Han Ximin

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HUAWEI Technologies Co. will invest US$200 million this year into programs for universities, startups, individual developers and partners in a move to boost the development of the computing industry related to its Kunpeng processor.

In the part of the program for universities, Huawei will provide 100 million yuan (US$14.09 million) in talent development, cloud resources and prototypes, Huawei said Friday.

For startups and individuals, Huawei will provide grants worth a total of 100 million yuan in the form of cloud resources and onsite activities.

For partners, Huawei will provide total support amounting to 600 million yuan, including a one-time research and development subsidy of 300 million yuan and cloud resources worth 300 million yuan.

Huawei is currently working with partners such as Tencent Games to make the next step for Kunpeng ecosystem collaboration and is also partnering with Kylinsoft, iSoft, Uniontech and the Institute of Software Chinese Academy of Sciences (ISCAS) to announce commercial OS editions powered by openEuler.

Kunpeng is set to become the foundation for future IT development in multiple markets, which will mutually benefit all players in the digital economy.

Hou Jinlong, president of Huawei’s Cloud&AI business unit, said developers are the key to changing the computing world. They are the engine of enterprise innovation and the soul of new industry ecosystems, Hou said.

In 2019, Huawei released the Huawei Developer Program 2.0 with the goal of cultivating five million developers over five years.