Founded in 1987, Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications

Growing the industry.
 At the strategic level, we 
closely follow macro trends and issues affecting 
our industry, and meet regularly with industry 
leaders to discuss challenges and solutions for 
digital transformation.
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Working together.
 We are leveraging our 
platform strengths and working with partners who 
complement our capabilities to cultivate robust 
end-to-end value chains and thriving ecosystems 
for a more healthy and resilient industry.
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Sharing value.
 We want to serve as the glue 
that holds ecosystems together and the catalyst 
that drives ecosystem success. We aim to unite 
as many people and companies as possible to 
create a healthy ecosystem and advance the digital 
economy.

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2020 Annual Report
 
       
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The 6th GIO Roundtable during HUAWEI CONNECT 2020
Key Progress and Industry Contributions
As of the end of 2020, Huawei is an active member 
of more than 600 industry organizations, including 
standards organizations, industry alliances, open 
source communities, and academic associations. 
Within these organizations, we hold more than 400 
key positions. We serve as a member of the board 
or executive committee in 3GPP, ETSI, IETF, IIC, IEEE 
SA, the Linux Foundation, CCSA, AII, TM Forum, WFA, 
WWRF, CNCF, OpenInfra (formerly OpenStack), LFN, 
LFDL, IFAA, GP, CUVA, VRIF, and BBF.
Huawei plays an active role in many industry 
organizations. With our innovative technologies, we 
help the industry grow, and promote international 
cooperation. We also focus on customers’ specific 
business needs. We create resources to help implement 
industry projects including 5G, AI, industrial Internet, 
video, broad Internet of Vehicles (IoV), and intelligent 
computing. To ensure the success of these projects, 
we offer architectures, pathways, and best practices 
for digital transformation; as well as test beds, new 
business models, case studies, open source code, and 
developers. We also encourage industry organizations 
to work together and innovate with partners, so that 
our customers can build the digital edge for success in 
their own business.
We help create mechanisms for dialogue and 
exchange at the senior level, including with industry 
organizations, think tanks, academic researchers, and 
corporate representatives. This gives industry leaders 
a chance to explore how to make AI inclusive and use 
the certainties of technology to address the uncertainty 
of the future. We analyze digital transformation trends, 
key topics, and crucial areas of collaboration, and help 
build industry consensus.
Working with our industry partners worldwide, 
we have offered national governments advice 
and recommendations on industrial policies for 
ICT adoption and digital transformation. We help 
governments introduce reasonable industrial policies 
that are necessary to support inclusive economic 
growth for their country.
In partnership with leading industry organizations, we 
continue to organize Global Industry Organizations 
(GIO) roundtables, which are an opportunity for global 
dialogue, exchange, and cooperation between ICT and 
vertical industry organizations in various domains. 
Within the GIO, we have set up working groups on 
three topics: smart manufacturing, digital health, and 
autonomous digital infrastructure. We have organized 
a series of workshops and roundtables, and have 
created an expert advisory committee. Together, 
GIO participants share insights into industry trends, 
identify disconnects and problems different industries 
face during digital transformation, and find new 
ways for industry organizations to collaborate across 
different domains, so that we can accelerate digital 
transformation for every industry.
Standards 
Organizations