A Better-Connected Future for Youth: Huawei ICT Competition 2018 Draws Over 40,000 Student Participants from 32 Countries
[Shenzhen, China, May 17, 2018] Huawei’s ICT Competition 2018 Global Final has awarded two first prizes to teams from the Shenzhen Institute of Information Technology and Shenzhen Polytechnic. The competition, which took place at Huawei's Shenzhen headquarters, attracted over 40,000 participants from more than 800 universities and colleges in 32 countries, including: China, U.K., Spain, Italy, Russia, Australia, Mexico, South Africa, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, and India.
In addition to networking, this year's competition added cloud as a second technical domain. Some 69 contestants, forming 23 teams, made the cut through preliminary, national, and semi-final rounds to participate in the Global Final. After fierce competition, two first prizes, four second prizes, and six third prizes were awarded.
Group Photo of First Prize (above) and Second Prize (below) Winners
Ma Yue, Vice President of Huawei’s Enterprise Business Group and the President of the Global Sales Dept. of the Enterprise Business Group, said: "As we are embracing an intelligent era where everything is sensing, connected, and intelligent, digital transformation is the only way for enterprises to seek breakthroughs and innovation. Huawei will adhere to our long-term 'platform + ecosystem' strategy and collaborate with ecosystem partners to build a digital transformation platform for industry customers. Talent ecosystem construction is the cornerstone for the 'platform + ecosystem' strategy. It lays a solid foundation for maintaining the vitality and continuous growth of the industry chain. Leveraging our technologies, knowledge, experience, and successful practices gained from years of dedication to the ICT industry, Huawei will continue to invest in building platforms that enable sound development of the ICT talent ecosystem and establish a complete set of globally influential standards for ICT talent development and certification."
Ma Yue, Vice President of Huawei Enterprise Business Group and President of Global Sales
Huawei’s ICT Competition aims to provide industry with active participants for digital transformation, promote efficient mapping of talent supply and demand, and further develop the concept of a sound talent ecosystem. Under the theme "Connection • Glory • Future", the competition gathers government organizations, higher education institutions, training partners, and enterprises to jointly set up a platform for global university and college students to compete and communicate with each other as they are about to enter the ICT industry. The competition not only recognizes and rewards students' achievements in the ICT field, but also provides guidance and points out directions for their future career development. For contestants, Huawei’s ICT Competition means much more than rivalry and communication. It is a journey to explore the latest ICT technologies and products and to understand the latest industry trends. Thanks to the competition, the students now have a more comprehensive and in-depth understanding of ICT.
Mr. Yang Xiaochun, Deputy Director General of the China Center for International People-to-People Exchange in the Ministry of Education said: “China is now actively seeking global partnership under the principles of mutual communication, construction and sharing, and to expand beneficial contacts with every country. Above all, humanity and cultural exchange is the most important channel and foundation and people are the key element. Huawei ICT Competition is not just a program of skill and talent cultivation, but also that of meaningful human and cultural exchange.”
This year's competition excels those of previous years. It covered more countries, a greater number of participants, more diverse technical domains, and above all, presented greater inclusiveness, convergence, and far-reaching influence. Two highlights are worth noting. First, participants can access free courses and learning materials for online learning, and contest preparation. Huawei is dedicated to promoting ICT-based education, building ICT information resource sharing platforms, and providing open and high-quality free education resources. Second, this year was the first time the competition invited a sponsor, China’s Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech). The university provided Global Final winners with opportunities to study on campus as exchange students for two months to a full semester, free of charge.
Prof. Tang Tao, Provost and Vice President (Academic) of SUSTech said: “SUSTech is dedicated to the education of future leaders for a global society that will be revolutionized by science and technology, and by leaders, we mean the kind of people equipped with the abilities and insights who should ensure that the revolution indeed serve the betterment of our human world. SUSTech welcomes promising international students with ambition to pursue their study and development here. We believe that the SUSTech-Huawei cooperation will embark on a successful road to the university-enterprise cooperation model of international ICT talent cultivation.”
Huawei ICT Competition 2018 has drawn to a close, but Huawei has not stopped marching forward on the road to a sound talent ecosystem. The academia-enterprise cooperation program promoted by Huawei ICT Academy is in full swing around the world. Through various contests, talent alliances, job fairs, and other events, the cooperation will further strengthen links among schools and enterprises to bridge the gap between talent development and demand and promote development of a global talent ecosystem.
In the future, Huawei will reinforce the strategy of "platform + ecosystem", continuously increase investment, and build an ecosystem enabling platform with great convergence, cohesion, and interactivity, thereby becoming a platform for platforms. In doing this, Huawei strives to provide a solid foundation for an open, shared, evolvable, and sustainable ecosystem, and ultimately, bring digital to every person, home and organization for a fully connected, intelligent world.
