms worldwide as \npart of its community \nresponsibilities.\n300\nThe Seeds for the Future \n2.0 program has been \nimplemented in more \nthan 150 countries and \nregions, benefiting over \n3.4 million people.\n3.4 million\nHuawei assessed the \nsustainability performance \nof over 1,600 major \nsuppliers, representing \nover 90% of our \nprocurement spending.\n1,600\nHealthy and Harmonious Ecosystem\nCollaborating for the common good: Huawei is committed to operating with integrity and complying with \napplicable laws and regulations. We value employee development and help employees realize their full potential. \nWe conduct due diligence on our global supply chain to ensure its sustainability and we actively contribute to \nthe communities we operate in. Our goal is to work with all industry partners to build a healthy and harmonious \nbusiness ecosystem.\n\n\n158 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\n2023 sustainability milestones \nTime\nMilestone\nFebruary 2023\nHuawei joined the UNESCO Global Alliance for Literacy (GAL) and agreed to work with the \nGAL's Secretariat, the Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), to promote ICT-powered literacy \ninitiatives. As per the cooperation agreement, Huawei will fund an expansion of the UIL's \ncurrent initiatives to increase educators' use of technology in developing countries. Huawei \nis the first private company to become an associate member of the GAL. \nJune 2023\nOn the 50th anniversary of World Environment Day, Huawei and the International \nUnion for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) held the 3rd Tech4Nature Summit, where \nglobal partners shared real-world examples of how technology has improved biodiversity \nconservation. Digital technologies, such as cloud computing, IoT, mobile Internet, big \ndata, and AI, can enable smarter sensing, analysis, and management in protected areas \nand better support conservation efforts. At the summit, Huawei, IUCN, and the Chinese \nAcademy of Forestry jointly launched the Smart Protected Areas White Paper which \nsummarizes their own studies on how technology empowers conservation. \nJuly 2023\nHuawei held the Eco-Connect Sub-Saharan Africa 2023 in Johannesburg, South Africa. \nThemed \"Leading Digital for New Value Together\", the conference attracted nearly 3,000 \npartners and customers from more than 10 countries in the region. During the event, \nHuawei announced its plan to invest US$30 million in the region for partner capability \nenhancement, joint brand activities, joint solution innovation, and local talent cultivation.\nAugust 2023\nHuawei launched HarmonyOS 4, which comes with upgraded accessibility capabilities such \nas Smart Q&A, easy hearing aid connection, Senior mode, and Celia Call. These features \nhelp users with special needs and the elderly overcome accessibility challenges in their \nwork and life, and give users more ways to communicate with the world.\nSeptember 2023\nHuawei joined the 2nd Digital with Purpose Global Summit hosted by the Global Enabling \nSustainability Initiative (GeSI), where more than 200 leaders from around the world \ngathered to provide insights on revolutionary digital enabling solutions that can help \nmeet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Huawei's Autonomous Driving Storage \nSolution was shortlisted for the Digital with Purpose Award, which was designed to \nrecognize digital solutions that drive sustainable development. \nNovember 2023\nHuawei held its 2023 Sustainability Forum and five regional sessions in China, Italy, Ghana, \nPakistan, and Brazil. Themed \"Thriving Together with Tech: Realizing Sustainable Development\", \nthe event showcased the best sustainability practices of Huawei and its partners. Attendees \nfrom all over the world explored how digital infrastructure can better drive sustainable \ndevelopment and contribute to a greener and more inclusive intelligent world. \nDecember 2023\nAt the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate \nChange (COP 28), Huawei released the Twin Skills for the Twin Transition: Defining Green \nDigital Skills and Jobs white paper. Developed in collaboration with the ATHENA Research \nCentre, the Sustainable Development Unit under AE4RIA, PwC, and EIT Digital, the white \npaper focuses on developing a new classification system for Green Digital Skills that can \nguide the reskilling and upskilling necessary to build and use the net-zero technologies \nrequired to meet the Paris Agreement objectives. \n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 159\nSustainability management\nHuawei has established a systematic sustainability management system based on standards such as ISO \n26000 and the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) Code of Conduct. We closely watch both our internal and \nexternal environments to identify sustainability risks and opportunities and drive continuous improvement in our \nmanagement system. This will support the implementation of our sustainability strategies, ensure operational \ncompliance, and continuously improve stakeholder satisfaction.\nHuawei established its Corporate Sustainable Development (CSD) Committee over 10 years ago. This Committee \nmeets each quarter and convenes special meetings as necessary to discuss and decide on sustainability issues. In \n2023, major topics discussed by the Committee included sustainability-related work priorities, the sustainability \nmanagement system, energy conservation and emissions reduction, business- and function-specific strategic plans \nand work priorities related to sustainability, digital inclusion, employee care, and the circular economy. \nA dozen senior executives serve on the Committee, representing a wide variety of departments, including HR, \nmanufacturing, logistics, procurement, and R&D. Four of the current committee members are also members of \nHuawei's Board of Directors. The CSD Committee is chaired by Tao Jingwen, a board member and the President of \nthe Quality, Business Process & IT Department. \nFor more details about Huawei's sustainability management, visit: \nhttps://www.huawei.com/en/sustainability/management\nFramework of Huawei's sustainability management system\nBusiness\nenvironment\nStakeholders\nCustomers\nBusiness\nenvironment\nStakeholders\nCustomers\n6.\nSu\nst\nai\nna\nbil\nit\ny\nm\nan\nag\ne\nme\nnt\nsy\nste\nm\nim\npr\nov\nem\nen\nt\n• Q\nua\nlity\nan\nd o\nper\nati\non\ns o\nrga\nniz\nati\non\n• C\nap\nacit\ny b\nuild\ning\n• In\nfra\nstr\nuct\nur\ne\n3.\nOr\nga\nniz\nati\non\nan\nd s\nkil\nls\nsu\npp\nor\nt\n2. Planning\n• Countermeasures for\nrisks and opportunities\nSustainability solution\nplanning\nChange planning\n•\n•\nHuawei's\nsustainability \nmanagement \nsystem \nRequirements\n• I\nssu\ne c\nlo\nsu\nre\n• C\naus\ne a\nnal\nysi\ns\n• C\non\ntin\nuo\nus\nim\npro\nve\nme\nnt\n• K\nno\nwle\ndge\nma\nnag\nem\nent\n• D\nocu\nme\nnt\nma\nna\nge\nme\nnt\nSatisfaction\n1. Leadership\n• Sustainability strategies,\nprinciples, and objectives\nSustainability policies, rules,\nand standards\nTiered sustainability\nmanagement authorization\nSustainability culture,\nincentives, and accountability\n•\n•\n•\n5. Performance \nappraisal\n• Customer satisfaction\nsurveys\nMaturity assessments\nMeasurements, analyses,\nand evaluations\nSustainability reviews\nManagement reviews\n•\n•\n•\n•\n4. Process operations\n• Major business processes (IPD/LTC/ITR)\nEnd-to-end sustainability management\n(incorporating sustainability\nrequirements into processes)\nBuilding sustainability into the entire\nvalue chain (suppliers/partners)\n•\n•\n\n\n160 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nFocusing on material topics\nSustainability organization memberships\nMaterial topics represent the most significant impacts of an organization on the economy, environment, and \npeople. In 2023, we reviewed our material topic matrix through stakeholder surveys and interviews, external \nconsulting and insights, engagement with the media and the public, as well as internal risk assessment and \nstrategic alignment. Following the review, we increased the priority of \"sustainability management\", \"digital talent \ndevelopment\", and \"circular economy\" in order to better respond to stakeholder requirements. \nHigh\nLow\nHigh\nImportance to stakeholders\nImportance to Huawei's business\nCircular economy\nCyber security and \nprivacy protection\nUse of renewable energy\nCombating climate \nchange/Conserving energy \nand reducing emissions\nSupply chain \ndue diligence \nmanagement\nSupporting stable \ncommunications\nCaring for employees \n(including occupational \nhealth and safety)\nSustainability \nmanagement\nDigital inclusion\nRespecting human rights\nCompliance with \nbusiness ethics\nGender \nequality\nDigital talent \ndevelopment\nBiodiversity protection\nStakeholder \nengagement\nInformation \naccessibility\nCommunity \nparticipation and \ncontributions\nIntroduction and Addendum\nDigital Inclusion\nSecurity and Trustworthiness\nEnvironmental Protection\nHealthy and Harmonious Ecosystem\nDigital Inclusion\nIn 2019, Huawei launched the TECH4ALL initiative to promote digital inclusion. Over the past five years, we have \nworked with more than 40 partners, including UNESCO and IUCN, and made substantial progress in TECH4ALL's \nfour areas of focus: education, environment, health, and development. We have developed innovative applications \nand content using digital technologies, such as broadband connectivity and IoT, which have brought long-term \npositive changes to rural and remote areas, underserved communities, and environmental protection efforts.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 161\nDriving equity and quality in education\nAt the Digital Learning Week in 2023, UNESCO acknowledged that innovative digital technologies had \ndemonstrated their potential to enrich and transform education. They will transform how we learn, enhance the \nquality of learning, make education more inclusive, and improve education administration and governance. As part \nof our efforts to contribute to UN SDG 4 (Quality Education), Huawei is working with global partners, including \neducation organizations, governments, universities, and carriers, and using digital technologies to make educational \nresources more accessible, including high-quality education for underserved communities and people in rural and \nremote areas. By the end of 2023, Huawei's TECH4ALL education programs had benefited 630 schools and more \nthan 400,000 people, including K–12 teachers and students, unemployed young people, and senior citizens.\nTechnology-enabled Open School Systems for All\nThe Technology-enabled Open School Systems for \nAll (TeOSS) project is led by UNESCO and jointly \nimplemented by Huawei and the Egyptian, Ethiopian, \nand Ghanaian ministries of education. The project \naims to implement and promote a new model of open \nlearning by providing school terminal access, network \nconnectivity, and education cloud platforms. As part \nof this project, we built a national training center \nand online platform in Egypt, allowing K–12 teachers \nto develop digital skills through offline training and \naccess high-quality online teaching resources. The \nproject has been piloted in 34 schools in Ethiopia and \nGhana, benefiting 831 teachers.\nIn October 2023, UNESCO and Huawei jointly held \nthe International Forum on Digital Platforms and \nCompetencies for Teachers in Cairo, Egypt. More than \n330 government representatives, education experts, \nand scholars from over 50 countries attended the \nforum and shared the progress that the TeOSS project \nhad made over the past three years.\nThe TeOSS project enables K–12 teachers, students, and other \neducators in Egypt to use digital technology and content for \nteaching and learning.\nDigiSchool in China: Improving scientific and technological literacy in K–12 schools\nIn 2021, Huawei launched the DigiSchool project in \nYudu county, Jiangxi province, China. Together with \nuniversities and other partners, we have developed a \nseries of inquiry-based and multidisciplinary science \nand technology courses and STEAM\n1 resources for \nteachers and students in remote and rural areas. These \nhave been used to build engaging and interactive \nspaces where students can learn about cutting-edge \ntechnologies like 5G and AI. By the end of 2023, more \nthan 4,800 teachers and students from 29 elementary \nand middle schools in rural areas of Ningxia, Jiangxi, \nand Hebei provinces had benefited from this project. \nOur efforts have helped the teachers improve their \ndigital literacy and inspired the students' curiosity \nabout science and technology.\nHuawei's DigiSchool inspires rural children's curiosity about \nscience and technology.\n1\t\nSTEAM education is a learning approach that integrates science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics, aiming to guide \nstudent inquiries, discussions, and problem solving in these fields.\n\n\n162 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nTech4Nature\nIn 2020, Huawei and IUCN launched the Tech4Nature \nprogram. In China, Mexico, Mauritius, Switzerland, \nand Spain, we implemented multiple Tech4Nature \npilots that explored the use of digital technology to \nprotect ecosystems and endangered species. We also \nsupported nearly 300 protected areas in earning the \nIUCN Green List certification through digital platforms.\nIn Mexico's Dzilam State Reserve, we have collected and analyzed \nmore than 80,000 images and videos and over 600,000 audio \nrecordings. This data helped identify 146 species, including seven \nwild jaguars.\nDigiTruck and SmartBus: Benefiting over 80,000 people from 16 countries\nSince 2019, Huawei and its partners have run \nDigiTruck and SmartBus, two Skills on Wheels projects, \nto equip unemployed young people and senior citizens \nin remote areas with digital skills, and provide cyber \nsecurity training for middle school students. By the \nend of 2023, over 80,000 people from 16 countries \nin Africa, the Middle East, and Europe had benefited \nfrom these projects.\nDigiTruck and SmartBus have benefited over 80,000 people \nfrom 16 countries in Africa, the Middle East, and Europe.\nConserving nature with technology\nBiological diversity resources are the pillars upon which we build civilizations. Conserving nature and biodiversity \nis key to slowing global warming and achieving sustainable development. Huawei believes that digital technology \ncan help people protect nature and tackle climate crises, so we are working closely with global environmental \nprotection organizations, carriers, and partners on projects that explore the use of ICT to protect forests and \nwetlands and increase the efficiency of biodiversity and natural resource conservation and management.\nBy the end of 2023, Huawei had harnessed the power of digital technology to implement conservation projects in \n53 of the world's protected areas. These projects have helped protect many endangered species, including Hainan \ngibbons, jaguars, Oriental storks, Bonelli's eagles, and Atlantic salmon. Our conservation efforts have also helped \nprotect tropical rainforests, mangrove forests, coral reefs, estuaries, and other typical ecosystems.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 163\nIn the Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park, Huawei works with \npartners to monitor the calls of Hainan gibbons. More than 100,000 \naudio recordings have been collected and transmitted in real time \nand individual gibbons now can be automatically identified.\nIn Pointe aux Feuilles on the eastern coast of Mauritius, Huawei \nworks with local NGOs to restore coral reefs using digital technology. \nNearly 25,000 coral fragments have been planted underwater, which \nhelps restore the biodiversity of these ecosystems.\nUsing digital technology to protect endangered birds in the Yellow River Delta Wetland\nCapturing invasive salmon with intelligent automatic filtering systems\nSince 2022, Huawei has partnered with the Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve which oversees the world's \nyoungest wetland ecosystem. This wetland is home to more than 90 endangered bird species, as well as China's \nlargest population of Oriental storks. The use of technology has reduced the impact of human activities on the \nenvironment, and created more possibilities for biodiversity conservation. Now 47 species can be automatically \nidentified, helping the nature reserve work more efficiently. In November 2023, the China Association of \nCommunication Enterprises awarded this project the first prize in the China Outstanding ICT Case Studies awards.\nThe survival of Norway's native wild salmon (Atlantic salmon) is under threat from invasive species. Since 2021, \nHuawei has been working with Berlevåg Jeger-og Fiskerforening (BJFF), an NGO and association of hunters and \nanglers in Norway, to use innovative technologies against invasive species. We have deployed a system that \nautomatically identifies and filters different types of salmon in the Storelva and Kongsfjord Rivers in northeastern \nNorway, with the one in the Kongsfjord River being solar-powered. The system has so far identified and captured \nHuawei helps the Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve work more efficiently.\n\n\n164 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nThe automatic salmon identification and filtering system in the Kongsfjord River in Norway\nmore than 6,000 invasive salmon with an accuracy of over 99%. This helps Atlantic salmon and other local fish \nspecies swim upstream and complete their migratory spawning process without interference, and effectively \nconserves the local salmon ecosystem.\nEnabling inclusive health and well-being\nHuawei believes that everyone should have equal access to technology and the benefits it can bring. We are \ncommitted to bridging the digital divide and leaving no one behind in the digital world. Through our TECH4ALL \ninitiative, we strive to help senior citizens better adapt to the digital world, facilitate smooth communication for \npeople with disabilities, and address the digital inequalities faced by underserved communities.\nHelping senior citizens navigate the digital world through digital literacy training\nHuawei has leveraged its device products and expertise \nin Internet applications to develop a range of courses \nand teach senior citizens simple and useful digital skills, \nso that they can adapt to the digital world. By the end \nof December 2023, Huawei and its partners, such as the \nSeniors University of China, had provided training and \ncoaching to more than 42,000 senior citizens in seniors \nuniversities, local community organizations, and nursing \nhomes across 210 cities in China.\nHuawei's training program for senior citizens helps them adapt \nto the digital world.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 165\nInformation accessibility\nIn 2023, Huawei helped partners develop a sign \nlanguage model that can better understand sign \nlanguage and more accurately translate between \nsign language and Chinese, in order to help people \nwith hearing impairments express and communicate \ninformation more conveniently and accurately.\nThe sign language model helps people with hearing \nimpairments express and communicate information more \nconveniently and accurately.\nDriving inclusive digital development\nAccording to ITU, 2.6 billion people around the world were still not connected to the Internet in 2023. To achieve \nuniversal and meaningful connectivity by 2030, we need to invest more in the digital development of rural and \nremote areas in low- and middle-income countries, including building infrastructure, formulating policies and \nregulations, and developing localized digital skills training courses and content. This will give local residents access \nto affordable devices, data, and services. By the end of 2023, Huawei's ICT solutions had brought connectivity to 90 \nmillion people in rural and remote areas in nearly 80 countries around the world.\nSmart Villages project in Pakistan: Driving balanced rural development\nIn Pakistan, a large number of people live in rural and remote areas and lack digital infrastructure as well as \nthe knowledge and basic digital skills needed to fully utilize the Internet. To help address the problem, Huawei, \nthe ITU Telecommunication Development Sector (ITU-D), the Pakistani Ministry of Information Technology and \nTelecommunication's Universal Service Fund (USF), and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) jointly launched \nthe Smart Villages project. In the village of Gokina where the project was piloted, Huawei deployed a 4G wireless \nnetwork, providing broadband access to the village's 1,000 households. Now, villagers can more quickly and easily \naccess quality healthcare resources through online consultation services. Thanks to the wider network coverage, \nmore digital training projects are being rolled out. For example, teachers and students at the Islamabad Model \nSchool for Girls in Gokina can now access more online education resources.\n\n\n166 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nTeachers and students at the Islamabad Model School for Girls in Gokina can now access more online education resources.\nSecurity and Trustworthiness\nOver the last year, we have come even closer to the digital world as emerging technologies like AI flourished \nand data volumes experienced explosive growth. An increasing number of industries are accelerating digital and \nintelligent transformation, driving new development within the real economy through deeper digital integration. \nThe digital economy is growing rapidly thanks to digital and intelligent technologies.\nHowever, the growing digital economy is also amplifying cyber security risks. The increasing popularity of open \nsource has led to the outbreak of zero-day vulnerabilities, and there have been record numbers of data leaks and \nrampant ransomware attacks and telecom fraud. Mitigating security risks in cyberspace is increasingly difficult. \nTherefore, the question has now become: How can we build intrinsic security to support network operators and \ncustomers in responding to cyberattacks? How can we build data security and ransomware protection solutions to \ncope with the challenges standing in the way of digital transformation? How can we ensure stable information and \ncommunications services for people during natural disasters and emergencies?\nCyber security and privacy protection\nHuawei has continued to make cyber security and privacy protection a top priority. We strive to tackle both the \nchallenges and opportunities this new age presents through management transformation, technological innovation, \nand open collaboration. We are committed to fostering a better life for all in the future digital world by offering \nsecure and trustworthy products, solutions, and services, and by taking concrete steps to manage related risks in \nour supply chain. We also share our experiences and capabilities with our suppliers and partners so that we can \nstrengthen cyber security and privacy protection capabilities together.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 167\nOpenness and transparency\nCyber security and privacy protection are common challenges for all as we stride towards a digital and intelligent \nworld. These are challenges that all stakeholders – including governments, industry and standards organizations, \nand enterprises – have a shared responsibility to tackle. Huawei's cyber security principles are built upon \nintegrity, trustworthiness, capability, accountability, openness, and transparency. Therefore, we welcome closer \ncommunication and collaboration with all stakeholders to jointly confront emerging risks and challenges during this \nworld-changing transformation.\n(For further information, see the Cyber Security and Privacy Protection section on pages 77 to 82 of this report.)\nSupporting stable communications\nThe information and communications products and services that run on ICT infrastructure do more than just enrich \npeople's day-to-day lives. They are also crucial for disaster relief and major event support. As an ICT infrastructure \nprovider, Huawei's primary responsibility is to support the stable operations and services of customer networks.\nIn 2023, more than 6,000 of our professional engineers worked side by side with customers and partners to \nsafeguard global ICT networks 24/7 and provide timely support for over 300 major events and disasters.\nRestoring critical communications after a major earthquake in Türkiye\nOn February 6, 2023, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the province of Kahramanmaras in southeastern Türkiye. \nThe earthquake was felt in 10 neighboring provinces and was followed by over 8,000 aftershocks, resulting in a \nlarge number of casualties. The earthquake also damaged more than 3,000 communications sites, and this caused \nwidespread disruption to local networks and affected the communications of 13 million people. Communications \nnetworks are a lifeline for disaster relief. It is incredibly difficult to make progress in disaster relief without access \nto networks.\nRight after the earthquake struck, the Huawei team rushed to the affected areas and worked with carriers to \nrecover communications services. We restored more than 1,900 sites within 72 hours after the earthquake, and over \n2,500 within a week. Within a month, we restored more than 3,000 damaged sites and communications in 94% of \nthe affected areas. We also deployed more than 100 shared sites for emergency use to support disaster relief.\nOur team worked tirelessly to make the impossible possible. The Ministry of Communications and three major carriers \nin Türkiye praised Huawei for restoring communications and maintaining critical network access for disaster relief.\nHuawei engineers work side by side with \ncarriers to rapidly get networks back online in \nthe affected areas in Türkiye.\n\n\n168 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nRestoring networks in southern and northern China after typhoon Doksuri\nOn July 27, 2023, super typhoon Doksuri landed in Jinjiang, Fujian province, China, causing serious damage to the city of \nQuanzhou and surrounding areas. The typhoon continued to travel north and brought heavy rainfall to 14 provinces in \nnorthern China. The worst-affected areas included Beijing, Hebei, Heilongjiang, and Jilin. The rains caused water levels in \ndams to rise. Floods swept through villages and damaged a large number of houses and base stations.\nHuawei was prepared to weather this storm. We promptly initiated the emergency assurance plan for flood seasons \nand tracked the movement of the typhoon. Before the typhoon made landfall, the Fujian Representative Office had \nseveral network assurance teams at the ready, and Huawei engineers stayed at carriers' network management centers \nto provide onsite support. Once the typhoon made landfall, the representative offices in Fujian and northern China \ncontacted the carriers' local assurance teams and worked with them to coordinate resources for emergency repairs. \nThe onsite engineers quickly transported diesel generators to the affected areas, repaired optical cables, and deployed \ndrone base stations to restore communications as fast as possible. They also opened a green channel to ensure quick \ndelivery of disaster relief supplies.\nHuawei deployed more than 600 people to support the disaster relief. Our teams worked hard for more than 20 days \nand successfully helped customers repair more than 10,000 damaged sites, which minimized the duration of network \ninterruptions and supported the government's rescue and relief efforts.\nHuawei engineers restore communications after typhoon Doksuri.\nEnvironmental Protection\nGreen and low-carbon development is becoming a global priority, and many countries see green industry \ndevelopment as an important tool for economic restructuring. Huawei believes that digital technology will be a key \nenabler of nature conservation, green development, and response to environmental challenges. We have already \nseen how digitalization and decarbonization can build upon each other to promote green development. And so, \nas part of our long-standing pledge of \"Tech for a Better Planet\", Huawei uses innovative ICT solutions to address \nclimate and environmental challenges, protecting our shared home. Our solutions focus on three areas: advancing \nenergy conservation and emissions reduction, promoting renewable energy, and contributing to a circular economy. \n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 169\nAdvancing energy \nconservation and \nemissions reduction\nContributing to a \ncircular economy\nWe continue to take managerial \nand technical measures to drive \ngreen innovation and practices. We \nalso engage with upstream and \ndownstream partners to reduce \nenvironmental impacts and work \ntogether to build a greener supply \nchain. Our innovative ICT solutions \ncan help other industries reduce \ntheir carbon emissions, and we take \nevery responsible step that we can to \nminimize carbon emissions. \nWe use ICT to improve the efficiency \nof generating and utilizing electricity \nfrom renewable energy, drive the \ntransition to renewable energy, \nand provide green power for the \nintelligent world. \nWe are moving to a less resource-\nintensive and more sustainable mode \nof development. Our actions include \nselecting more eco-friendly materials, \nreducing the use of raw materials \nand single-use plastics, making \nproducts more durable and easier \nto disassemble, and improving our \nproduct recycling system. \nPromoting renewable energy\nHuawei's non-stop efforts in environmental protection have won recognition from the environmental non-profit \norganization CDP, who once again placed Huawei on its 2023 \"Climate A List\" and awarded our company the title \n\"Supplier Engagement Leader 2023\".\nAdvancing energy conservation and emissions reduction\nFor years, Huawei has worked hard to incorporate green development into strategic plans, processes, and product \nand business designs of different departments. We continue to make the most of resources in our products and \nsolutions in order to minimize carbon emissions from the very beginning. We also use a systematic supplier \nmanagement mechanism that includes multiple types of incentives to encourage our top 100 suppliers to \nimplement their own emissions reduction projects. This mechanism also helps the suppliers respond to Huawei's \nenvironmental requirements so that we can work together to build a greener supply chain.\n■\t Digital technologies that enable industrial energy savings\nWe have been innovating non-stop to provide leading eco-friendly products and solutions to our customers, extract \nthe maximum value from resources, and enable green development across industries.\n\n\n170 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\n\"0 Bit 0 Watt\" energy-saving solutions: Reducing mobile network energy consumption by \n28% while ensuring a better user experience\nHuawei's High-Quality 10 Gbps CloudCampus Solution: Cutting campus Wi-Fi energy use \nby 20%\nHuawei's FTTO solution: Cutting network energy consumption of commercial buildings by 30%\nHuawei is helping customers build green, highly efficient \nnetworks by leveraging our technical expertise in wireless \nnetwork construction, including our multi-antenna, ultra-\nbroadband, and energy-efficient equipment and our \"0 \nBit 0 Watt\" energy-saving solutions. In 2023, Huawei's \nwireless solutions helped a carrier reduce mobile \nnetwork energy consumption by nearly 28%.\nWith Huawei's green Wi-Fi solution for smart campuses, \nusers can check network energy consumption and energy \nefficiency ratios in real time. The solution intelligently \nrecommends time windows during which energy saving \nis possible based on tidal network traffic patterns, and \nimplements energy saving policies accordingly. The \nsolution, once deployed, can cut the average annual \npower consumption of a campus Wi-Fi network by 20%. \nHuawei's FTTO solution replaces network cables with \noptical fiber, which reduces the need for facilities such \nas weak-current equipment rooms, air conditioners, \nand fire-fighting facilities. This solution can cut network \nenergy consumption by 30%, and allows commercial \nbuildings to deploy a single network for multiple services \nincluding office, merchant management, security, and \nbroadcasting. \n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 171\n■\t Shifting towards a greener supply chain\nAs a leading global provider of ICT infrastructure and smart devices, Huawei remains committed to reducing the \nenvironmental impact of our production and operating activities. As such, we have taken a series of measures and \nwork with our partners to facilitate the shift towards a green and low-carbon supply chain. This includes initiatives \nin domains such as supplier energy saving management, production and manufacturing, and product logistics and \ntransportation. \nBuilding a greener supply chain with suppliers\nGreen manufacturing that saves energy and cuts carbon emissions\nSince 2011, Huawei has participated in the Green \nChoice initiative, which was launched by the Institute of \nPublic and Environmental Affairs (IPE). We encourage \nsuppliers to manage themselves better and require \nthem to rectify all discovered problems within a \ndesignated timeframe, to ensure their compliance \nwith environmental protection requirements. In June \n2023, Huawei held its third Supplier Carbon Emissions \nReduction Conference, themed \"Green and Low-carbon \nDevelopment for Shared Success\", where attendees \ndiscussed plans for achieving green and low-carbon \ndevelopment.\nHuawei's manufacturing department prioritizes green \ndevelopment within its operations while maintaining \nhigh product quality. By taking measures such as green \ndesign, green packaging, and equipment and facility \nenergy conservation, we are constantly making our \nproduction greener. \nOne area of manufacturing that has historically consumed \nvast amounts of energy is the burn-in testing conducted \nto guarantee product performance and reliability before \nmass production and shipment. Traditionally, this testing \nis conducted in a high-temperature burn-in room that \nconsumes enough electricity in a single day to power a \nthree-member household for a month. Huawei, however, \nhas used its self-heating technologies to replace the \nburn-in rooms, which has slashed the amount of energy \nused during testing. In 2023, we used these advanced \ntechnologies to multiple ICT and digital power products, \nreducing our own electricity consumption by more than \n300,000 kWh.\nPromoting renewable energy\nAt Huawei, we increase the use of renewable energy in our own operations and help customers generate green \npower. By the end of 2023, our digital power solutions had helped customers generate 997.9 billion kWh of green \npower and save 46.1 billion kWh of electricity. \n\n\n172 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nFrom design to processes: Greater synergies mean greener packaging\nHuawei adopts a green packaging strategy known as \n\"6R1D\": Right packaging, Reduce, Returnable, Reuse, \nRecovery, Recycle, and Degradable. We aim to design \npackaging that provides sufficient protection for our \nproducts and has a minimal impact on the environment. \nWe use innovative designs to reduce our use of plastics, \nand are continuing to explore lightweight, recyclable, \ndegradable, and reliable green packaging solutions.\nIn 2023, for example, Huawei continued to improve \nits packaging designs and processes. We now use \npackaging that protects hardware during transportation \nand can be reused in different factories. This packaging \ncan save about 46,000 disposable cartons every year.\nYalong Hydro's 1-GW hydro-solar hybrid power plant\nIn the province of Sichuan in western China, Huawei \nhelped Yalong Hydro build the first phase of the \nKela PV Plant. This hydro-solar hybrid power plant \nhas a total installed capacity of 1 GW. The plant was \nconnected to the grid in June 2023 and has an annual \nenergy yield of 2 billion kWh, enough to power one \nmillion households.\nThe plant fully considers the needs of the local animal \nhusbandry industry. The PV module support pillars are \nraised high above the ground, leaving adequate space \nfor vegetation and grazing. The PV modules also reduce \nground water evaporation, making it easier for plants \nto grow. This shows that synergies can be built between \nthe PV and animal husbandry industries.\nThe first phase of the Kela PV Plant supports the local animal \nhusbandry while generating green power. \nContributing to a circular economy\nHuawei is pursuing more eco-friendly materials, more durable products, greener packaging, and less waste \nthroughout our product lifecycles so that all resources can be efficiently used, reused, and recycled. For example, \nour trade-in program has helped extend the lifespans of 780,000 devices.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 173\nHealthy and Harmonious Ecosystem\nAchieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals requires the joint efforts of stakeholders such as businesses, \ngovernments, NGOs, and individuals. Businesses can apply their creativity and innovation to solve sustainable \ndevelopment challenges. As a responsible technology company, Huawei brings in outstanding talent from around \nthe world and provides employees with a comfortable and inclusive workplace and ample room for growth. We are \nalso doing what we can to develop skilled ICT workforces for local communities to facilitate digital transformation. \nHuawei remains committed to openness and collaboration for shared success. As such, we are working with our \npartners along the value chain, both upstream and downstream, to build a healthy and harmonious business \necosystem. We are also applying ICT to more industries and driving sustainable social development with our digital, \nintelligent, and low-carbon solutions.\nCaring for employees\nHuawei takes a positive, open, and diverse approach to human resources and welcomes talent from across the \nglobe. We provide excellent work environments and development opportunities, coupled with reasonable rewards, \nallowing employees to pursue meaningful and promising careers. We also publish world-class problems that \nhelp talented people unlock their potential and encourage them to explore new frontiers in a bid to drive global \nprosperity and social progress. In 2023, the Universum survey of the World's Most Attractive Employers ranked \nHuawei 22nd in the IT category, while 44 Huawei subsidiaries were recognized as a Top Employer by the Top \nEmployers Institute. \n■\t Employee health and safety\nAt Huawei, it is a company policy to care for our employees and always put their safety first. We are fully committed \nto creating a safe, healthy workplace for all of our employees. We require all of our business domains to meet or \nexceed the requirements of local laws and regulations as well as those from stakeholders including governments, \ncustomers, and employees. This must be achieved in accordance with the ISO 45001 occupational health and safety \nmanagement system while considering internal and external environments. We always adhere to our rules regarding \noccupational health and safety management, and have ensured the healthy and safe development of all business \ndomains. We have also extended the social responsibilities associated with environment, occupational health and \nsafety (EHS) to our supply chain. We encourage more suppliers to share the EHS responsibilities of the supply chain \nand drive the sustainable development of employees, the environment, and society at large.\nIn 2023, we continued to improve our EHS management system, which included redesigning the EHS business process \narchitecture, making a structural update to the EHS management system manual, and driving the enforcement of \nEHS risk management within all business domains. In terms of safety, we provide training on the Process Safety \nManagement (PSM) methodology to prevent risks during the design phase, which can help avoid accidents at \nthe very source. In terms of environment, we are working to manage pollution by disposing of different types of \nwaste in different ways and reusing waste as much as possible. For occupational health, Huawei has established a \ncomprehensive employee health and benefits system that meets all occupational health monitoring requirements. \nIn 2023, Huawei invested over CNY18.6 billion into employee benefits worldwide to provide employees with \ncomprehensive social security and competitive commercial insurance.\n\n\n174 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nSpending on employee benefits (2019–2023)\n2019\n2020\n2021\n2022\n2023\n13.98\n11.89\n15.04\n17.14\n18.63\nUnit: CNY billion\nHuawei keeps improving working and living environments in hardship regions, with more employees moving to safe, comfortable, and \nbeautiful accommodation.\nHuawei Shanghai Representative Office won the WELL Gold rating\nHuawei always strives to create comfortable and healthy \nworkplaces that help improve employee well-being.\nHuawei Shanghai Representative Office has always \nplaced employees at the center of everything, from \nsite selection and building design to construction and \ndaily operations. The office has made continuous \nimprovements based on the WELL building standard, \nwhich serves as an effective reference for improvements \nto workplace construction and operation standards. \nAfter one year of testing and evaluation, the office was \nawarded the WELL Gold rating in July 2023.\nThe WELL certification system is the world's first \nbuilding standard to focus on enhancing people's \nhealth and wellbeing through the built environment. \nThe WELL building standard has been developed based \non scientific research across a number of disciplines \nsuch as medicine and architecture, and it focuses on \nten concepts: air, water, nourishment, light, movement, \nthermal comfort, sound, materials, mind, and \ncommunity. It serves as a guide for design, construction, \nand property management, and aims to improve users' \nhealth, well-being, and productivity.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 175\nHuawei Shanghai Representative Office awarded the WELL Gold rating\nEHS management: Safeguarding global service delivery\nIn October 2023, Huawei held the Global Service \nDelivery EHS Conference in Dongguan, China. Over 100 \nEHS managers from more than 40 countries attended \nthe conference, where they discussed EHS management \nand career development. During the event, recent \nachievements such as scenario-based EHS management \nmethodologies and tools were released, and regional \nrepresentatives shared their best practices in EHS \nmanagement.\nIn 2023, Huawei organized more than 20 EHS training \nsessions for service delivery projects, including on-site \ntraining, golden seed training, lectures, and regional \ntraining, through which a total of 410 EHS professionals \nwere certified. We have also developed and applied new \ntools such as a mobile applet built based on WeLink—\nHuawei's internal office platform—that supports onsite \ndelivery project management and a smart helmet for \nsafety inspection. These tools can monitor issues online, \nHuawei has won the \"Zero Accident\" Award from the \nIndonesian Ministry of Labour for nine consecutive years.\nautomatically generate reports, and conduct inspections \nby scanning codes, boosting EHS management efficiency \nin service delivery projects.\n■\t Employee training and development\nHuawei offers two distinct career paths for employees: the manager path and the expert path. Employees can advance \nwhile switching between these two paths. All employees receive regular performance and career development reviews, \nand are given plenty of training and mobility opportunities during career development. We have implemented a \nmechanism for department-initiated talent transfers and an internal talent market for free mobility. Both are intended \nto drive employee mobility and help our employees become more versatile in multiple fields. Talented people are \nnot confined to one domain and are instead given the opportunity to work in different professions and domains. This \nhelps them reskill and upskill, giving them more room for growth. They also have the chance to work in different \nlocations. At Huawei, we offer employees a global platform, exposing them to many new experiences and new \ninsights that will help them grow quickly. \n\n\n176 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\n■\t A diverse and inclusive workforce\nHuawei values diversity and inclusion in its workforce and is committed to creating a workplace in which all \nemployees enjoy equal opportunities. By the end of 2023, Huawei had about 207,000 employees from 162 different \ncountries and regions. \nHuawei is committed to complying with applicable regulations such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and \nour Caring for Employees Policy lays out the principles and requirements that we believe a good employer must meet to \nensure employee care. These principles and requirements cover child labor, forced or involuntary labor, health and safety, \ndiversity, non-discrimination, humane treatment, working hours, compensation and benefits, freedom of association, \nprivacy protection, and learning and development. We have put in place processes, systems, and baselines to ensure \nthat our employee care policy is effectively implemented. When it comes to hiring, remuneration, access to training, \nNew employee development\nHuawei's new employee development programs take various forms, such as training, self-study, exams, certifications, \nmentorship, and hands-on practices. The programs include new employee orientation (NEO), delivery practice camps, \nlearning of position-specific essential knowledge and skills, position-specific hands-on practices and mentoring, as well as \nassessments and tests. \nTo help new employees quickly settle into their positions, we have prepared a learning syllabus and established a \nmentorship program. The syllabus lists the learning objectives, courses, learning instructions, and completion criteria for \neach new employee and each position group. This ensures that each new employee's development plan is effectively \nimplemented and that they receive proper guidance during self-study. After years of practice and improvement, we have \nbasically hit all the targets we set for new employee development. \nTo support these two career development paths, Huawei provides comprehensive, systematic training resources and \nplatforms to empower our employees at different stages of their careers. Our digital learning platform, iLearning, \nnow offers over 20,000 online courses, helping our employees pursue personalized learning anytime from anywhere \nand supporting their reskilling and upskilling. We also have over 20,000 online knowledge communities, through \nwhich peers and experts from different domains share their experience and insights. \nOur smart classroom solution supports hybrid teaching to boost efficiency. The solution offers a rich array of tools \nand migrates teaching resources to the cloud, aiming to bring digital to every classroom and deliver an immersive \nlearning experience. At Huawei, we believe that the brightest minds should develop even brighter minds, so we \nconstantly attract and cultivate excellent trainers from both inside and outside the company. In 2023, we offered \nemployees a wide range of training activities, and employees spent an average of 63 hours in training.\nFlexible career paths with no limits\nThought & Visionary Leader\nStrategic Leader\nProfessional Chief\nBusiness\nLeader\nFunctional\nLeader\nProject\nLeader\nExpert\nFirst-line \nManager\nSenior\nProfessional\nProfessional\nTwo career paths\nTraining & rotations\nfor all-around expertise\nCross-domain encounters\nfor rapid growth of\nversatile talent\nOpportunities to work\non a global platform\nfor a diverse team and a \nglobal vision\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 177\npromotion, and termination or retirement, we never engage in or support any form of discrimination based on race, \nnational or social origin, caste, birth, religion, disability, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, union membership, \npolitical opinions, age, or any other condition that could give rise to discrimination. We prohibit the use of child labor \nand forced labor, and have effective measures in place to prevent the recruitment and use of such labor. \nWe have released the Employee Business Conduct Guidelines (BCGs), and require every employee to sign, study, and \nknow every detail of the BCGs. These Guidelines describe the legal and ethical requirements that employees must \ncomply with when engaging in business activities. This means that Huawei employees must have a strong sense of social \nresponsibility while complying with all applicable laws and regulations. Anyone who is found to have violated the BCGs \nwill be subject to disciplinary action (including termination of employment and legal action if necessary). \nWe value diversity in our workforce and respect the lifestyles of all of our employees. We encourage our employees \nfrom different regions and departments to interact and communicate with each other in a way that suits their particular \nneeds. We aim to create an environment that makes it easy for everyone to practice and follow their beliefs and \ncustoms, whatever they may be. For example, we have prayer rooms on our campuses, and halal food is available in our \ncafeterias. For nursing mothers, we provide lactation rooms. We also provide facilities like cafes, gyms, and libraries. All \nof these facilities help us provide quality services that meet the diverse needs of our employees. \n79.9%\n79.8%\n79.5%\n79.0%\n78.9%\n20.1%\n20.2%\n20.5%\n21.0%\n21.1%\n2019\n2020\n2021\n2022\n2023\nEmployee age (2023)\nMale and female employees (2019–2023)\nLevel of education in 2023\nMale\nFemale\n30–50\n68%\nBelow 30\n30%\nOver 50\n2%\nBachelor's degree\n39%\nOther\n7%\nMaster's degree\n49%\nPhD or higher\n5%\nHuawei selects its Top 10 Cafeterias and Best Offices every year and organizes a wide range of team activities to offer employees a \ncomfortable, inclusive workplace.\n\n\n178 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nXinsheng Community – Huawei employees' Roman Forum \nMoving towards a diverse and inclusive world\nThe Xinsheng Community, launched on June 29, 2008, is one of our employees' favorite internal communication platforms. \nIt consists of several sections, including corporate files, technical exchanges, management improvement, Huawei People, \nand Hall of Fame. \nIn 2023, about 110,000 users visited the Xinsheng Community every day, including 90,000 Huawei employees and 20,000 \nexternal visitors. Everyone is encouraged to speak their mind as long as they follow the Xinsheng Community Regulations. \nUsers are free to share their experiences and thoughts, and we do everything we can to protect their privacy. This helps \nfoster a climate in which all voices are encouraged and valued. \nHuawei has always valued diversity and inclusion. In 2023, we promoted the course Cognitive Diversity Theory: Why We \nEmphasize Diversity and Inclusion for HR professionals through an internal website, and pushed it to HR teams at all levels \nand related domains. \nWith this course, we want more HR professionals and managers to realize how a diverse workforce can generate greater \nsynergy and better benefit the organization as a whole. This can encourage them to work harder to develop a more \ndiverse, inclusive team. \nWe have also established employee communication mechanisms as part of our efforts to create an open, inclusive \nworkplace that encourages mutual respect and diversity. For example, we gather our employees' opinions and \nsuggestions through our organizational climate survey, Manager Feedback Program (MFP), the manager open day \nprogram, and more. Employees can also report violations, file complaints, and seek assistance through multiple \nchannels such as the dedicated complaint mailbox of our Committee of Ethics and Compliance (CEC) and our HR \nservice hotline. Huawei keeps all reporters' information strictly confidential and prohibits any attempts to threaten \nor retaliate against reporters. \nBusiness ethics \nHuawei works hard to conduct its business with integrity and conform to business ethics standards and all \napplicable laws and regulations. This key principle is upheld by our highest levels of management. We have worked \nfor years to build a compliance management system that aligns with industry best practices and embed compliance \nmanagement into every aspect of our business activities and processes, and these efforts continue to this day. \nHuawei emphasizes a culture of integrity and invests heavily to make it a reality. As such, every Huawei employee \nis required to strictly adhere to our Business Conduct Guidelines. \n(For further information, see the Regulatory Compliance section on pages 70 to 72 of this report.)\nSupply chain responsibilities\nHuawei endorses the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and is serious about the societal \nand environmental impact of our global procurement and supply chain. We have teamed up with customers and \nsuppliers to further the sustainable development of our global supply chain. We have incorporated corporate social \nresponsibility (CSR) requirements into both our Quality First strategy and activities that take place across all of our \nvalue chain. We offer premium prices to suppliers that offer higher quality in a bid to encourage them to improve \ntheir CSR performance. We have also integrated CSR requirements into our global procurement processes, from \nmaterial and supplier qualification, selection, and appraisal to performance management and procurement fulfillment.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 179\n■\t Procurement CSR management system\nNew supplier\nqualification\nand selection\nCooperation\nwith customers,\nindustry peers,\nand other\nstakeholders\nRisk\nassessment\nSupplier\nlearning and\nenablement\nSupervision\nand auditing\nSupplier\nperformance\nmanagement\nLaws, \nregulations, and \ninternational \nstandards\nHuawei's CSR red lines in procurement \nHuawei has established its procurement CSR management \nsystem based on the OECD Due Diligence Guidance \nfor Responsible Business Conduct and the IPC-1401 \nCorporate Social Responsibility Management System \nStandard, and incorporated CSR requirements into our \nprocurement strategy and business processes. We require \nall of our suppliers to comply with all applicable laws and \nregulations, and encourage them to promote diversity and \nimprove their own CSR management by adopting globally \nrecognized industry standards. The CSR agreements that \nwe sign with suppliers are prepared according to the \nResponsible Business Alliance (RBA) Code of Conduct \nand the Joint Audit Cooperation (JAC) Supply Chain \nSustainability Guidelines. These agreements cover labor \nstandards, health and safety, environmental protection, \nbusiness ethics, and management systems. Huawei \nrequires that all suppliers abide by the CSR agreements \nand convey the same requirements to their own suppliers. \nTo support the strategic goal of sustainable procurement, we regularly deliver CSR training to all members of the \nprocurement team. This training covers CSR agreements, red lines, processes, and audit practices related to CSR in \nprocurement. CSR requirements are incorporated into the performance indicators of all teams in our procurement \ndepartment. \n■\t Supplier risk rating and auditing\nHuawei conducts supply chain due diligence using a risk-based approach. We work with suppliers to identify CSR \nrisks and opportunities, and take actions to prevent and mitigate CSR risks. Every year, we assess all major suppliers, \nwhich represent 90% or more of our procurement spending, and assign each supplier one of three risk ratings \n(high, medium, or low). We develop an annual sustainability audit plan to deal with suppliers that are assessed as \nposing medium or high risk. In addition, we perform onsite assessments on all potential suppliers to examine their \nsustainability systems. No company that fails the assessment is eligible for consideration to become a Huawei supplier. \nWe consider the use of child labor or forced labor to be red-line issues, and we have zero tolerance for any behavior that \ncrosses CSR red lines. In 2023, none of our suppliers were found to have crossed any CSR red lines. \n1. Use of child labor\n2. Use of prison labor (including using prisons \nas suppliers or subcontractors) or forced labor \n(including restricting personal freedom or \ndetaining personal identity documents)\n3. Violence, physical punishment, sexual harassment, \nillegal body searches, cross-gender body searches, \nand other similar behavior\n4. Salary payments below the local minimum wage\n5. Negligence that leads to major fires or explosions\n6. Working conditions that seriously endanger personal \nhealth and safety or lead to fatal field incidents\n7. Illegal emissions of any hazardous or toxic wastes, \nincluding waste water, gas, and residue.\n8. Negligence that leads to media crises or serious \nmass disturbances, such as collective labor \ndisputes, mass brawls, mass poisoning, unnatural \ndeaths, or other incidents causing casualties.\n9. Unsafe and unhealthy working environments \nthat lack effective measures to prevent potential \nhealth and safety accidents, or diseases that may \nbe caused due to exposure in workplaces (e.g., \ncollective infections).\n10. Corruption or dishonest acts that violate the \nrequirements of \"no bribery, no gifts, no conflicts \nof interest, no falsification, no cutting corners, no \nfraud, and keeping promises\".\n\n\n180 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nIn 2023, we assigned CSR risk ratings to over 1,600 major suppliers using the new methodology. We also conducted \n317 onsite CSR audits and more than 900 onsite EHS reviews on engineering subcontractors. \nIf we find an issue during an onsite audit, we help the supplier resolve the issue using the CRCPE methodology \n(check, root cause analysis, correct, prevent, and evaluate). This methodology helps suppliers identify common \nproblems and develop targeted solutions. \nIn 2023, we further refined our supplier CSR risk \nrating methodology. We now evaluate each supplier's \nCSR performance and the effectiveness of their risk \nprevention and management system by focusing on \nfive criteria: CSR performance rating, health and safety \nrisk, environmental risk, labor risk, and audit results. \nWe pay special attention to the improvements made \nby suppliers posing medium and high risks. \nTo better meet customer requirements, we have \nprepared and continued to update our Supplier CSR \nAudit Checklist in accordance with industry best \npractices. We conduct supplier CSR audits using \ninternationally recognized methods such as onsite \ninspections, employee interviews, management \ninterviews, documentation reviews, and online \nsearches. We also use the Blue Map database \ndeveloped by the Institute of Public and Environmental \nAffairs (IPE) to assess supplier compliance with \n■\t Supplier performance management\nEvery year, Huawei appraises suppliers' sustainability performance as part of their overall performance appraisals. \nDuring this process, we also consider how they manage the sustainability of their own suppliers. Suppliers are \nclassified into four grades (A, B, C, or D) based on their sustainability performance. In 2023, we improved our supplier \nsustainability performance appraisal methodology, which now looks at five criteria: environmental protection, carbon \nemissions reduction, labor management, EHS accidents, and management systems. In the past year, we appraised the \nsustainability performance of over 1,600 major suppliers. \nThe amount of business we do with each supplier depends partly on their sustainability performance, which is also a \nfactor considered in our tendering, supplier selection, portfolio management, and other processes. When suppliers are \nequally matched in other factors, those that perform better in sustainability are given priority in terms of the share \nof business or business opportunities. The reverse is true for low-performing suppliers. Depending on the situation, \nwe may instruct suppliers with poor sustainability performance to resolve existing issues within a specified timeframe. \nAlternatively, we may reduce their share of business or offer them fewer business opportunities. We may even \nterminate our business relationships with those that display exceptionally poor sustainability performance. \nAudit \nresults\nEnvironmental \nrisk\nCSR \nperformance \nrating\nHealth and \nsafety risk\nLabor risk\nCSR risk \nrating\nCriteria of supplier CSR risk assessment\nenvironmental requirements. In 2023, seven suppliers \nresolved identified issues within a specified timeframe \nwith the support of Huawei. \n280\n319\n318\n305\n317\n2019\n2020\n2021\n2022\n2023\nNumber of suppliers on which Huawei conducted CSR\naudits onsite (2019–2023)\nSupplier CSR risks identified in 2023 audits\nHealth and safety\n42%\nLabor standards\n26.8%\nEnvironmental \nprotection\n9.9%\nBusiness ethics\n3.7%\nManagement \nsystems\n17.6%\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 181\n■\t Supplier capability improvement\nAs part of our efforts to help suppliers perform more sustainably, we regularly provide them with sustainability \ntraining and coaching. We also encourage our suppliers to adopt industry best practices and embed sustainability \nrequirements into their business strategies to reduce operating risks and boost efficiency. Furthermore, we invite \nleading suppliers from different industries to share their experience in dealing with risky items and scenarios such as \nprinted circuit boards (PCBs), lithium batteries, and hazardous chemicals. \nIn 2023, we invited 15 industry-leading suppliers to share their best practices in EHS, and more than 500 suppliers \nparticipated in these sessions. In addition, over 600 of our suppliers' safety managers passed Huawei's online exam on \nproduction safety and red lines. \nHuawei maintains close engagement and \ncollaboration with industry stakeholders. Together \nwith the upstream and downstream partners in our \nsupply chain, we drive CSR standardization, perform \nCSR-related due diligence, and make continued efforts \nto improve CSR management and supply resilience. \nWe work hand-in-hand with our partners to build a \nresponsible supply chain. \nIn 2023, Huawei shared information on supply chain \ndue diligence with more than 50 customers, including \nthat related to supply chain traceability, forced labor, \nand due diligence on conflict minerals. Huawei also \nrecommended suppliers for joint audits organized by the \ntelecom carrier association JAC. We actively participated \nin industry exchanges on sustainability organized by \ncustomers. Through these exchanges, we learned from \n■\t Stakeholder engagement and cooperation\nHuawei shares supplier sustainability management practices at \nthe 5th Telecom Industry Climate Change and Circular Economy \nForum hosted by a customer.\nthe advanced management experience of customers \nand other vendors, and shared Huawei's best practices \nin supplier sustainability management. Together, we aim \nto develop a more sustainable value chain. \nForum on Environmental Protection and Factory Safety for PCB Companies: Improving \nindustry awareness of production safety and environmental protection\nIn December 2023, Huawei and several PCB industry associations held the Forum on Environmental Protection and Factory \nSafety for PCB Companies, providing a platform through which industry stakeholders could share their experience in \nsustainability. At the event, many companies, including Huawei, shared their best practices in relation to production safety \nand environmental protection. These included the use of innovative technologies to achieve safe and green manufacturing \nand help the industry achieve sustainable development. Additionally, eight upstream suppliers shared their experience at \nthe forum upon Huawei's recommendation.\n■\t Responsible management of minerals\nHuawei is committed to and works to drive the responsible procurement of products containing raw materials, \nincluding tin, tantalum, tungsten, gold (3TG), cobalt, and mica. We have established a risk-based responsible mineral \nmanagement system in accordance with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct and the \nChinese Due Diligence Guidelines for Mineral Supply Chain. The responsible management of minerals is an integral \npart of our procurement CSR management system, and has been embedded to supplier qualification, supervision, and \nauditing processes. As a downstream company in the mineral supply chain, Huawei does not directly purchase any \n\n\n182 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nminerals, and there are at least seven tiers between Huawei and mining companies. We require that our suppliers do \nnot purchase conflict minerals, and ask them to cascade this requirement to their own suppliers, in order to prevent \nor reduce the risk that minerals contained in their products may directly or indirectly support human rights abuses, \nharm the environment or personal health and safety, or breed corruption. Huawei also actively works with global \nindustry peers through industry initiatives like the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) and the Responsible Critical \nMineral Initiative (RCI). Together with partners up and down the supply chain, we conduct supply chain surveys, create \na complete list of all related smelters, and push these smelters to apply for or maintain the Responsible Minerals \nAssurance Process (RMAP) certification.\nIn 2023, in response to the RMI's call, Huawei added mica to its list of due diligence on responsible mineral \nmanagement. This means that we now identify suppliers of six minerals: tin, tantalum, tungsten, gold (3TG), cobalt, and \nmica. According to the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT) and the Extended Mineral Report Template (EMRT), \nwe urge suppliers to identify and investigate all smelters within their supply chains, and our suppliers must require that \nno identified smelters purchase minerals from conflict-affected and high-risk areas (CAHRAs), and urge smelters that \nhave not obtained the RMAP certification to get the certification within a specified timeframe when necessary. \nFor more details, visit: \nHuawei Responsible Management of Minerals: \nhttps://www.huawei.com/en/sustainability/the-latest/stories/responsible-management-of-minerals \nHuawei Statement on Responsible Mineral Supply Chain Due Diligence Management: \nhttps://www.huawei.com/en/declarations/huawei-statement-on-responsible-mineral-supply-chain \nCommunity responsibilities\nHuawei actively fulfills its responsibilities to local communities. We are committed to helping local communities \nbenefit from the digital world by providing basic connectivity and digital technologies such as cloud and AI. We \nwork with governments, partners, and international organizations around the world to organize a variety of \nactivities that contribute to sustainable development goals, such as innovation and infrastructure construction, ICT \ntalent cultivation, gender equality, and environmental protection. These activities will inject vitality into local digital \neconomies and help create fertile soil for the ICT industry in the countries and regions where Huawei operates. In \n2023, Huawei operated over 300 social contribution programs worldwide. \n■\t Seeds for the Future 2.0: Cultivating ICT talent to stimulate innovation\nIn the digital economy, ICT talent plays an instrumental role in driving digital transformation and unleashing \nproductivity. In 2008, Huawei launched its flagship talent development program – Seeds for the Future. In July 2021, \nwe integrated various talent development projects across the company and officially launched the Seeds for the \nFuture 2.0 program, which is also known as SEEDS. The program includes a range of digital talent development \nprojects related to basic digital skills training, talent leadership, intergovernmental talent cooperation, technology \ncompetitions, and vocational skills certifications that help increase employability. The program aims to develop ICT \ntalent in the countries and regions in which we operate and improve their abilities to use new technologies and \nplatforms to innovate and create. The ultimate goal is to advance science and technology and drive global digital \ninclusion. In 2023, we held more diverse activities through the Huawei Cloud Developer Institute and ICT Academy \nthan the previous year, benefiting developers and industry professionals around the world. By the end of December \n2023, the Seeds for the Future 2.0 program had been implemented in more than 150 countries and regions, benefiting \nover 3.4 million people.\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 183\nSeeds for the Future 2.0 (SEEDS)\nIn 2021, Huawei Chairman Liang Hua announced the Seeds for \nthe Future 2.0 program, which plans to invest US$150 million \nin digital talent development over five years, and aims to \nbenefit over 3 million additional people. \nSEEDS：\nSURPASS (European Leadership Academy, ASEAN Academy, etc.)\nEXPLORATION (Huawei ICT Academy, Seeds for the Future, etc.)\nEMPLOYABILITY (Huawei Cloud Startup Program, Huawei Cloud \nDeveloper Institute, etc.)\nDARING TO CHALLENGE (Tech Arena, ICPC, etc.)\nSUSTAINABILITY (Women in Tech, talent programs in cooperation \nwith NGOs, etc.)\nIn 2008, the Seeds for the Future program was launched in \nThailand, including training programs, the Tech4Good \nGlobal Competition, and the Alumni Community.\nSeeds for the Future \npartner \nuniversities\ncountries and \nregions\nstudents\n500+\n140\n17,000+\ncountries and regions\npeople\n150+\n3.4+ million\nTech4Good Global Competition\nThe Tech4Good Global Competition, which was \nlaunched in 2021 as part of the Seeds for the Future \nprogram, encourages participants to propose innovative \ndigital solutions that address sustainability issues and \ncreate both business and social value. \nAt the 2023 Tech4Good Startup Sprint in China, the \nprevious year's winning teams from Algeria, Italy, and \nIreland went on field trips to see some commercial \napplications of digital technologies, and received \nguidance on their projects from startup entrepreneurs \nand technical experts. Following a careful review by the \nTech4Good startup investment committee, the Algerian \nteam was awarded a US$100,000 startup fund for their \nfarm hazard warning and monitoring system. This fund \ncreated more possibilities for the team to implement \ntheir ideas and achieve business success. \nAt the 2023 competition, Team Namibia won the First \nPrize with their AI-powered teaching solution that \ncaters to the needs of every student. The Second and \nThe winning teams of the Tech4Good Global Competition on \ntheir tour in China in 2023\nThird Prizes went to Team Uzbekistan's farm irrigation \noptimization solution and Team Germany's drinking \nwater purification solution, respectively. Team Brazil and \nTeam Uzbekistan won the People's Choice Award based \non public voting. The winning teams will be invited to \nparticipate in a digital tour in China in 2024.\n\n\n184 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nFirst Seeds for the Future Global Ambassador Election\nIn 2023, Huawei held the first Seeds for the Future \nGlobal Ambassador Election. Voting was done online \nand open to the public, and the 10 alumni with the \nmost votes became ambassadors of the program. As \nrepresentatives of global Seeds for the Future alumni, \nthe ambassadors participated in a range of activities \nthroughout the year, including online workshops and \noffline industry events, as well as Huawei's flagship \nevents and international multilateral conferences. \nThe ambassador from Ecuador attended MWC \nBarcelona to learn about the latest developments in the \ncommunications industry. The ambassador from Ireland \nchaired the Talent & Green Summit at COP 28 and \nhighlighted the importance of green and sustainable \ndevelopment for the digital economy. The ambassador \nfrom the Philippines spoke at the Asia Pacific Digital \nTalent Summit, as part of Huawei's annual flagship \nevent HUAWEI CONNECT, and discussed new ways \nto shape future leaders with the Executive Director \nof ASEAN Foundation. On behalf of global Seeds for \nthe Future alumni, the ambassadors have promised to \nAn online workshop with global Seeds for the Future \nambassadors\nIn 2023, which marked the 10th anniversary \nof Seeds for the Future in Latin America and \nthe Caribbean (LAC), outstanding Seeds for \nthe Future alumni in the region attended the \nLAC ICT Talent Summit and the LAC Seeds for \nthe Future Alumni Reunion in Colombia. They \ndiscussed the roles that youth and different \norganizations play in driving sustainable \ndevelopment and ways to fulfill their \nresponsibilities with stakeholders from UNESCO, \nUN-Habitat, Huawei, and local tech firms, as \nwell as government representatives.\nIn August 2023, 160-plus students from 15 \ncountries in the Middle East and Central Asia \nparticipated in a two-week Seeds for the Future \nproject in Qatar and the UAE. The students \nexperienced some of the high-tech applications \nfirst-hand at Qatar's World Cup stadiums and \nthe UAE's Sharjah Research Technology and \nInnovation Park. They also had the opportunity \nto talk with local government officials, \nrepresentatives of carriers and international \norganizations, and startup entrepreneurs during \nseveral workshops, which gave them a better \nunderstanding of the importance of science and \ntechnology for sustainable social development.\ndemonstrate their passion and skills during their year-\nlong term to make sure that the voices of young people \nare heard by more people. \n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 185\nHelping young talent upskill through tech competitions to advance basic sciences and \nthe ICT industry\nHuawei continues to share resources and build \nplatforms by participating in, supporting, and sponsoring \ntop international technology competitions, such as the \nInternational Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC). \nIn addition to helping young people improve their skills, \nwe team up with academia to work on problems in \nbasic research and industry development. Together, we \nshare knowledge, promote innovation, and advance \nscience and technology.\nIn 2023, Huawei and its partners held various \ncompetitions and training activities, such as the ICPC \nTraining Camps, the ICPC Challenge Championship, and \nbootcamps. More than 50 experts from Huawei and \nthe industry gave lectures and guided participants to \nhone their skills and acquire new knowledge. Within \njust a year, Huawei published over 50 problems for \nparticipants to work on, shared its industry expertise \nin multiple fields, such as software algorithms, math, \nphysics, and materials chemistry, and maintained \nengagement with academia. \nStudents from around the world compete at the ICPC Challenge \nChampionship powered by Huawei.\nHuawei also collaborates with academia to build \nand improve research and experiment platforms and \ncultivate urgently-needed new talent to drive the \ndevelopment of new technologies in fields like devices, \ncomputing, and connectivity.\nMaking continued investment to build a thriving talent ecosystem\nAt Huawei, we believe that it is important to integrate industry transformation requirements into every part of talent \ncultivation. This includes training for teachers, students, industry professionals, and lifelong learners. We aim to \ncultivate high-caliber, inter-disciplinary talent with digital and intelligent skills who will promote enterprise innovation \nand push the industry forward. This will in turn drive greater efforts into talent cultivation, creating a positive circle. \nWith this goal in mind, we have worked with 2,700 colleges and universities in over 100 countries and regions to train \nmore than one million students through the Huawei ICT Academy. We also hold the annual Huawei ICT Competition \nthat provides an international platform for university students to compete and share ideas. The seventh Huawei ICT \nCompetition in 2023 attracted 120,000 university students from 74 countries and regions. The Huawei ICT Academy \nand Huawei ICT Competition have both been listed as key partner flagship programs by UNESCO's Global Skills \nAcademy.\nIn addition, Huawei continues to optimize its certification system, which covers both career and specialist certifications. \nBy the end of 2023, we had presented over 850,000 certifications worldwide, including more than 27,000 Huawei \nCertified ICT Expert (HCIE) certifications. Engineers who hold our certifications are valuable resources for the digital \nand intelligent transformation of industries worldwide.\nHuawei ICT Competition 2022–2023 Global Final Closing & Awarding Ceremony\n\n\n186 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\n■\t Promoting gender equality and helping women improve digital skills\nIn the digital age, increasing women's visibility and engagement in tech opens up new possibilities for technological \nadvancement and brings new value to the world. \nSince 2020, Huawei has been running its Women in Tech flagship initiative, which focuses on three themes: Tech for \nHer, Tech by Her, and Tech with Her. \nA range of Women in Tech programs have been rolled out around the world, and have already benefited many \nwomen. Through these programs, Huawei works with governments, partners, and third-party organizations to \nhelp more women improve their digital skills, provide platforms on which women can showcase their talents and \ncapabilities, and drive a more equitable and inclusive digital world.\nHuawei and the ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific organized Girls in ICT activities, including \ntours, field trips, discussions with experts, and training sessions on cloud, AI, and other digital skills. These \nactivities benefited more than 60 female students aged between 18 and 25, and aimed to encourage \nmore women to join the ICT industry.\nHuawei held the fourth session of the School for Female Leadership in the Digital Age in Spain. A total \nof 29 female trainees from 29 European countries participated in this training session. The program is \ndesigned to empower young female leaders and contribute to an inclusive and sustainable digital future \nin Europe.\nApril 2023\nJune 2023\nHuawei, alongside the \nITU and the National \nInnovation Agency of \nThailand, launched a \nDigital Bus roadshow \non International \nWomen in Engineering \nDay, hoping to \nencourage more \nwomen to join the ICT \nindustry.\nHuawei, the Greek Public Employment Service (DYPA), and local partner INTERLEI jointly delivered \nonline training on ICT knowledge and skills for unemployed women aged 25 to 49, in order to increase \ntheir employability. The first phase of the program benefited 500 female trainees.\nHuawei, together with Peru's Ministry of Women, TV Peru, and a third-party non-profit organization, \nheld the country's first awards ceremony celebrating outstanding women, where they presented \nawards to 21 outstanding local women working in seven different fields, and signed an MoU to \ncontinue supporting this program.\nFemale intern awards were presented for the first time at the Closing Ceremony of the Middle East & \nCentral Asia Finals of the Huawei ICT Competition. A total of 31 female ICT students received certificates \nand earned internships at Huawei, and these internships often lead to an offer for employment.\nHuawei signed an MoU with MaMa Doing Good, a local non-profit organization in Kenya, to provide \ndigital skills training for more than 10,000 women. Huawei also donated electronic devices needed for \ntraining, such as computers, to the organization.\nHuawei partnered with Egypt's National Council for Women (NCW) to launch a Women in Tech \nprogram. The program plans to provide online digital training to 2,000 women over the course of two \nyears to help them improve digital skills and play bigger roles in the ICT industry.\nSeptember 2023\nDecember 2023\n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 187\nRespecting Human Rights\nHuawei believes that connectivity is a basic right for every human being. We want to build better network \nconnectivity and provide convenient and affordable information and communications services to billions of people \naround the world using our innovative technologies. Ubiquitous broadband and connectivity will create jobs, \npromote development, decrease poverty, and improve quality of life. In addition, connectivity will help us respond \nto global challenges, reduce the human impact on the environment, and provide essential communications services \nto support rescue and relief efforts during natural disasters.\nHuawei is committed to adhering to all applicable international conventions and national laws and policies, and \nrespects all basic human rights as promoted by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We develop products \nand services in compliance with international standards and certifications. We strive to prevent our business \nactivities from causing or contributing to any adverse impacts on human rights. Huawei has been a member of \nthe United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) since 2004, and a member of the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) \nsince 2018. In addition, Huawei is committed to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) \nand standards released by the International Labour Organization.\nHuawei's Corporate Sustainable Development Committee is responsible for overseeing any human rights risks that \nmay exist within our business activities or supply chain, and strengthening our management of key areas that may \nimpact human rights.\n■\t Ensuring that technology is used to benefit humanity: Technology should be used to enhance human, social, and \nenvironmental well-being. Huawei firmly opposes any use of technology that has an adverse impact on human \nrights. We carefully evaluate the long-term and potential impact of our new technologies on society, based on widely \nrecognized industry standards, throughout the design, development, and use of our products, and work hard to ensure \nthat our products and services are used in accordance with their intended commercial purpose. To address the unknown \nrisks that may arise from the widespread use of new technologies, Huawei has expanded its existing processes and \ngovernance programs, and we are committed to working with our suppliers, partners, and customers to manage any \npotential adverse impact of technology development.\n■\t Protecting privacy: Huawei attaches great importance to privacy protection, and we take our responsibilities seriously. \nWe are committed to complying with all applicable privacy laws worldwide, including China's Personal Information \nProtection Law and the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Huawei has embedded privacy protection \nrequirements into our corporate governance and every phase of our personal data processing lifecycle. We follow the \nprinciples of privacy and security by design and by default and conduct privacy impact assessments before the release of \nany product or service, paying careful attention to sensitive personal data and sensitive usage. Huawei also requires its \nsuppliers to comply with requirements for personal data protection. In addition, Huawei requires all of its employees to \nreceive privacy training to enhance their understanding of the domain, and we encourage our employees to participate \nin professional privacy certification programs. More than 500 Huawei employees have been certified by the International \nAssociation of Privacy Professionals, placing Huawei among the top companies globally in this regard.\n■\t Safeguarding labor rights: Huawei supports and protects the rights of its employees through detailed, equitable regulations \nthat cover all stages of an employee's relationship with the company, including recruitment, employment, and exit. We are \ncommitted to providing equal opportunities to all employees. When it comes to employee recruitment, promotion, and \ncompensation, we do not discriminate against anyone on the basis of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, \nage, or disability. We prohibit all use of forced labor, whether overt or covert, and all use of child labor.\n■\t Maintaining a responsible supply chain: Huawei has established a CSR management system for procurement in \naccordance with the UN's Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for \nResponsible Business Conduct. The CSR agreements that we sign with suppliers are prepared according to internationally \nrecognized industry standards such as the Responsible Business Alliance Code of Conduct, the Joint Audit Cooperation \nSupply Chain Sustainability Guidelines, and the IPC-1401 Corporate Social Responsibility Management System Standard. \nDuring this process, Huawei also works closely with its supply chain partners, both upstream and downstream. In \naddition, we comply with our customers' sustainability requirements and conduct joint audits with them. We also \nrequire our direct suppliers to cascade our requirements to their sub-tier suppliers, asking them to respect the rights of \n\n\n188 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\ntheir employees and comply with all legal requirements regarding environmental protection, health and safety, privacy, \nand anti-bribery compliance. Together, our goal is to create a responsible supply chain. Huawei has a comprehensive \nqualification process for all new suppliers, and carries out risk-informed annual audits on current suppliers. All suppliers \nare evaluated based on their sustainability performance, the results of audits, and the completion of any corrective \nactions. Huawei has a zero-tolerance policy towards the use of forced labor. If a supplier is found to have violated this \npolicy, we will take disciplinary action against them, such as terminating our business relationship. To date, no use of \nforced labor has been discovered among our suppliers.\nRespecting human rights has been a long-standing focus for Huawei. While remaining committed to observing \napplicable laws, regulations, and standards, we actively communicate with international organizations, governments, \nand industry institutions to develop human rights standards and guidelines for the use of new technologies. At \nthe same time, we will continue to optimize management mechanisms and work with our suppliers, partners, and \ncustomers to promptly identify, manage, and mitigate any human rights risks or adverse impacts.\nFor more details about sustainability at Huawei, visit: https://www.huawei.com/en/sustainability/sustainability-report \n\n\n2023 Annual Report\n 189\nAbbreviation Full Name\n3GPP\n3rd Generation Partnership Project\nAC\nAudit Committee\nACM\nAssociation for Computing Machinery\nADN\nAutonomous Driving Network\nAI\nArtificial Intelligence\nAII\nAlliance of Industrial Internet\naPaaS\nApplication Platform as a Service\nAPI\nApplication Programming Interface\nAR\nAugmented Reality\nARPU\nAverage Revenue Per User\nBCGs\nBusiness Conduct Guidelines\nBG\nBusiness Group\nBOD\nBoard of Directors\nCAGR\nCompound Annual Growth Rate\nCC\nCommon Criteria for Information \nTechnology Security Evaluation\nCCSA\nChina Communications Standards \nAssociation\nCFO\nChief Financial Officer\nCPU\nCentral Processing Unit\nCSR\nCorporate Social Responsibility\nDC\nData Center\nDOU\nDataflow of Usage\nEAL\nEvaluation Assurance Level\nECC\nElectronic Communications Committee\nEHS\nEnvironment, Occupational Health and \nSafety\nEMEA\nEurope, the Middle East and Africa\nESS\nEnergy Storage System\nETSI\nEuropean Telecommunications \nStandards Institute\nEV\nElectric Vehicle\nFBB\nFixed Broadband\nFTTH\nFiber to the Home\nFTTO\nFiber to the Office\nFTTR\nFiber to the Room\nFVOCI\nFair Value Through Other \nComprehensive Income\nFVPL\nFair Value Through Profit or Loss\nAbbreviation Full Name\nFWA\nFixed Wireless Access\nGIO\nGlobal Industry Organizations\nGPO\nGlobal Process Owner\nGSMA\nGlobal System for Mobile \nCommunications Association\nHD\nHigh Definition\nHDR\nHigh Dynamic Range\nHIMA\nHarmony Intelligent Mobility Alliance\nHMS\nHUAWEI Mobile Services\nIaaS\nInfrastructure as a Service\nICPC\nInternational Collegiate Programming \nContest\nICT\nInformation and Communications \nTechnology\nIETF\nInternet Engineering Task Force\nIFRS\nInternational Financial Reporting \nStandards\nIoT\nInternet of Things\nIP\nInternet Protocol\nISP\nInternet Service Provider\nIT\nInformation Technology\nIUCN\nInternational Union for Conservation of \nNature\nLAN\nLocal Area Network\nMIMO\nMultiple-Input Multiple-Output\nMWC\nMobile World Congress\nNAS\nNetwork-Attached Storage\nNGO\nNon-Governmental Organization\nO&M\nOperations and Maintenance\nOECD\nOrganisation for Economic \nCo-operation and Development\nOPEX\nOperating Expenditure\nOS\nOperating System\nOXC\nOptical Cross-Connect\nPaaS\nPlatform as a Service\nPC\nPersonal Computer\nPCB\nPrinted Circuit Board\nPOB\nPerformance Obligation\nPON\nPassive Optical Network\nAbbreviations, Financial Terminology, and Exchange Rates\n\n\n190 Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.\nFinancial Terminology\nOperating profit\nGross profit less research and development expenses, selling and administrative expenses, plus other (expenses)/\nincome, net\nCash and short-term investments\nCash and cash equivalents plus other current investments\nWorking capital\nCurrent assets less current liabilities\nLiability ratio\nTotal liabilities expressed as a percentage of total assets\nCash flow before change in operating assets and liabilities\nNet profit plus depreciation, amortization, impairment, exchange loss, interest expense, loss on disposal of property, \nplant and equipment and intangible assets, and other non-operating expense, less exchange gain, investment \nincome, gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets, and other non-operating income\nExchange Rates\nCNY/USD\n2023\n2022\nAverage rate\n7.0884\n6.7643\nClosing rate\n7.0808\n6.9533\nAbbreviation Full Name\nPUE\nPower Usage Effectiveness\nPV\nPhotovoltaics\nR&D\nResearch and Development\nSaaS\nSoftware as a Service\nSDG\nSustainable Development Goal\nSME\nSmall- and Medium-sized Enterprise\nSSP\nStand-alone Selling Price\nSUV\nSport Utility Vehicle\nAbbreviation Full Name\nTCO\nTotal Cost of Ownership\nTWS\nTrue Wireless Stereo\nUNESCO\nUnited Nations Educational, Scientific \nand Cultural Organization\nUNGP\nUN Guiding Principles on Business and \nHuman Rights\nVR\nVirtual Reality\nWAN\nWide Area Network\n\n\nHUAWEI INVESTMENT & HOLDING CO., LTD.\nHuawei Industrial Base\nShenzhen, PRC\n518129\nTel: +86-755-28780808\nwww.huawei.com\nDownload:\n and are trademarks or registered trademarks of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.\nOther trademarks and product, service, and company names mentioned are the property of their respective owners.\nGENERAL DISCLAIMER\nTHE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT MAY CONTAIN PREDICTIVE STATEMENTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, STATEMENTS REGARDING FUTURE FINANCIAL RESULTS, OPERATING \nRESULTS, FUTURE PRODUCT PORTFOLIOS, AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES. 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