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In recent days, the news about Huawei's first overseas factory landing in France has spread all over the Internet, and many people say that Huawei has finally figured it out and built a chip factory in someone else's house, so that people will not block you everywhere.
Is that really the case?We have checked a lot of information to tell you the truth, Huawei has indeed opened a new era.
Let's first restore the news to see what is going on with Huawei's French factory, and then what does this mean for today's Huawei. On December 10, according to a report from the reference news network, Zhang Minggang, deputy general manager of Huawei's French branch, revealed that Huawei's first overseas factory has been confirmed to land in France and is expected to be put into operation by the end of 2025.
Huawei's project covers an area of about 8 hectares and is expected to invest 200 million euros, or about 15 yuanWith an annual output value of 400 million yuan and an annual output value of 1 billion euros, this factory is not small.
What does Huawei build such a large factory to produce?If you look closely, there are really chips, but they are not mobile phone chips, but chipsets required for 4G and 5G base stations, as well as motherboards and other components for 4G and 5G base stations.
This news seems simple, but it is not simple.
We say it's simple, because the content of the message can be seen through at a glance, and there is nothing mysterious. It's not easy to say, because this is Huawei's first overseas factory, and it's in Europe, which is the highland of the global market.
Many people now know that Huawei's business has been done in more than 100 countries around the world, and it has never built even a factory overseas in the pastOr even technically difficult?
Although I don't know what the reason is, this point has been attacked by the West for many years, saying that Huawei is involved in classified technology and even the military industry, so it does not build factories overseas for production.
Some people even spread rumors that Huawei is restricted by China's ** so that it does not go overseas to build factories.
In any case, in short, in the era of globalization, it is the norm to build factories on the front line of the market, and it is indeed strange not to build factories overseas. A lot of times, when you're building a factory in your local area, people won't look the other way.
Therefore, this step taken by Huawei today is of great strategic significance.
Some people say that Huawei's 4G and 5G base station chips are also chips, and with technological progress, these chips are also going to high-end. Therefore, Huawei is building a factory in Europe to produce chips, I am afraid that it wants to break the chip blockade and copy the back road of the United States.
If Huawei's chip business cooperates closely with Europe, it will leave the United States behind, and may even bypass US sanctions.
However, we don't know what the future of Huawei's European factory will be, just for this news, the French factory mainly produces chipsets and motherboards and other components for 4G and 5G base stations, which is obviously Huawei's own 4G and 5G base station equipment in Europe.
In addition, Europe has also formulated an ambitious chip industry plan, and people want to do it themselves.
In September this year, the European Union's "Chips Act" officially came into effect. According to the bill, the EU will formulate a series of policies and measures to strive to increase EU chip production to about 20% of the global share by 2030.
Therefore, there is no such thing as a chip blockade in the United States yet. However, Huawei's construction of its first overseas factory in Europe is obviously optimistic about the future cooperation between China and Europe and the European market, which is of great significance.
At the same time, building a factory in Europe can also better comply with the regulations and requirements of European countries, and it may even be that European countries take the initiative to ask Huawei to build a factory in Europe, or France may support Huawei's initiative to develop the European market.
In recent years, China's overseas investment has been very focused on countries along the Belt and Road, BRICS and the South, and this time Huawei has set up its first overseas factory in Europe, which is of great significance.
This event will also promote the cooperation between China and Europe, and drive the boom of Chinese companies to build factories in Europe and explore the European market.
This is a small step for Huawei, but a big step for China's cooperation with Europe.