Today's high-tech means there can be no going alone

Editor's note: Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei held an interview with foreign media in Huawei headquarters in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, on Jan 15. The following are excerpts of Ren's responses to questions on the company's development, trade frictions with the United States and his daughter, and Huawei Chief Financial Officer, Meng Wanzhou's detention by Canada.

Over the past 30 years, Huawei has served more than 3 billion people in over 170 countries and regions, and has kept a good security record. Huawei firmly stands on the side of its customers when it comes to the protection of privacy and network security issues.

The company invests $15 billion to $20 billion in research and development every year. Our mission is simple: We struggle for the objective of leading people to an information society.