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'''Ren Zhengfei''' (((zh|c=任正非)); born 25 October 1944) is a Chinese entrepreneur and engineer who is the founder and CEO of [[Huawei|Huawei Technologies]], the world's largest manufacturer of telecommunications equipment and second largest manufacturer of smartphones located in [[Shenzhen]], China.<ref>((cite web |title=Ren Zhengfei |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/ren-zhengfei/ |website=Forbes |language=en |access-date=11 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011183256/https://www.forbes.com/profile/ren-zhengfei/ |archive-date=11 October 2017 |url-status=live))</ref> Ren is a dedicated communist and has sought to ingrain [[Ideology of the Chinese Communist Party|CCP ideology]] in Huawei's management and [[corporate culture]].<ref name=":1" />((Rp|page=11)) Ren states that if a conflict between Huawei's interests and the CCP's interests arose, he would "choose the CCP whose interest is to [[Serve the People|serve the people]] and all human beings" and that he could not betray the principle of serving all human beings.<ref name=":1" />((Rp|page=11))

== Early life ==

Ren was born on October 25, 1944, in [[Zhenning Buyei and Miao Autonomous County|Zhenning County]], Guizhou.((sfnb|李洪文|2019|p=4)) His grandfather, Ren Sanhe (((zh|s=任三和|labels=no))), was a master chef who specialized in [[Curing (food preservation)|curing]] ham from Rendian Village (((zh|s=任店村|labels=no))), [[Pujiang County, Zhejiang|Pujiang County]], Zhejiang.((sfnb|李洪文|2019|p=2)) His father, Ren Musheng (((zh|s=任木生|labels=no))), with the courtesy name Moxun (((zh|s=摩逊|hp=Móxùn|labels=no))),((sfnb|李洪文|2019|p=3)) failed to complete university studies when Ren Zhengfei's grandfather died a year prior to his graduation.((sfnb|李洪文|2019|p=3))

During the [[Second Sino-Japanese War|Japanese occupation]], his father migrated south to [[Guangzhou]] to work in a military factory of the [[Nationalist government]] as an accounts clerk.((sfnb|李洪文|2019|p=3)) After 1949, his father was appointed as the president of No. 1 Middle School of [[Duyun]] (((zh|s=都匀一中|labels=no))), where he met Ren Zhengfei's mother Cheng Yuanzhao (((zh|s=程远昭|labels=no))), a senior teacher at the school;((sfnb|李洪文|2019|p=4)) his elder brother became a member of the CCP in 1958.((sfnb|李洪文|2019|p=5)) Ren has five younger sisters and one younger brother.((sfnb|李洪文|2019|p=2))

Ren's first wife was Meng Jun (孟军), the daughter of Meng Dongbo (孟东波), a former deputy governor of [[Sichuan]] Province. They had two children: daughter [[Meng Wanzhou]] (孟晚舟) and son Ren Ping (任平), both of whom initially took up their mother's surname Meng Ping (孟平).<ref name=":0">((Cite web |date=2018-12-06 |title=The tale of Huawei founder's daughters born 25 years apart |url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/2176660/why-two-daughters-huawei-founder-have-different-names-and-not-their |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207110644/https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/2176660/why-two-daughters-huawei-founder-have-different-names-and-not-their |archive-date=7 December 2018 |access-date=2018-12-07 |website=South China Morning Post))</ref> After their divorce, he married Yao Ling (((lang|zh|姚凌))), with whom he had another daughter, Annabel Yao, who is 25 years younger than Meng Wanzhou. As of December 2018, Annabel is a [[ballet dancer]] and a computer science student at [[Harvard University]] and made a high-profile debut at [[Le Bal des Débutantes]] in Paris in 2018.<ref name=":0" />

Despite being Huawei's CEO, Ren is a supporter of [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] and stated that the "iPhone has a good ecosystem and when my family are abroad, I still buy them iPhones, so one can't narrowly think love for Huawei should mean loving Huawei phones."<ref>((cite web |last1=Hanbury |first1=Mary |title=Huawei's CEO says he admires Apple and buys his family iPhones when they are not in China |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/huawei-founder-ren-zhengfei-buys-apple-iphones-2019-5 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929030550/https://www.businessinsider.com/huawei-founder-ren-zhengfei-buys-apple-iphones-2019-5 |archive-date=29 September 2019 |access-date=8 November 2019 |website=Business Insider))</ref><ref>((cite web |author1=Sarah Dai |author2=Meng Jing |author3=Zen Soo |date=22 May 2019 |title=Apple's China woes may worsen as Huawei ban nudges die-hard iPhone fans to switch sides |url=https://www.scmp.com/tech/apps-social/article/3011126/apples-china-woes-may-worsen-huawei-ban-nudges-die-hard-iphone |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108144101/https://www.scmp.com/tech/apps-social/article/3011126/apples-china-woes-may-worsen-huawei-ban-nudges-die-hard-iphone |archive-date=8 November 2019 |access-date=8 November 2019 |website=South China Morning))</ref> Ren's eldest daughter, Meng Wanzhou, is deputy chairperson and [[chief financial officer]] (CFO) of Huawei.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/business-46462858 Huawei finance chief Meng Wanzhou arrested in Canada] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206170423/https://www.bbc.com/news/business-46462858|date=6 December 2018)), BBC, 6 Dec 2018</ref>

=== Education ===

He spent his primary and junior high school years in the mountain village near his home.
In 1960, there was a serious famine in Guizhou Province.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=9)) At this time, Ren's family was starving.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=10)) In order to support his family, Ren implemented a strict system of food distribution in his family.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=10)) To cope with hunger, Ren often went to the mountains to pick wild fruits instead of grain.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=10))((sfn|余胜海|2017|p=73))

He always wore a single-layer coat due to poverty in high school.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=11)) In his third year of high school, no matter how hungry he was, he did not eat the rations of his family. Thanks to this, none of his brothers and sisters starved to death.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=11))((sfn|余胜海|2017|p=73)) To solve hunger, Ren mixed rice bran and vegetables together to eat, which he stopped when his father found out.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=11))((sfn|余胜海|2017|p=73)) With the Chinese [[gaokao]] approaching, Cheng Yuanzhao (程远昭) gave him a [[Cong you bing|scallion pancake]] every morning even though he was poor. Ren later thought the pancake was crucial to his future achievements.

In 1963, 19-year-old Ren Zhengfei was admitted to Chongqing Institute of Architectural Engineering (later merged into [[Chongqing University]]) to major in HVAC.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=12))((sfn|余胜海|2017|p=73)) Cheng Yuanzhao made him two white shirts and a pair of sheets, which accompanied him through four years of college.((sfn|余胜海|2017|p=73))

In 1966, when [[Mao Zedong]] launched the [[Cultural Revolution]], Ren, who was studying in college, received a letter mentioning that his father had been overthrown and criticized for his experience working in the [[Kuomintang|Kuomintang's]] 412 military factory.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=16))((sfn|余胜海|2017|p=73)) Ren boarded a train surrounded by [[Red Guards]] who were asking the passengers about their background. Because he replied that his father was a teacher, Ren was pushed off the train by them, so he had to walk home.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=17))((sfn|余胜海|2017|p=73))
Ren told his family that there were also "infights" in college, and basically no one took classes, but his father told him that knowledge was important and encouraged him to use it to help his brothers and sisters.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=18))((sfn|余胜海|2017|p=73))

After returning to college, Ren taught himself computers, digital technology, automatic control, logic, philosophy, and three foreign languages.((Citation needed|date=April 2023)) Ren collected leaflets and sent them to his mother to encourage his father who was in trouble. In one piece of paper, there is a passage from [[Zhou Enlai]] (周恩来): "[[Cadre system of the Chinese Communist Party|cadres]] should seek truth from facts. If they are not, do not admit it at random. Things will always be figured out." Cheng Yuanzhao passed this passage on to his father. Because of this note, his father didn't commit suicide.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=20)) In 1970, he obeyed the policy of all college students leaving school to join the army for training.

==Career history==
In 1968, Ren Zhengfei graduated from university and was assigned to the 304th Battalion of the 31st Detachment of the Infrastructure Engineering Corps in Anshun, which was founded in 1966, to participate in the construction of the aircraft factory of the 011 base.

In 1974, in order to build industrial modernization, he established Liaoyang Petrochemical Fiber General Factory in Liaoyang.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=20))

In the same year, Ren was drafted into the army and joined the 22nd detachment of the Chinese [[People's Liberation Army]] Infrastructure Engineering Corps, which is responsible for the construction of this project. He served as a technician and engineer, working on automation processes in the chemical industry.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=20))((sfn|余胜海|2017|p=74)) While serving in the PLA, Ren extensively studied Mao Zedong's writings, particularly ''[[Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung|Quotations of Chairman Mao]]'' and ''[[Selected Works of Mao Zedong]].''<ref name=":1" />((Rp|page=9)) He received several awards for his proficiency and excellence in [[Maoism|Maoist]] theory.<ref name=":1" />((Rp|page=9))

From October 8 to November 5, 1977, infrastructure engineers held a working meeting in Beijing. As a young technician, Ren won an award at the meeting for his successful development of air pressure balance.

In March 1978, 33-year-old Ren went to Beijing to attend the National Science Conference attended by more than 6000 delegates.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=22))((sfn|余胜海|2017|p=74)) The same year, Ren joined the CCP.<ref>((cite web |date=2019-01-16 |title=Huawei Ren Zhengfei talks about Meng Wanzhou case: miss his daughter, no "back door", Trump is "great" |url=https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-46889202 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190117033415/https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-46889202 |archive-date=2019-01-17 |access-date=2019-01-17 |newspaper=BBC中文网 |url-status=live))</ref> His prior attempts to join the CCP had been unsuccessful because his father had worked for the Nationalist government.<ref name=":1" />((Rp|page=54))

In 1982, the government of the [[People's Republic of China]] readjusted its economic and military system and reduced army. Because Ren is the backbone of technology, the leader is going to transfer him to a scientific research base. At this time, Ren's wife is already one step ahead of him to work in Shenzhen Southern Oil Group (深圳市南油 (集团)有限公司). Subsequently, he made a job transfer, ended 11 years of army life, and went south to Shenzhen with his sons and daughters.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=23))((sfn|余胜海|2017|p=75)) The same year, he attended the [[12th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party]].((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=22))((sfn|余胜海|2017|p=74)) After joining the Southern Oil Group, Ren could not stand the bureaucracy of some department leaders who were content with the status quo and did not want to make progress, and requested that one of the company's subsidiaries be handed over to him, but it was not approved.

In 1983, he was appointed deputy general manager of an electronics company owned by the group.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=23)) Soon after, Ren was cheated out of more than 2 million yuan by a businessman. at that time, his monthly salary in the mainland was less than 100 yuan. Ren's first job ended in resignation.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=23))((sfn|余胜海|2017|p=75)) After resigning, Ren divorced his wife, and he rented a house of no more than ten square meters with his parents and nephews.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=23))((sfn|余胜海|2017|p=75))

==Huawei ==
((Main|Huawei))

=== Establishment and Start ===
In 1987, Ren Zhengfei, 43, and his partners founded [[Shenzhen]] [[Huawei]] Technology Co., Ltd., which means "Having a Heart connected to [[China|Chunghua]], and making a difference" (心系中华，有所作为)".((sfn|余胜海|2017|p=75)) At the beginning of the establishment of the company, friends recommended him to make money as a tombstone with high profits, but Renc thought that the tombstone was not a long-term solution and gave up.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=27))

After the introduction of a friend, he began to sell industrial instruments, but due to the small order, it is not enough to maintain the normal operation of the company.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=27)) Later, Ren earned the first money for the company by selling HAX program-controlled switches on consignment.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=28)) At that time, the Chinese market was full of products from various countries. Faced with the gradual decline in switch prices and great competition, Ren made a decision to import components made in China and hire people to assemble small user exchanges.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=33))

He has been president of Huawei since 1988.<ref>((cite web|url=http://finance.ifeng.com/business/renwu/20130206/7650057.shtml |title=Ren Zhengfei, known as a generous cheapskate, once led his staff to make beds on the floor of the presidential suite. |website=Phoenix New Media |access-date=2013-02-21 |url-status=live |archive-date=2013-02-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130210051227/http://finance.ifeng.com/business/renwu/20130206/7650057.shtml))</ref>

In September 1991, Ren Zhengfei assembled Huawei program-controlled switch with his employees.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=35)) As Huawei's products are cheap, supply exceeds demand.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=36)) Because of the shortage of domestic parts, Ren continued to assemble products while starting research and development.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=36)) Like his employees, Ren eats and lives in the factory and makes soup for his employees in the evening.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=37)) Due to the long time of research and development and the shortage of expenditure, Ren had to borrow usury to maintain the normal operation of the company.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=38)) Soon, Ren promoted the new BH03 switch.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=39)) In order to solve the sales problem, he began to accept agents.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=41))

In 1992, Ren Zhengfei invited professors and students from [[Huazhong Technology University]] (华中科技大学), [[Tsinghua University]] and other universities to visit and visit China.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=45))

In early 1993, more than 270 Huawei employees held a 1992 summary meeting in a small auditorium in [[Shekou]], Shenzhen. Ren decided to use switches in the R & D Bureau to enter the field of public telephones and telecommunications.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=52)) At the meeting, he presented 100 gold medals to outstanding employees and the boss of [[Hongnian Company]] (鸿年公司) in [[Hong Kong]], which supported the start of the Huawei.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=52)) Ren poached Xu Wenwei (徐文伟) from the nearby Yilida Group (亿利达集团) and put him in charge of the [[Electronic hardware|hardware]].((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=59))

In May 1993, Ren Zhengfei presided over a meeting of marketing managers and officially launched the JK1000 office [[telephone]], after which more than 200 units were sold.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=70)) In order to seek talents, Ren also set up a "Talent recommendation Award". JK1000 products focus on the use of [[analog circuit]] technology rather than [[digital circuit]] technology, so that Ren tasted the mistake of not keeping up with the pace of the times.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=60)) At that time, the company was short of money, and Huawei's salary was half paid, and the other half was recorded in the account. Ren set up a "everyone shareholding system": converting half of his recorded wages into shares in Huawei, which can be exchanged for cash when he resigns.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=63))

In 1995, Ren invited many professors from [[People University of China]] (中国人民大学) to teach at Huawei.

In March 1996, Ren invited [[professors]] to form a Huawei basic Law drafting group.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=140)) The Huawei basic law was completed in 1998.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=140))

=== Acquisition of Harbor Network Company ===
In 1998, due to the contradiction between Li Yinan (李一男) and Ren Ping and Zheng Baoyong (郑宝用), Ren transferred him from the Central Research Department to take charge of the product department in charge of the market and served as the president of the marketing department.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=155)) Ren sent the vice president to communicate with him many times without success, but held a grand farewell meeting for him.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=156))

In 2002, in the face of Harbor Network Company grabbing the market and poaching people, Ren Zhengfei ordered to withdraw the agency granted by Huawei to Harbor Network to sell Huawei products, and set up a "hit Hong Kong Office" to block Harbor Network Company.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=177))

In 2005, Ren Zhengfei dug up all the voice teams of the Harbor Shenzhen Research Institute to Huawei for 1 million.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=182))

On May 10, 2006, Ren Zhengfei met with Li Yinan at Huawei 3COM headquarters in Hangzhou.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=183))

===Deal with Cisco===
In January 2003, [[Cisco|Cisco Systems]] hired an American lawyer to file a more than 70-page complaint against Huawei in Marshall Federal Court in Texas.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=168)) Ren held a high-level meeting and finally decided that "Only by daring to fight can we make peace, and to lose a little is to win. (敢打才能和，小输就是赢)"

=== Expand overseas markets ===
Ren Zhengfei aims at the international market in four steps: the first is the neighboring Hong Kong market, the second is [[Russia]] and [[South America]], the third is [[Southeast Asia]], the Middle East and [[Africa]], and the fourth is [[developed countries]].((sfn|余胜海|2017|p=244)) In order to enter the international market, Ren put forward the idea of "Huawei globalization": globalized management, globalized R & D, globalized talents, globalized sales and globalized corporate culture.((sfn|余胜海|2017|p=262))

Since 1996, Ren Zhengfei has successively hired [[IBM]] and other [[United States|American]] and [[United Kingdom|British]] [[companies]] to reform Huawei's R & D, supply chain, financial and market system, implementing the same integrated product development system, integrated supply chain, human resource management, financial management and quality control as IBM.((sfn|余胜海|2017|p=260))

In 1996, Ren led Huawei to compete in the international market, partnering with [[Li Ka-shing]]'s Hutchison Telecom: Huawei provided it with commercial network products with narrowband switches as its core products.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=187))((sfn|余胜海|2017|p=244))

In 1997, Ren sent a delegation to visit Russia. As early as three years ago, he aimed at the huge Russian market with economic difficulties and lack of industrial upgrading. On April 8, Ren went to [[Ufa]], Russia, to attend the signing ceremony of "BertoHuawei", a joint venture company between Huawei and Russia.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=195))

== Controversy and Concerns ==
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=== Suspected ties with Chinese Government ===

Ren's possible ties with the [[People's Liberation Army|PLA]] have been cited by the [[Indian government]] as a security concern in not allowing Huawei to win certain contracts in [[India]].<ref>((cite news |last=Ashford |first=Warwick |date=2009-06-04 |title=Huawei complains about India's security concerns |language=en-GB |website=ComputerWeekly.com |url=http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240089593/Huawei-complains-about-Indias-security-concerns |url-status=live |access-date=2018-02-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215143816/http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240089593/Huawei-complains-about-Indias-security-concerns |archive-date=15 February 2018))</ref> These fears are shared by other countries.

In the [[United States]] it led to the collapse of Huawei's efforts to buy [[3Com]] and forced [[SoftBank]] to greatly sever ties with Huawei in order to have its takeover of [[Sprint Nextel]] acquire US national-security clearance, while in the United Kingdom [[Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament|the Intelligence and Security Committee]] has recommended the removal of Huawei's equipment due to [[spy]]ing fears.<ref>((cite news |date=30 May 2013 |title=Huawei Loser in SoftBank-Sprint Deal Over Alleged Spying |publisher=Bloomberg |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-29/huawei-loser-in-softbank-sprint-deal-over-alleged-spying.html |url-status=live |access-date=4 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617235019/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-29/huawei-loser-in-softbank-sprint-deal-over-alleged-spying.html |archive-date=17 June 2013))</ref><ref>((cite news |date=6 June 2013 |title=Like U.S. lawmakers, Brits raise spying fears over Huawei gear |publisher=CNET |url=https://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57588045-94/like-u.s-lawmakers-brits-raise-spying-fears-over-huawei-gear/ |url-status=live |access-date=4 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109203207/http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57588045-94/like-u.s-lawmakers-brits-raise-spying-fears-over-huawei-gear/ |archive-date=9 November 2013))</ref>

== Accolades ==

* In 2000, [[Forbes]] magazine ranked third among the 50 richest people in China. [[Personal wealth]] is estimated at $500 million.
* In 2005, Ren Zhengfei and [[Zhang Ziyi]] (章子怡) were included in [[Time Magazine]] 's list of the 100 most influential people in the world.((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=182))
* In 2011, Ren entered the Forbes rich list for the first time with $1.1 billion, ranking 1056th in the world and 92nd in China.
* In 2018, he was named one of the "100 Outstanding Private entrepreneurs in the 40 years of Reform and opening up".<ref>((Cite web |title=Mr. Ren Zhengfei-Huawei management information |url=https://www.huawei.com/cn/about-huawei/executives/board-of-directors/ren-zhengfei |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104170047/https://www.huawei.com/cn/about-huawei/executives/board-of-directors/ren-zhengfei |archive-date=2018-11-04 |accessdate=2018-12-06 |work=huawei |url-status=live))</ref>
* In April 2021, the Forbes Global Rich List was released, and Ren Zhengfei ranked 2378 on the list with a fortune of 1.3 billion US dollars.

Ren now serves as a deputy [[chairman]] of the Board of [[Director (business)|Directors]], but he is not among the current three rotating [[CEO]]s.<ref>((cite web |title=Rotating CEOs |url=http://www.huawei.com/en/about-huawei/corporate-governance/rotating-ceos |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020095544/http://www.huawei.com/en/about-huawei/corporate-governance/rotating-ceos |archive-date=20 October 2017 |access-date=12 November 2017 |publisher=huawei.com))</ref> The company had annual revenue of US$92.5 billion in 2017.<ref>((cite web |last=Bureau |first=D. A. |title=Huawei achieves annual revenue of $92.5 bn |url=https://www.digianalysys.com/huawei-achieves-annual-revenue-of-92-5-bn/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803044919/https://www.digianalysys.com/huawei-achieves-annual-revenue-of-92-5-bn/ |archive-date=3 August 2018 |access-date=10 March 2019 |website=DigiAnalysys))</ref> Ren holds 1.42% of the shares of Huawei, valued at US$450 million in 2010.<ref name="news">((Cite web |title=Analysis - Who really owns Huawei |url=http://www.itnews.com.au/News/175946,analysis-who-really-owns-huawei.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529192139/http://www.itnews.com.au/News/175946,analysis-who-really-owns-huawei.aspx |archive-date=29 May 2010 |access-date=28 May 2010))</ref> Huawei is essentially independent of Ren because its shares are held by its employees, but the ownership structure remains opaque.<ref name="news" />

== Quotations ==
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| source = ——December 2011，Ren Zhengfei "spring river flows eastward（一春江水向东流）"((sfn|余胜海|2017|p=67))
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*At the Huawei summing-up meeting in 1992, Ren Zhengfei said only one sentence on the rostrum: "We survived!"
* On October 20, 2000, Ren delivered a speech of "valiant, spirited and striding across the Pacific Ocean" (雄赳赳，气昂昂，跨过太平洋) at the farewell meeting of overseas officers and soldiers, pointing out that "an enterprise needs a global strategic vision to be strong; a nation needs to absorb the global essence to prosper; a company needs to build a global business ecosystem to survive." An employee needs to have a cosmopolitan mind and skills to achieve an outstanding career. "((sfn|余胜海|2017|p=249))
*On the evening of December 31, 1991, at a meeting celebrating the successful launch of the BH03 switch, he shouted: "If you don't fight, you can't live! Working 40 hours a week can only produce ordinary workers, but it is impossible to produce scientists or engineers, let alone complete industrial upgrading...Twenty years later, the global communications industry is divided into three parts, and Huawei has one!"((sfn|李洪文|2019|p=42))
*"Huawei's culture is the culture of the Chinese Communist Party, and to serve the people wholeheartedly means to be customer-centric and responsible to the society."<ref name=":1">((Cite book |last1=Marquis |first1=Christopher |url= |title=Mao and Markets: The Communist Roots of Chinese Enterprise |last2=Qiao |first2=Kunyuan |date=2022 |publisher=[[Yale University Press]] |others=Kunyuan Qiao |isbn=978-0-300-26883-6 |location=New Haven |doi=10.2307/j.ctv3006z6k |jstor=j.ctv3006z6k |s2cid=253067190 |oclc=1348572572 |author-link=Christopher Marquis))</ref>((Rp|page=9))

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== References ==
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===Bibliography===
* ((cite book |language=zh|author1=李洪文 |script-title=zh:任正非：九死一生的坚持 |trans-title=Ren Zhengfei: the Persistence of Nine Dead Life |year=2019 |publisher=China Yanshi Press |location=Xicheng District, Beijing |isbn=978-7-5171-0551-0))
* ((cite book |language=zh |author=Yu Shenghai 余胜海 |script-chapter=zh:生存之道：不奋斗就没有未来 |trans-chapter=The Way of Survival: No Future Without Struggle |script-title=zh:任正非和华为 非常人 非常道 |trans-title=Ren Zhengfei and Huawei: very human and very moral |location=Wuhan City, Hubei Province |publisher=Changjiang Literature and Art Publishing House |date=2017-02-01 |isbn=978-7-5354-7702-6 |ref=((sfnref|余胜海|2017)) ))

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