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Ren Zhengfei
Nhậm chính phi
Ren Zhengfei in 2012
CEO ofHuaweiTechnologies Co., Ltd.
Assumed office
15 September 1987
ChairmanLiang Hua( lương hoa )
Vice Chairman of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
In office
15 September 1987 – 22 November 2019
ChairmanSun Yafang( tôn á phương )
Succeeded byMeng Wanzhou( mạnh vãn chu )
Representative of the12th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
In office
1 September 1982 – 11 September 1982
Personal details
Born(1944-10-25)25 October 1944(age 79)
Zhenning County,Guizhou,Republic of China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Spouse(s)Meng Jun (former)
Yao Ling (current)
ChildrenMeng Wanzhou
Yao Anna
Ren Ping[1]
Alma materChongqing Jianzhu University(nowChongqing University)
Military service
AllegiancePeople's Republic of China
Branch/servicePeople's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service1970–1982
UnitPLA Capital Construction Engineering Corps
Scientific career
FieldsAerodynamics
InstitutionsLiaoyang Petroleum Chemical Fiber General Factory
Chinese name
ChineseNhậmChínhPhi

Ren Zhengfei(Chinese:Nhậm chính phi;born 25 October 1944) is a Chinese entrepreneur and engineer who is the founder and CEO ofHuawei Technologies,the world's largest manufacturer of telecommunications equipment and second largest manufacturer of smartphones located inShenzhen,China.[2]Ren is a dedicated communist and has sought to ingrainCCP ideologyin Huawei's management andcorporate culture.[3]: 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 toserve the peopleand all human beings "and that he could not betray the principle of serving all human beings.[3]: 11 

Early life[edit]

Ren was born on October 25, 1944, inZhenning County,Guizhou.[4]His grandfather, Ren Sanhe (Nhậm tam hòa), was a master chef who specialized incuringham from Rendian Village (Nhậm điếm thôn),Pujiang County,Zhejiang.[5]His father, Ren Musheng (Nhậm mộc sinh), with the courtesy name Moxun (Ma tốn;Móxùn),[6]failed to complete university studies when Ren Zhengfei's grandfather died a year prior to his graduation.[6]

During theJapanese occupation,his father migrated south toGuangzhouto work in a military factory of theNationalist governmentas an accounts clerk.[6]After 1949, his father was appointed as the president of No. 1 Middle School ofDuyun(Đô quân nhất trung), where he met Ren Zhengfei's mother Cheng Yuanzhao (Trình viễn chiêu), a senior teacher at the school;[4]his elder brother became a member of the CCP in 1958.[7]Ren has five younger sisters and one younger brother.[5]

Ren's first wife was Meng Jun ( mạnh quân ), the daughter of Meng Dongbo ( mạnh đông ba ), a former deputy governor ofSichuanProvince. They had two children: daughterMeng Wanzhou( mạnh vãn chu ) and son Ren Ping ( nhậm bình ), both of whom initially took up their mother's surname Meng Ping ( mạnh bình ).[8]After their divorce, he married Yao Ling (Diêu lăng), with whom he had another daughter, Annabel Yao, who is 25 years younger than Meng Wanzhou. As of December 2018, Annabel is aballet dancerand a computer science student atHarvard Universityand made a high-profile debut atLe Bal des Débutantesin Paris in 2018.[8]

Despite being Huawei's CEO, Ren is a supporter ofAppleand 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."[9][10]Ren's eldest daughter, Meng Wanzhou, is deputy chairperson andchief financial officer(CFO) of Huawei.[11]

Education[edit]

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.[12]At this time, Ren's family was starving.[13]In order to support his family, Ren implemented a strict system of food distribution in his family.[13]To cope with hunger, Ren often went to the mountains to pick wild fruits instead of grain.[13][14]

He always wore a single-layer coat due to poverty in high school.[15]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.[15][14]To solve hunger, Ren mixed rice bran and vegetables together to eat, which he stopped when his father found out.[15][14]With the Chinesegaokaoapproaching, Cheng Yuanzhao ( trình viễn chiêu ) gave him ascallion pancakeevery 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 intoChongqing University) to major in HVAC.[16][14]Cheng Yuanzhao made him two white shirts and a pair of sheets, which accompanied him through four years of college.[14]

In 1966, whenMao Zedonglaunched theCultural Revolution,Ren, who was studying in college, received a letter mentioning that his father had been overthrown and criticized for his experience working in theKuomintang's412 military factory.[17][14]Ren boarded a train surrounded byRed Guardswho 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.[18][14] 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.[19][14]

After returning to college, Ren taught himself computers, digital technology, automatic control, logic, philosophy, and three foreign languages.[citation needed]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 fromZhou Enlai( chu ân lai ): "cadresshould 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.[20]In 1970, he obeyed the policy of all college students leaving school to join the army for training.

Career history[edit]

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.[20]

In the same year, Ren was drafted into the army and joined the 22nd detachment of the ChinesePeople's Liberation ArmyInfrastructure 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.[20][21]While serving in the PLA, Ren extensively studied Mao Zedong's writings, particularlyQuotations of Chairman MaoandSelected Works of Mao Zedong.[3]: 9 He received several awards for his proficiency and excellence inMaoisttheory.[3]: 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.[22][21]The same year, Ren joined the CCP.[23]His prior attempts to join the CCP had been unsuccessful because his father had worked for the Nationalist government.[3]: 54 

In 1982, the government of thePeople's Republic of Chinareadjusted 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 ( thâm quyến thị nam du ( tập đoàn ) hữu hạn công tư ). Subsequently, he made a job transfer, ended 11 years of army life, and went south to Shenzhen with his sons and daughters.[24][25]The same year, he attended the12th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.[22][21]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.[24]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.[24][25]After resigning, Ren divorced his wife, and he rented a house of no more than ten square meters with his parents and nephews.[24][25]

Huawei[edit]

Main article:Huawei

Establishment and Start[edit]

In 1987, Ren Zhengfei, 43, and his partners foundedShenzhenHuaweiTechnology Co., Ltd., which means "Having a Heart connected toChunghua,and making a difference "( tâm hệ trung hoa, hữu sở tác vi )".[25]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.[26]

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.[26]Later, Ren earned the first money for the company by selling HAX program-controlled switches on consignment.[27]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.[28]

He has been president of Huawei since 1988.[29]

In September 1991, Ren Zhengfei assembled Huawei program-controlled switch with his employees.[30]As Huawei's products are cheap, supply exceeds demand.[31]Because of the shortage of domestic parts, Ren continued to assemble products while starting research and development.[31]Like his employees, Ren eats and lives in the factory and makes soup for his employees in the evening.[32]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.[33]Soon, Ren promoted the new BH03 switch.[34]In order to solve the sales problem, he began to accept agents.[35]

In 1992, Ren Zhengfei invited professors and students fromHuazhong Technology University( hoa trung khoa kỹ đại học ),Tsinghua Universityand other universities to visit and visit China.[36]

In early 1993, more than 270 Huawei employees held a 1992 summary meeting in a small auditorium inShekou,Shenzhen. Ren decided to use switches in the R & D Bureau to enter the field of public telephones and telecommunications.[37]At the meeting, he presented 100 gold medals to outstanding employees and the boss ofHongnian Company( hồng niên công tư ) inHong Kong,which supported the start of the Huawei.[37]Ren poached Xu Wenwei ( từ văn vĩ ) from the nearby Yilida Group ( ức lợi đạt tập đoàn ) and put him in charge of thehardware.[38]

In May 1993, Ren Zhengfei presided over a meeting of marketing managers and officially launched the JK1000 officetelephone,after which more than 200 units were sold.[39]In order to seek talents, Ren also set up a "Talent recommendation Award". JK1000 products focus on the use ofanalog circuittechnology rather thandigital circuittechnology, so that Ren tasted the mistake of not keeping up with the pace of the times.[40]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.[41]

In 1995, Ren invited many professors fromPeople University of China( trung quốc nhân dân đại học ) to teach at Huawei.

In March 1996, Ren invitedprofessorsto form a Huawei basic Law drafting group.[42]The Huawei basic law was completed in 1998.[42]

Acquisition of Harbor Network Company[edit]

In 1998, due to the contradiction between Li Yinan ( lý nhất nam ) and Ren Ping and Zheng Baoyong ( trịnh bảo dụng ), 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.[43]Ren sent the vice president to communicate with him many times without success, but held a grand farewell meeting for him.[44]

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.[45]

In 2005, Ren Zhengfei dug up all the voice teams of the Harbor Shenzhen Research Institute to Huawei for 1 million.[46]

On May 10, 2006, Ren Zhengfei met with Li Yinan at Huawei 3COM headquarters in Hangzhou.[47]

Deal with Cisco[edit]

In January 2003,Cisco Systemshired an American lawyer to file a more than 70-page complaint against Huawei in Marshall Federal Court in Texas.[48]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. ( cảm đả tài năng hòa, tiểu thâu tựu thị doanh )"

Expand overseas markets[edit]

Ren Zhengfei aims at the international market in four steps: the first is the neighboring Hong Kong market, the second isRussiaandSouth America,the third isSoutheast Asia,the Middle East andAfrica,and the fourth isdeveloped countries.[49]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.[50]

Since 1996, Ren Zhengfei has successively hiredIBMand otherAmericanandBritishcompaniesto 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.[51]

In 1996, Ren led Huawei to compete in the international market, partnering withLi Ka-shing's Hutchison Telecom: Huawei provided it with commercial network products with narrowband switches as its core products.[52][49]

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 toUfa,Russia, to attend the signing ceremony of "BertoHuawei", a joint venture company between Huawei and Russia.[53]

Controversy and Concerns[edit]

Main article:Criticism_of_Huawei

Suspected ties with Chinese Government[edit]

Ren's possible ties with thePLAhave been cited by theIndian governmentas a security concern in not allowing Huawei to win certain contracts inIndia.[54]These fears are shared by other countries.

In theUnited Statesit led to the collapse of Huawei's efforts to buy3Comand forcedSoftBankto greatly sever ties with Huawei in order to have its takeover ofSprint Nextelacquire US national-security clearance, while in the United Kingdomthe Intelligence and Security Committeehas recommended the removal of Huawei's equipment due tospyingfears.[55][56]

Accolades[edit]

  • In 2000,Forbesmagazine ranked third among the 50 richest people in China.Personal wealthis estimated at $500 million.
  • In 2005, Ren Zhengfei andZhang Ziyi( chương tử di ) were included inTime Magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world.[46]
  • 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".[57]
  • 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 deputychairmanof the Board ofDirectors,but he is not among the current three rotatingCEOs.[58]The company had annual revenue of US$92.5 billion in 2017.[59]Ren holds 1.42% of the shares of Huawei, valued at US$450 million in 2010.[60]Huawei is essentially independent of Ren because its shares are held by its employees, but the ownership structure remains opaque.[60]

Quotations[edit]

When I founded the company, I designed the Employee stock Ownership System to unite employees through benefit sharing. At that time, I did not understand the option system, still less did I know that the West was very developed in this area...Only based on my past life setbacks, I realized that I should share the responsibilities and benefits with the employees.

——December 2011, Ren Zhengfei "spring river flows eastward ( nhất xuân giang thủy hướng đông lưu )" [61]

"rotation CEO system", they focus more on the company's strategy and system construction, and further devolve the power of daily business decision-making to various business groups and regions, in order to promote the reasonable expansion. This is better than the company's "success depends on one person, failure is also this person" system.

——December 2011, Ren Zhengfei "spring river flows eastward ( nhất xuân giang thủy hướng đông lưu )"[62]

  • 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" ( hùng củ củ, khí ngang ngang, khóa quá thái bình dương ) 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. "[63]
  • 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!"[64]
  • "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."[3]: 9 

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Bibliography[edit]

  • Lý hồng văn (2019).Nhậm chính phi: Cửu tử nhất sinh đích kiên trì[Ren Zhengfei: the Persistence of Nine Dead Life] (in Chinese). Xicheng District, Beijing: China Yanshi Press.ISBN978-7-5171-0551-0.
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Business positions
New title Vice Chairman of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
1987–2019 		Succeeded by
New title CEO of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
1987–present 		Incumbent

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