CCTV News:On the afternoon of May 21st, Ren Zhengfei, founder and CEO of Huawei, was interviewed by a CCTV reporter at Huawei headquarters in Shenzhen.
In a joint interview with a number of media before the interview, Ren Zhengfei mentioned that "no matter how poor you are, you can’t be poor teachers", and you should let the best people train better people. In an exclusive interview with CCTV reporters, Ren Zhengfei also spent a lot of time talking about basic research and basic education.
Dong Qian:When the outside world is worried about Huawei’s life-and-death moment, you are a little detached and want to talk about education. Education is still your most concerned thing. Why?
Ren Zhengfei:We don’t think we will die at all. Why do we take death so seriously? I care about education, not Huawei, but our country. If we don’t pay attention to education, we will actually return to poverty.
What is the strong foundation of a country, such as hardware, railways, highways, transportation facilities, urban construction, tap water and other hard facilities, which have no soul. The soul lies in culture, philosophy and education. A country has hard infrastructure and must have soft soil, without which no crops can grow. If we don’t start with basic education in rural areas, if we don’t start with basic education at different levels, our country can’t compete in this part of the world.
In this twenty or thirty years, a great revolution will surely break out in mankind, and everyone has seen the horror of this revolution, especially the United States. Only when they can see clearly can they hit you, an early bird. They didn’t expect that we were ready to destroy it long ago. They didn’t expect that. They thought that the era when several guns were set up to scare a country, or that era, might be misjudged. It is also wrong to think that arresting a person in our family will destroy our will. Therefore, I think our country actually starts from today. If many children in our rural areas are doctors and masters in 20 or 30 years, it will fight for the country in new areas of innovation and strive for a new future and destiny for the country. This is the future.
With the escalation of Sino-US trade war and the obvious unfair suppression of Huawei, Ren Zhengfei’s anxiety about national basic research and basic education has become more and more intense.
Ren Zhengfei:Repairing bridges, roads and houses has become a habit, as long as it costs money. This chip can’t cost money. It has to cost mathematicians, physicists and chemists. China should work hard in mathematics, physics, chemistry, neurology and brain science, and make changes in all aspects. We may stand up in this world.
Let’s broaden the background of this talk about education. If education is such a current situation, how can we face the Sino-US trade dispute that is likely to continue now and in the future?
I think the fundamental problem of Sino-US trade is the level of science, education, science and technology education. Only when the country is open can it have a future, but when it is open, it must keep fit, and the ultimate goal of keeping fit is to have cultural quality.