Huawei Launches the 10,000 Overseas Financial AI Talent Development Program

[Shanghai, China, May 20, 2026] The Huawei Intelligent Finance Summit (HiFS) 2026 (Global Session), themed "Hello Fintelligent World: Beyond Digital, Advance to Agentic Banking," opened at Huawei's Lianqiu Lake Campus in Shanghai. The event brought together over 800 representatives from financial institutions across more than 60 countries and regions, along with over 70 industry partners. At the summit, Huawei launched 10,000 Overseas Financial AI Talent Development Program. It will cultivate ten thousand digital and intelligent overseas financial talent within three years, accelerating the digital transformation of the global financial sector.

Jason Cao, CEO of Huawei Digital Finance BU, launches the 10,000 Overseas Financial AI Talent Development Program.

New technologies such as AI large models are accelerating their penetration into the core production environments of the financial industry, moving the sector from the "tool empowerment" phase of AI to a stage of "intelligent reconstruction". Demand for AI talent among global financial clients is surging exponentially. According to the latest Evident AI Index (Banks), the top 50 overseas banks have seen AI workforce expand fivefold versus general staff. AI developers and data engineers make up more than 80% of their AI teams. AI talent has become the core bottleneck for financial enterprises' intelligent transformation.

To address this industry pain point, Huawei has built the talent training program tailored to different types of talent: For middle and senior managers, Huawei offers digital and intelligent leadership programs, support leadership in embracing new strategic mindsets;

For core business and technical staff,we launch AI training programs tailored to sharpen their practical AI capabilities as business-technology integrated talent. For financial AI practitioners, we have upgraded Huawei's certification system to pave a clear career development path.

Digital & Intelligent Transformation Leadership Program: support Managers to Reshape Mindsets and Make Strategic Planning

Huawei has released "Digital Transformation Learning Journey" and "AI Learning Journey" for the management in the financial industry. These programs convey industry development trends and best practices for AI applications, help managers establish strategic thinking for the AI era and accelerate the implementation of AI applications and talent deployment at the enterprise's top-level design.

Finance AI Practical Training Program: Cultivate business-technology integrated Talent and Enhance Practical Capabilities

Huawei has launched the AI talent practical training program tailored for financial scenarios, covering the entire workflow including scenario planning, data preparation, model development, application development and the engineering implementation of business operations. Targeting four key roles across computing power, algorithms, data and application fields, the program deeply integrates theoretical learning with scenario-based hands-on exercises. It equips participants with end-to-end capabilities to design, develop, evaluate and deploy AI Agent solutions for financial use cases.

Huawei Certification: Provides a clear career development path for AI practitioners.

Huawei has upgraded AI certification system, which include technical engineers, architects and developers. This system covers the entire process of AI application implementation. providing a clearer career development path for AI practitioners in the financial industry.

AI talent development constitutes a systematic initiative requiring in-depth collaboration among industry, academia and research institutions. Huawei will continue to uphold the philosophy of " Bridge Global Wisdom, Let the Brightest Minds Develop Even Brighter Minds " and work with global financial customers and ecosystem partners to build an open and win-win financial AI talent ecosystem. Through the implementation of the 10,000 Overseas Financial AI Talent Development Program, Huawei will collaborate with overseas financial institutions to cultivate a new generation of compound talent who understand both business and technology, jointly driving the financial industry toward a fully intelligent new era.