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Ren Zhengfei

The latest news and updates on Ren Zhengfei, the visionary founder and CEO of Huawei Technologies, a global leader in telecommunications equipment and smartphones. A former engineer in the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, he established Huawei in 1987, steering its remarkable growth to become a multinational technology giant. His leadership, often described as disciplined and paternalistic, has fostered a culture of dedication and innovation, with a strong emphasis on research and development. While acknowledging Huawei’s Ascend chips currently lag behind US counterparts, he remains confident in China’s path to technological self-sufficiency. His strategic direction has been pivotal to Huawei’s international success.

Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies is on trial in New York on criminal charges after eight years of legal wrangling with the US government. Photo: Shutterstock

US-China relations

Huawei’s US trial puts jury to the test amid China, Iran links

Huawei racketeering trial in US enters second day of testimony

11 Sep 2026 - 6:30AM

US-China relations

Huawei goes on trial in US for racketeering after nearly decade of litigation

10 Sep 2026 - 8:23AMvideocam

Huawei

Huawei, HP settle disputes with multi-year Wi-fi patent cross-licensing deal

Huawei has been pushing for the monetisation of its patent portfolio to generate returns on its investments in research and development.

26 Aug 2026 - 6:43PM

Huawei

Huawei’s Tau Scaling Law: a new path amid US sanctions

Company founder Ren Zhengfei says the new framework is crucial for survival, enabling chip advancements without EUV lithography.

24 Jul 2026 - 10:30PM

Semiconductors

SMIC founder warns against ‘blind pursuit’ of cutting-edge nodes

Richard Chang’s rare public remarks highlight importance of mature chips to China’s supply chain security.

12 May 2026 - 7:51AM

Semiconductors

Huawei’s chip research gains attention ahead of Trump visit to China

Tech giant’s advances in AI and semiconductors reflect Beijing’s push for tech breakthroughs and self-sufficiency amid US sanctions.

11 May 2026 - 8:30PM

Huawei’s chip progress is being closely watched for signs of China’s ability to overcome Western export restrictions. Photo: Shutterstock

Hong Kong stock market

China’s ChiNext Index up 3.5% as global semiconductor rally broadens

Tech-heavy index breaches the 3,900-point mark amid strong signals from Beijing that it is committed to chip self-sufficiency.

11 May 2026 - 5:11PM

US-China tech war

‘Horrible’ for US if DeepSeek AI models run on Huawei chips: Nvidia CEO

DeepSeek on Huawei chips could help China – powered by ‘abundant’ energy and large pool of researchers – catch up with US in AI: Nvidia CEO.

17 Apr 2026 - 6:00PM

Huawei

Huawei hails Ascend AI ecosystem as Atlas 900 supernode rolls out

Chairwoman Meng Wanzhou hails company’s breakthroughs in 2025, vowing to take advantage of ‘strategic opportunities’ in AI.

30 Dec 2025 - 1:06PM

The Huawei booth at the Mobile World Congress in Shanghai, June 26, 2024. Photo: AFP

Artificial intelligence

Sea change: China narrows AI gap with US 3 years after ChatGPT shock

The turning point came when DeepSeek released its V3 and R1 models, which were on par with OpenAI’s GPT and Meta’s Llama models at the time.

14 Dec 2025 - 12:57AM

Huawei

Huawei bolsters AI ambitions with foundation model unit, recruits global talent

In a recruitment ad posted in October, the Shenzhen-based firm said it was building a world-class AI team, wooing global talent.

12 Dec 2025 - 6:00PM

Huawei

Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei sees divergence in US and China AI strategies

US focusing on supercomputing power while China is adopting a more practical approach to solve real-world problems, says Ren Zhengfei.

8 Dec 2025 - 9:13AM

Artificial intelligence

Tech war: Huawei bets on AI tech to squeeze more performance from GPUs

Huawei to debut AI infrastructure software that it says can lift GPU and NPU use to about 70 per cent, cutting China’s Nvidia reliance.

17 Nov 2025 - 2:00PM

Huawei’s CloudMatrix 384 system with Ascend 910 AI processors are displayed at the company’s booth at the World Internet Conference. Photo: Reuters

Artificial intelligence

Nvidia’s Huang says China is ‘nanoseconds’ behind in AI chips

Jensen Huang, head of Nvidia, says China is close behind the US in AI chips, marking a stark contrast to Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei’s views earlier this year.

29 Sep 2025 - 5:00PM

Artificial intelligence

How Huawei and DeepSeek are tending the garden of China’s AI aspirations

Amid growing AI rivalry with the US, the two companies are leading China’s drive to shake off the nation’s dependence on Nvidia processors.

27 Sep 2025 - 11:28AM

Huawei

Huawei’s Ren Zhengfei, Dongfeng Motor’s Yang Qing talk deeper EV collaboration

Dongfeng and Huawei ‘will collaborate in product definition, intelligent technologies and marketing’, the state-owned carmaker says.

23 Sep 2025 - 8:00PM

Huawei

Human-level AI to propel tech progress in the next decade: Huawei

The Chinese tech giant also projects a 100,000-fold increase in global computing power by 2035.

17 Sep 2025 - 6:00PMvideocam

China Future Tech briefing

Semiconductors | China chipmakers seek to loosen Nvidia’s AI stranglehold

Huawei and Cambricon are among Chinese companies trying to challenge Nvidia as export bans on the chip giant’s most advanced processors stoke government efforts to pare reliance on US technology.

26 Aug 2025 - 3:40PM

Artificial intelligence

My Take | DeepSeek’s data format innovation fans fresh hopes of more disruption

DeepSeek’s incremental progress is significant as it has created a new trajectory for China to achieve AI supremacy.

26 Aug 2025 - 7:00AM

Semiconductors

Bargaining chip: Nvidia’s efforts to please US and China get harder

The world’s most valuable company by market cap finds itself in the centre of trade negotiations between Beijing and Washington.

16 Aug 2025 - 12:00PM

Nvidia has become a bargaining chip in US-China trade negotiations. Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

Huawei

Huawei’s Ren Zhengfei shares EV sector insights with Changan Automobile chairman

The meeting reflects how Chinese industry leaders look to Ren for possible direction, as Trump’s tariffs disrupt global trade.

11 Aug 2025 - 9:00PM

Huawei Technologies founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei, left and Changan Automobile chairman Zhu Huarong. Photo: SCMP

US-China tech war

Nvidia chips in China mark tactical shift in US tech war

Jensen Huang praised China’s AI developers after convincing the White House to scrap an export ban that had hobbled Nvidia’s ability to compete with Huawei in its home market.

16 Jul 2025 - 5:00PM

Semiconductors

Stanford-educated expert leads new semiconductor school in China

Wuhan University’s School of Integrated Circuits has teamed up with China’s top memory chipmaker to overcome US tech curbs.

11 Jul 2025 - 7:00PM

Artificial intelligence

China catching up fast with US in algorithms: ex-Microsoft AI head

While the US is still far ahead in AI chip technology, China is following very closely in algorithms, says computer scientist Harry Shum.

29 Jun 2025 - 7:00AM

Harry Shum Heung-yeung, former head of AI and research at Microsoft, speaks at an economic summit hosted by the HKU Business School on Friday. Photo: Handout

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Ren Zhengfei

Huawei’s US trial puts jury to the test amid China, Iran links

More than 80 questions sought to uncover potential biases in the landmark criminal case against the Chinese tech giant.

Huawei racketeering trial in US enters second day of testimony

Huawei goes on trial in US for racketeering after nearly decade of litigation

Huawei, HP settle disputes with multi-year Wi-fi patent cross-licensing deal

Huawei has been pushing for the monetisation of its patent portfolio to generate returns on its investments in research and development.

Huawei’s Tau Scaling Law: a new path amid US sanctions

Company founder Ren Zhengfei says the new framework is crucial for survival, enabling chip advancements without EUV lithography.

SMIC founder warns against ‘blind pursuit’ of cutting-edge nodes

Richard Chang’s rare public remarks highlight importance of mature chips to China’s supply chain security.

Huawei’s chip research gains attention ahead of Trump visit to China

Tech giant’s advances in AI and semiconductors reflect Beijing’s push for tech breakthroughs and self-sufficiency amid US sanctions.

China’s ChiNext Index up 3.5% as global semiconductor rally broadens

Tech-heavy index breaches the 3,900-point mark amid strong signals from Beijing that it is committed to chip self-sufficiency.

‘Horrible’ for US if DeepSeek AI models run on Huawei chips: Nvidia CEO

DeepSeek on Huawei chips could help China – powered by ‘abundant’ energy and large pool of researchers – catch up with US in AI: Nvidia CEO.

Huawei hails Ascend AI ecosystem as Atlas 900 supernode rolls out

Chairwoman Meng Wanzhou hails company’s breakthroughs in 2025, vowing to take advantage of ‘strategic opportunities’ in AI.

Sea change: China narrows AI gap with US 3 years after ChatGPT shock

The turning point came when DeepSeek released its V3 and R1 models, which were on par with OpenAI’s GPT and Meta’s Llama models at the time.

Huawei bolsters AI ambitions with foundation model unit, recruits global talent

In a recruitment ad posted in October, the Shenzhen-based firm said it was building a world-class AI team, wooing global talent.

Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei sees divergence in US and China AI strategies

US focusing on supercomputing power while China is adopting a more practical approach to solve real-world problems, says Ren Zhengfei.

Tech war: Huawei bets on AI tech to squeeze more performance from GPUs

Huawei to debut AI infrastructure software that it says can lift GPU and NPU use to about 70 per cent, cutting China’s Nvidia reliance.

Nvidia’s Huang says China is ‘nanoseconds’ behind in AI chips

Jensen Huang, head of Nvidia, says China is close behind the US in AI chips, marking a stark contrast to Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei’s views earlier this year.

How Huawei and DeepSeek are tending the garden of China’s AI aspirations

Amid growing AI rivalry with the US, the two companies are leading China’s drive to shake off the nation’s dependence on Nvidia processors.

Huawei’s Ren Zhengfei, Dongfeng Motor’s Yang Qing talk deeper EV collaboration

Dongfeng and Huawei ‘will collaborate in product definition, intelligent technologies and marketing’, the state-owned carmaker says.

Human-level AI to propel tech progress in the next decade: Huawei

The Chinese tech giant also projects a 100,000-fold increase in global computing power by 2035.

.css-1f6sr3w{color:#727272;}Semiconductors | China chipmakers seek to loosen Nvidia’s AI stranglehold

Huawei and Cambricon are among Chinese companies trying to challenge Nvidia as export bans on the chip giant’s most advanced processors stoke government efforts to pare reliance on US technology.

.css-1pcrwvc{color:#2aa191;}My Take | DeepSeek’s data format innovation fans fresh hopes of more disruption

DeepSeek’s incremental progress is significant as it has created a new trajectory for China to achieve AI supremacy.

Bargaining chip: Nvidia’s efforts to please US and China get harder

The world’s most valuable company by market cap finds itself in the centre of trade negotiations between Beijing and Washington.

Huawei’s Ren Zhengfei shares EV sector insights with Changan Automobile chairman

The meeting reflects how Chinese industry leaders look to Ren for possible direction, as Trump’s tariffs disrupt global trade.

Nvidia chips in China mark tactical shift in US tech war

Jensen Huang praised China’s AI developers after convincing the White House to scrap an export ban that had hobbled Nvidia’s ability to compete with Huawei in its home market.

Stanford-educated expert leads new semiconductor school in China

Wuhan University’s School of Integrated Circuits has teamed up with China’s top memory chipmaker to overcome US tech curbs.

China catching up fast with US in algorithms: ex-Microsoft AI head

While the US is still far ahead in AI chip technology, China is following very closely in algorithms, says computer scientist Harry Shum.

Semiconductors | China chipmakers seek to loosen Nvidia’s AI stranglehold

My Take | DeepSeek’s data format innovation fans fresh hopes of more disruption