This year's strategic direction has also been set, with Shanghai accounting for two of the "world's largest" projects. Huawei has announced its layout in Shanghai, including company, enterprise, and global
Shanghai Yuke Information Technology Co., Ltd. has been deeply involved in the digital field for nearly ten years. However, the company's general manager, Cao Yubao, admitted, "A few years ago, although the company also had contracted customers, they were all small and micro enterprises, and their development has been lukewarm." At the same time, Cao Yubao saw that many colleagues chose to become Huawei partners, and through technology empowerment, their development has been thriving. So we chose to cooperate with Huawei, and at the same time, we entered a fast lane of development. From then on, Yuke's customers went from Shanghai Global Port to Pinduoduo, and so on.
On July 3rd, Huawei China's first stop in Shanghai arrived in Hongkou District, where Yuke Information made an appearance and told the story of the company's transformation. With the acceleration of the intelligence wave, digitalization is beginning to spread rapidly to leading small and medium-sized enterprises, and will bring huge business opportunities. According to the prediction of the Internet Data Center, the annual IT investment growth rate of small and medium-sized enterprises will remain above 12%.
"In recent years of development, everyone has formed a consensus that whether it is a large enterprise or a small and medium-sized enterprise, there must be good methods for development. The recognized methods now are digitization, informatization, and intelligence," said Qiu Heng, Chief Marketing Officer of Huawei's China Government and Enterprise.
It is understood that one of Huawei's new strategic directions this year is to increase investment in the small and medium-sized enterprise market. Small and medium-sized enterprises play an important role in the economy, society, and other aspects. There are over 40 million small and medium-sized enterprises in China with a significant demand for digital transformation. This year, Huawei has launched more than 60 marketable new products and more than 30 "small yet beautiful" solutions for key industries, focusing on "putting partners at the center", building a digital collaborative service system, and jointly expanding the commercial market.
The Huawei commercial exhibition vehicle located on site showcases Huawei's research and development investment and industrial cooperation in Shanghai. Huawei has been rooted in Shanghai for 25 years. During the 13th Five Year Plan period, Huawei drove Shanghai's GDP to about 95 billion yuan and created employment for 343000 people.
Currently, Huawei has two research and development centers and one representative office in Shanghai. The Pudong Jinqiao R&D Center covers an area of 400 acres and currently has 19000 employees engaged in research and development in fields such as 5G, chips, and high-end mobile phones; The Qingpu R&D Center under construction has a total investment of 10 billion yuan, covers an area of 2400 acres, plans to have 30000 employees, and will carry out research and development work in fields such as AI and chips. After completion, it will become Huawei's largest R&D center in the world; The Huawei Shanghai Representative Office is located on the North Bund of Hongkou, with over 1000 employees, of whom 60% are engaged in technical work, providing professional information services for Shanghai government, enterprises, operators, and consumers.
In addition, Huawei has 195 brand authorized stores in Shanghai, and its flagship store in Nanjing Road Walkway is Huawei's largest flagship store in the world, with a business area of nearly 5000 square meters.
The reporter also learned that during the 2023 World Artificial Intelligence Conference, Huawei will collaborate with more than 20 large model research and development units to jointly launch a large model innovation ceremony based on Ascend AI, accelerating the research and application innovation of various large models. At the same time, Huawei will also collaborate with partners to release an integrated solution for the training and promotion of Ascend AI large models, addressing industry pain points such as high development and application costs, long cycles, and high technical difficulties, and promoting the implementation and application of large models in various industries.
