Focus on education crucial to stay ahead, Ren says

In his wide-ranging interview with Chinese media, Huawei founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei pointed to education and its fundamental role in improving China's competitive strength.

Amid its competition with the US, "there is no other road for China but to improve its education", he said.

A country needs to open up to have a future and it is the quality of its learning culture that fuels the strength needed to achieve that, he said.