Huawei says it鈥檚 never been asked to spy
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CHINA’S telecommunications equipment giant Huawei supports the Communist Party and loves the country, its CEO said yesterday, but stressed that the government had never asked it to spy on the United States or others.
Ren Zhengfei, a former People’s Liberation Army engineer, founded the company in 1987 and it has risen to rank among the world’s top manufacturers of network equipment.
But his PLA service has led to rumors about its close links with the Chinese military and government, which Huawei has consistently denied.
Asked about the issue in a rare public appearance at the World Economic Forum, Ren said through an interpreter: “We are a Chinese company, we definitely advocate the Communist Party of China.
“We love our country,” he added. “But having said that, we definitely will not compromise the interest of any other country or government. We comply with laws and regulations in every country we do business in.”
Asked whether the government has ever asked him to use the company’s network to tap into US facilities, he responded: “We have never received such a request from the Chinese government.”
He also suggested Huawei’s technology would not be up to such a task: “There’s no way we can possibly penetrate into other people’s systems.”
The US has long seen Huawei as a security threat, while Washington and Australia have barred it from involvement in broadband projects.
Ren said its openness was a key reason it has become the world’s top power and stressed he never thought it had treated Huawei unfairly.
Huawei operates in 170 countries and the company says a third of the world’s population communicate using its products in some way.
It is the world’s second largest network equipment supplier behind Sweden’s Ericsson, and has made a large push into smartphones in recent years.
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