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US-sanctioned Huawei sharpens focus in home market with local government deals

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Huawei has entered into strategic cooperation agreements with the governments of Tianjin and Sichuan provinces, as well as Guangzhou.

Chinese telecommunications equipment giant Huawei Technologies Co , which continues to struggle under US trade sanctions, has secured a series of broad cooperation pacts with local governments in its home market, boosting the company’s push into traditional industries. Shenzhen -based Huawei on Tuesday signed a “strategic cooperation framework agreement” with the municipal government of Tianjin , a northern metropolis near Beijing , where the company pledged to support the coastal city’s smart ports, computing resources and telecoms infrastructure, according to a report by the Tianjin Daily. Huawei will employ 5G , artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing technologies to help Tianjin’s digital transformation , company chairman Howard Liang Hua said. That deal was signed on the same day that Huawei forged an agreement that deepens its 2017 partnership with the Baiyun district of Guangzhou , capital of southern Guangdong province, where the company is building a research and development complex that consists of eight buildings. On Monday, Huawei forged a strategic cooperation deal with the government of southwestern Sichuan province, represented by governor Huang Qiang. The signing of that agreement, which involved expanding the local data storage capacity in Sichuan, was witnessed by Huawei rotating chairwoman and chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou , daughter of company founder and chief executive Ren Zhengfei .

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