Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. is a private communications technology company that produces and sells communications equipment. It was officially registered in 1987 and is headquartered at the Huawei Base in Bantian, Longgang District, Shenzhen, China. Huawei is the world's leading information and communications technology (ICT) solution provider. It focuses on the ICT field, adheres to stable operations, continuous innovation, and open cooperation, and has built an end-to-end network in the fields of telecom operators, enterprises, terminals, and cloud computing. With solution advantages, we provide competitive ICT solutions, products and services to operator customers, enterprise customers and consumers, and are committed to enabling the future information society and building a better fully connected world. In 2013, Huawei surpassed Ericsson, the world's largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer, for the first time, ranking 315th on the Fortune Global 500.

As of the end of 2016, Huawei had more than 170,000 employees. Huawei's products and solutions have been used in more than 170 countries around the world, serving 45 of the top 50 global operators and 1/3 of the world's population.

In August 2016, the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce released the "Top 500 Chinese Private Enterprises in 2016" list. Huawei ranked first among the top 500 with annual operating income of 395.009 billion yuan. [2] In August, Huawei ranked 27th among the "Top 500 Chinese Enterprises 2016". On June 6, 2017, the "BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands 2017" was announced, and Huawei ranked 49th. On June 30, 2017, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. won the Madrid Trademark International Registration Special Award at the China Trademark Gold Award. The American "Fortune" magazine released the latest edition of the Fortune 500 list. Huawei entered the top 100 for the first time with operating revenue of US$78.5108 billion, ranking 83rd, an improvement of 46 places from 129th the previous year.

In 1987, it was founded in Shenzhen and became the sales agent of a Hong Kong company that produces PBX.

In 1989, independently developed PBX.

In 1990, we began to independently develop and commercialize PBX technology for hotels and small businesses.

In 1992, we began to develop and launch rural digital switching solutions.

In 1994, the Camp C08 digital program-controlled switch was launched.

In 1995, sales reached 1.5 billion yuan, mainly from China's rural market. The Intellectual Property Department and Beijing R&D Center were established, and passed CMM4 certification in 2003.

In 1996, integrated service access network and optical network SDH equipment were launched. Signed a contract with Hutchison Whampoa Hong Kong to provide fixed network solutions. The Shanghai R&D center was established and passed CMM5 certification in 2004.