On the first page of the People's diary (RenMin Ribao), an interview with Ren Zheng Feie, founder and president of Huawei appeared on June 10.
This interview was reprinted by major Chinese media. What's amazing about that?
The first page of the "Popular Journal" of the KPCh body is usually reserved for president Xi and members of the Political Office. Ren is not a associate of China's highest authority.
The most crucial thoughts of Ren Zhengfeia, founder of Huawei, included in an interview:
An attitude toward external difficulties and pressure
- “Don’t think about difficulties – just act” (干就完了): Ren stresses that alternatively of analyzing problems, focus on gradually overcoming challenges.
- Historical examples (e.g. the Stone Age) show that humanity has always faced difficulties, but through perseverance progressed.
Technology and competition with the US
- Huawei inactive lags behind the US for advanced chips: Ren admits that Huawei's individual systems are of a generation weaker than the US, but the company compensates:
- “Mathematics replace physics” (e.g. performance-enhancing algorithms).
- “We replace Moore’s law with non-silicon technologies” (use of union semiconductors).
- "We replace individual systems with cluster calculations" (e.g. CloudMatrix 384) solutions.
- Software is simply a key advantage: It cannot be "suffocated" – it is based on mathematics and open ecosystems.
Basic investigation – the foundation of the future
- "Without basic investigation there are no breakthroughs": Ren warns that without investment in theoretical discipline China will never catch up with the US.
- Long-term perspective: Basic investigation requires patience (e.g. discovery of vitamin C in fruits cili It took decades).
- Huawei allocates CNY 60 billion per year for theoretical investigation without waiting for immediate profits.
Support for researchers
- “Scientists are lonely, they request strategical patience”: Ren emphasizes that society must respect researchers, even if their work seems abstract (examples: Tu Youyou, Huang Dandan).
- Huawei created a platform "Huang Danish Tea-Thinking Room"where scientists can exchange ideas.
China's improvement model
- "Socialism serves social progress": Ren praises the Chinese model of investment in infrastructure (high-speed railways, power grids) which are not straight profitable but drive modernisation.
- Openness as a motor for development"The more open the country, the more it drives our progress."
AI's future and China's lead
- AI is the last technological revolution: Ren believes China has an advantage thanks to:
- Young talent (hundreds of millions).
- Advanced infrastructure (energy networks, east Data, Western Computing project).
- “Don’t worry about chips”: With cluster solutions, China is catching up.
Ren Zhengfei connects pragmatism (focus on action) with foresight (investments in science).
Its imagination is based on synergies between state, business and science, where openness and a socialist improvement model are intended to give China a leading position in future technologies.
Author: 梁安基 Andrzej Z. Liang, 上海 Shanghai, 中国 China
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Editorial: Leszek B.
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