'Smartphone devices are but a small part of Huawei,' Fu said.

The US' blacklisting of Huawei during the past two years left its smartphone business weaker than ever, but it hasn't shocked the company to its core, Fu Liang, a Beijing-based telecom industry expert, told the Global Times on Monday. Huawei shipped 13.5 million smartphones in China in the first quarter, a 50-percent decline from the prior year, while the four other top vendors (Vivo, Oppo, Xiaomi and Apple) experienced double-digit growth, according to figures from market research firm Canalys. The damage of the US' two-year clampdown is severe and clear. Such a direction was seen by analysts as a self-rescue measure after the telecom giant's smartphone unit suffered from the US' crackdown, under which crucial supply of chips for the company was banned. A view of a Huawei store in Central China's Henan Province in November 2020 Photo: cnsphotoĬhinese tech giant Huawei is further stepping up what analysts call self-rescue efforts, as it unveiled a batch of new innovation plans to build its independent ecosystems on Monday, which marks the second anniversary of the US' blacklisting - in what appears to be a show of resilience and defiance amid the lingering political crackdown.Īt its ecosystem conference 2021 in Shenzhen, Huawei Rotating Chairman Eric Xu Zhijun said that the company will emphasize the upgrading of six self-developed digital technology ecosystems - Kunpeng, Ascend, HMS, HarmonyOS, Huawei Cloud and MDC (Mobile Data Center).

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