Shanghai Securities News reporter Shi Na photographed
Shanghai Securities News China Securities Network News (reporter Qiu Dekun Shi Na Zhang Qingzhi) On the afternoon of March 28, Huawei held a press conference for its 2021 annual report. Meng Wanzhou, vice chairman and CFO of Huawei, introduced that facing the future, Huawei will continue to increase R&D investment, with 142.7 billion yuan in R&D investment in 2021, accounting for 22.4% of the annual revenue. From 2011 to 2021, Huawei's cumulative R&D expenditure exceeded 845 billion yuan.
The "EU 2021 Industrial R&D Scoreboard" shows that Huawei's R&D investment is the second in the world. As of December 31, 2021, Huawei held more than 45,000 valid authorized patents (more than 110,000) worldwide, more than 90% of patents were invention patents, and about 107,000 people engaged in research and development, accounting for about 54.8% of the company's total number.