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Laomei's consistent logic in the field of science and technology is that only she can lead, and whoever others lead, suppress whomever it is. Before there were Japanese semiconductor companies, then there was French Alstom, once the industry leader, all of which were suppressed by Lao Mei in various ways.
In recent years, due to Huawei's absolute leadership in the 5G field, Laomei has suppressed it. Four consecutive rounds of export restrictions have had a great impact on Huawei's mobile phone business.
Once Huawei mobile phones were known as the light of domestic products, sales once reached the highest in the world, high-end models can compete with Apple. Although Huawei's Kirin 5G chip is powerful, it cannot be manufactured in China, and without 5G chips, Huawei can only produce 4G mobile phones. In the case of 5G mobile phones becoming the general trend, 4G mobile phones have undoubtedly lost competitiveness, and finally can only sell the glory brand, no longer taking mobile phone sales as the main source of revenue.
In 2022, according to statistics, Huawei's share in the global mobile phone sales list fell to the tenth place. The total sales volume of 28 million units, only more than one-tenth of the first place Samsung, and more than 100 million less than the third ranked Xiaomi.
Fortunately, after strategic adjustment, Huawei has gradually come out of the predicament. Lao Mei's suppression of the mainland's high-tech industry is endless, and Huawei's experience is only a microcosm of the various unreasonable treatment suffered by mainland enterprises. At the beginning of this year, Laomei added mainland Inspur Group, Fourth Paradigm, Loongson Zhongke, Huada Gene and other entities into the "entity list". So far, Laomei has included more than 600 Chinese units and individuals in the "entity list", of which more than 30 involve Huawei.
However, unlike Japan and France, Chinese has always been more and more courageous. Huawei has long been prepared to be restricted by the old United States one day, and has been insisting on R&D investment, and the restrictions on the export list have only accelerated the pace of their independent research and development.
Recently, Huawei held the award ceremony of the "Problem Unveiling" Spark Award. At the ceremony, Ren Zhengfei said that in 2022, Huawei's R&D investment will reach 23.8 billion US dollars, and it will continue to increase R&D investment.
In the past three years, although it has been sanctioned by the old United States, affecting the mobile phone business, Huawei has also achieved the research and development of more than 13,000 devices and the replacement of more than 4,000 circuit boards, and now it can be replaced by domestic parts. When Huawei was founded, it also purchased a large number of products from abroad, especially the United States. Because at that time, the United States did represent the most advanced level of scientific and technological development and semiconductor manufacturing, and to use the best, we must use the United States. But Laomei can't watch Huawei's development exceed their company, so it is necessary to suppress it. Huawei has also foreseen this and has been insisting on independent research and development for many years, and its R&D investment has continued to grow.
Huawei's "Problem Unveiling" is designed to select the scientific research projects that have the greatest potential to solve frontline production difficulties and reward scholars who have made contributions. The award-winning achievements include algorithms, network bandwidth, cloud computing and other fields, which are all urgently needed innovation achievements in the current technological development.
Ren Zhengfei also said that in the future, Huawei may learn from Google and develop artificial intelligence. He believes that in the future, artificial intelligence will be used more in factories and farms, and the direct human-machine communication part is actually very small. Artificial intelligence in industry and agriculture is inseparable from 5G networks, and this is where Huawei comes in.
In this regard, foreign media also said that "the myth of the United States is over." In fact, the so-called "American myth" is nothing more than the old United States using technological advantages to crush other countries, coupled with hegemony to obtain benefits. They have always attached importance to the development of science and technology, and started very early, first using preferential treatment to attract elite talents from all over the world to the United States, accumulating a large number of patents. Then the results of scientific research are transformed into products for global marketing and harvested around the world, which is the truth of the American myth that many people have.
In order to consolidate their own position, they naturally do not see that other countries have more advanced technology than themselves, because this will affect their monopoly position, so they often use higher forces to suppress other countries and pave the way for their own enterprises.
In addition to China, Laomei has also included more than 1,000 companies from other countries in the "Entity List". 70% of them are Chinese, Russian and Middle Eastern countries, and a small number are European countries. This double-standard approach can be said to have vividly embodied targeted suppression.
China has Huawei, but it's not just Huawei. Laomei's suppression has only accelerated the mainland's research and development process in various high-tech fields. Without Laomei, China's enterprises are still developing normally, and even reaching a more advanced level, China is breaking the "myth" of Laomei one by one.
For example, the "Tianwen-1" probe successfully landed on Mars, and there have been traces of Chinese on Mars since then; The ultra-high-speed wind tunnel developed by the mainland has been twenty years ahead of the United States. Chinese astronauts are not allowed to enter the International Space Station, but we have the "Tiangong", which is also the only International Space Station currently in operation; Recently, Northwestern Polytechnical University also developed a "drone that never lands" ... In many areas, although we started late, we have achieved international leadership.
In the field of "stuck neck" chip manufacturing, with quantum chips, photonic chips, and stacking technologies, it is expected to achieve corner overtaking, bypass the restrictions on EUV lithography machines in the US-Dutch agreement, and independently produce advanced process chips including 5G mobile phone chips.
Summary:
Although it was subjected to four rounds of sanctions by the old United States, Huawei did not slump like Alstom in the past, but did a lot of independent research and development to replace it. China's high-tech development is breaking the "American myth" again and again. Lao Mei's patronizing "pulling lists" instead of putting energy into research and development can only prompt Chinese companies to completely abandon illusions and get rid of dependence on imported products.