Huawei "Leading Digital Infrastructure Construction... Continuing Innovation"

Huawei announced on the 21st that it held a session titled "Striding Towards the Intelligent World" at the Huawei Global Analyst Summit 2023 (HAS 2023).

Feng Song, President of Huawei ICT Strategy and Marketing, who delivered the keynote speech that day, said, "The digital economy has established itself as a key driver of global economic growth," adding, "As digital technology is widely applied to production scenarios across various industries, data is emerging as a new factor of production, and social productivity will be dramatically improved." Feng also stated, "In a situation where the importance of digital infrastructure is increasing, Huawei is committed to advancing communication, computing, and storage capabilities that enhance data transmission, processing, and storage efficiency through collaboration to boost digital productivity and accelerate the digital economy."

Peng Song, President of Huawei ICT Strategy and Marketing Division
[Photo by Huawei]

He then introduced three main approaches Huawei is focusing on to build leading digital infrastructure. First, Huawei is striving to build innovative transmission facilities powered by 5.5G, F5.5G, and Net5.5G, supporting Internet of Things (IoT) services that connect hundreds of billions of devices and provide user experiences of 10Gbps with these cutting-edge technologies. Huawei is continuously developing robust computing infrastructure to promote innovation in various computing fields such as general-purpose computing and artificial intelligence (AI) computing. The company is actively developing cloud-native applications that can store more data, transmit it quickly, and use it efficiently, while also working on building stable storage facilities. Feng stated, "Huawei will continue to innovate so that customers can build leading digital infrastructure and accelerate their journey towards an intelligent world."

At the session, various industry and academic experts attended to discuss industry trends and directions that companies should focus on when driving digital transformation. Wang Zhiqin, Vice President of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), introduced the top 10 trends in the information and communications technology (ICT) industry this year, saying, "Today, the digital economy has entered a stage of data-driven qualitative growth, supported by established digital governance and security systems. High-quality ICT development will promote healthy and prosperous digital economic growth."

Following this, Sun Zhengyun, Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of the China Energy Research Society, shared cases of digital transformation in power grid companies supporting China’s carbon peak and carbon neutrality strategies. He explained that by integrating digital technology with existing power technologies, power grid companies will build middle platform architectures, realize data value, and create intelligent services, thereby promoting development not only for enterprises but also for the overall economy. Additionally, Li Fuchang, Director of the Wireless Technology Research Center at China Unicom Research Institute, presented on accelerating industrial digital transformation through 5.5G, and Feng Dan, Dean of the School of Computer Science and Technology at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, introduced the current status of diskless data center architecture and edge computing processing advancements.