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SHENZHEN, China, April 19, 2023 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

Huawei kicked off its 20th annual Global Analyst Summit (HAS) today in

Shenzhen. The summit was attended by more than 1,000 industry analysts,

financial analysts, key opinion leaders, and media representatives from around

the world, who gathered to discuss the status of the ICT industry, including

development strategies, roadmaps for digital transformation, and future

industry trends.

Sabrina Meng, Huawei's Deputy Chairwoman, Rotating Chairwoman, and CFO, opened

with a keynote. "Digitalization is a blue ocean for the whole industry," she

said. "Huawei will keep investing in domains like connectivity, computing,

storage, and cloud."

"We aim to provide our customers with digital infrastructure that has the

simplest possible architecture with the highest possible quality – that

delivers the best possible experience at the lowest possible costs. Our goal is

to help organizations go digital in four stages: digitizing operations,

building digital platforms, enabling platform-based intelligence, and putting

intelligence to use. The time is ripe to thrive together in this new and

exciting digital future."

Meng went on to share three major takeaways from Huawei's nearly 10 years of

digital transformation experience. "First, strategy is essential. At its

essence, digital transformation is about strategic planning and strategic

choices. Any successful digital transformation has to be driven by strategy,

not technology."

"Second, data is the foundation," she continued. "Data only creates value when

it flows across an organization, so methodical data governance is key.

Integrating data across different dimensions will create even greater value."

"Third, intelligence is the destination. Data is redefining productivity.

Digitizing operations and building digital platforms helps clean, visualize,

and aggregate data, laying the foundation for digital transformation. Putting

intelligence to use makes data on-demand, easier to understand, and actionable,

taking digital transformation to the next level."

Dr. Zhou Hong, President of Huawei's Institute of Strategic Research, also

spoke at the event. He shared Huawei's hypotheses and visions for a future

intelligent world, detailing how we can transform experience into structured

knowledge, and lay the foundation for intelligence.

"Rethinking approaches to networks and computing is critical as we move towards

an intelligent world," said Zhou. "In networking, we have what it takes to move

beyond the limits of Shannon's theorems – as well as applications of his theory

– to drive a 100-fold increase in network capabilities over the next decade. In

computing, we will move towards new models, architectures, and components, and

improve our ability to both understand and control intelligence. We will also

continue to explore the use of AI for industry applications, science, and more."

The two keynotes were followed by a panel discussion on the role that digital

productivity plays in driving industry digitalization, the challenges

industries face in their digitalization process, recommended actions, as well

as expectations for industries in the process of building up their digital

productivity. The panelists included Li Peng, Chief Expert of China Southern

Power Grid Corporation and Managing Director of its Digital Power Grid Group;

Liang Yongji, Executive Director of Engineering & Technology at the Airport

Authority Hong Kong; Liu Hong, Head of Technology at GSMA in Greater China; and

Charles Ross, Principal of Technology and Society at Economist Impact.

2023 marks the annual Huawei Global Analyst Summit's 20-year anniversary. This

year's summit, along with a broad range of breakout sessions, takes place from

April 19 to 20.

For more information, please visit https://www.huawei.com/en/events/has

SOURCE: Huawei

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