Huawei Concludes the ICT Competition 2018–2019 Global Final

[Shenzhen, China, May 26, 2019] Today, the Huawei ICT Competition 2018–2019 Global Final, with the theme “Connection, Glory, Future,” has successfully concluded at Huawei’s Songshan Lake campus. The Malaysia Team and Algeria Team won First Prize for Practice Competition of the Network Track. The Peru Team and Guilin University of Electronic Technology Team won First Prize for Practice Competition of the Cloud Track. The Shanghai Jiao Tong University Team (Team name: I’m an Expert!) won First Prize for Innovation Competition.

First Prize Winners for Practice Competition of the Network Track (Top)/First Prize Winners for Practice Competition of the Cloud Track (Middle)/First Prize Winner for Innovation Competition (Bottom) of the Huawei ICT Competition 2018–2019 Global Final

This is the fourth Huawei ICT competition, including both Practice and Innovation Competitions. The Practice Competition for Network and Cloud Tracks are intended for Huawei ICT Academies worldwide and higher educational institutions that are interested in becoming Huawei ICT Academies. The Innovation Competition uses an invitation-based registration system and is oriented to colleges and universities participating in Huawei ICT Academy’s Innovation Talent Center program. Since last June, the competition has attracted more than 100,000 students from over 1,600 colleges and universities in 61 countries. This year’s final has a total of 49 teams from 30 countries.

Ma Yue, Vice President of Huawei Enterprise BG, President of Huawei EBG Global Sales, and President of Huawei EBG Partners & Alliances, gave a speech at the award and closing ceremony of this competition. He said, “The talent ecosystem is the foundation of our strategy. In this ecosystem, talent is the most important factor. It ensures the vitality and continuous growth of the industry. Over the past 30 years, we have made many efforts to train ICT talent by sharing our knowledge and best practices. We team up with educational institutions, industry associations, and partners to build a platform to foster ICT talent. This allows us to make the most of our experience in ICT by investing in talent to cope with future challenges and uncertainties. Today, we aspire to build global standards for the development and certification of ICT talent.”

Ma Yue, Vice President of Huawei Enterprise BG, President of Huawei EBG Global Sales, and President of Huawei EBG Partners & Alliances

Through Huawei ICT Competition, Huawei aims to provide students with a platform to compete and exchange ideas in order to enhance their ICT knowledge, practical and application skills, and raise their innovation awareness. The competition is also a platform that facilitates connections between international talent and collaboration between governmental organizations, higher educational institutions, training agencies, and enterprises, thus promoting the education, growth, and employment of ICT talent. Du Kewei, Director General of the Center for International People-to-People Exchanges, the Ministry of Education of China, said, “Cultural exchanges are a fundamental way to facilitate the understanding between Chinese and people in other countries and the mutual learning between different cultures. Huawei ICT Competition promotes the exchanges between China and other countries in education, science and technology, and culture, facilitates ICT talent growth, and advances global science and technology development.”

Compared with previous years, this competition saw more participants from a larger number of countries, plus it is more inclusive and innovative. As part of the competition, Huawei offers all participants access to free courses and learning materials as well as opportunities for free online exchanges, learning, and preparation. By doing so, Huawei hopes to achieve the goal of an equal opportunity for quality education so that more people can benefit from the digital economy.

The Innovation Competition, with participants from renowned colleges and universities, challenges students’ ability to apply cutting-edge technologies, such as the IoT, big data, and AI, to real world situations. It is intended to develop more innovative talent in the area of emerging technologies. The ICT competition promotes the exchanges between students and colleges and universities. Winners will be offered full or partial scholarships of the Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Northeastern University, Beijing University of Technology, and Southern University of Science and Technology, and they also will have the opportunity for international study placements in the Henley Business School of the University of Reading, UK. Through these initiatives, Huawei ICT Competition can achieve the goal of promoting learning, teaching, and development through competition.

By holding the annual Huawei ICT Competition, Huawei hopes to attract more ICT academies, governmental organizations, industry institutions, training partners, and industry enterprises to participate in the program. These competitions improve the digital skills of college and university students, contribute more to education and industry transformation, and achieve far-reaching goals. Huawei continues to develop talent standards, build talent alliances, and disseminate talent value to build a healthy and robust ICT talent ecosystem. Huawei hopes to transfer a cumulative of more than 700,000 ICT professionals to the industry by 2023, to bridge the ICT talent gap, advance the digital transformation of industries, and bring digital to every person, home, and organization for a fully connected, intelligent world.