Skip to main content

Xinhua Commentary: HarmonyOS offers new choice in digital world

Abstract : Huawei officially unveiled its own operating system, HarmonyOS, for smartphones on Wednesday, offering a brand new choice for global customers in a digital world.

BEIJING, June 2 (Xinhua) — Huawei officially unveiled its own
operating system, HarmonyOS, for smartphones on Wednesday, offering a
brand new choice for global customers in a digital world.

The Chinese name of the system, Hongmeng, is borrowed from the
country’s mythology, meaning breaking free from chaos and starting
something new from scratch.

That is exactly the meaning Huawei intends to give to its new
product. The launch of HarmonyOS marks a breakthrough in Huawei’s drive
in ecosystem development by itself in the face of Washington’s
aggressive and unfounded sanctions. It also marks a significant step in
China’s independent tech innovation amid potential risk of a
technological de-coupling between the two countries pushed by
Washington.

In addition to developing a new operating system, Huawei is also
working on in-car software and cloud computing, pivoting to software and
service business that does not rely on U.S. supply chains.

Given China’s massive domestic market, Huawei has rather ample space
to nurture its own ecosystem in collaboration with diverse application
developers and device manufacturers.

While the roll-out of Huawei’s operating system does not aim to
replace other mainstream peers, the rise of HarmonyOS can be considered
as the first step for Chinese tech companies to break the Western
monopoly on operation systems.

In a sense, the fledgling system was born thanks to immense external pressure that is still seeking to stifle Huawei.

For quite some time, the United States has been hyping up groundless
national security charges against Huawei and other Chinese tech firms,
imposed round after round of embargoes and coerced its allies, notably
those in Europe, into elbowing Huawei out of their 5G industries.

What those fearmongers and zero-summers in Washington have been
obsessive about is to let China remain technologically inferior to the
United States for as long as it can.

However, Washington’s moves to deny China’s legitimate rights to
develop in a technological capacity have shown themselves to be
ineffective as well as destructive.

On the one hand, attempting to shut out Chinese tech companies in an
increasingly digitalized and highly-connected world is hardly possible.
The birth of HarmonyOS is one example. Also, healthy competition between
Chinese and American tech firms can lead to progress and is good for
both sides and the rest of the world.

On the other hand, pushing Chinese firms out of the Western market
and the semiconductor supply chain would leave those countries behind in
the digital slow lane, damage their own industries, disrupt the global
industrial and supply chains and harm market openness in Western
countries.

Staying open and embracing cooperation as well as healthy
competition: that is the key to stimulating technological innovation in
today’s world. That is also how the United States has developed into one
of the world’s top technological powers.

It is thus in the shared interests of the international community for
the United States and other Western countries not to suppress China’s
technological development, but to accommodate it. Together, they can
make a huge difference for the well-being of humanity.

Although the HarmonyOS still has a long way to go before it can be an
alternative to iOS and Android, its development will bring about a
healthy competition. Customers across the world, whose needs have been
increasingly diverse, will stand to benefit the most. Enditem

About Xinhua Silk Road

Xinhua Silk Road (en.imsilkroad.com) is the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) portal. China’s silk road economic belt and the 21st century maritime silk road website, include BRI Policy, BRI Trade, BRI Investment, Belt and Road weekly, Know Belt and Road, and the integrated information services for the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

Source: Xinhua Commentary: HarmonyOS offers new choice in digital world

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

China’s non-manufacturing PMI down in April

Abstract : The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's non-manufacturing sector came in at 54.9 in April, down 1.4 percentage points from the March figure, the National Bureau of Statistics said Friday. BEIJING, April 30 (Xinhua) — The purchasing managers’ index (PMI) for China’s non-manufacturing sector came in at 54.9 in April, down 1.4 percentage points from the March figure, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Friday. A reading above 50 indicates expansion, while a reading below reflects contraction. The expansion of the non-manufacturing sector continued to gather momentum but at a slower pace, said senior NBS statistician Zhao Qinghe. In April, the sub-index for business activities in the services sector stood at 54.4, down from 55.2 in March. The sub-indexes for business activities in rail services, air transportation and accommodation came in at above 65, indicating the rapid growth of business volumes in these areas, according to Zhao. The statisti...
Post a Comment
Read more

China expands QDII quotas as outbound investment demand grows

Abstract : China's foreign exchange regulator on Wednesday night expanded quotas under an outbound investment scheme to meet the growing demand of domestic investors. BEIJING, June 3 (Xinhua) — China’s foreign exchange regulator on Wednesday night expanded quotas under an outbound investment scheme to meet the growing demand of domestic investors. A total of 10.3 billion U.S. dollars in quotas was granted to 17 institutions under the Qualified Domestic Institutional Investor (QDII) program, a scheme for outbound investment , according to the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE). Among these institutions were fund companies, securities firms and insurers, as well as banks, said the regulator. The move brought China’s total QDII quota to 147.32 billion U.S. dollars. Under the QDII program, the country’s cross-border capital flows have been maintained in an orderly manner, satisfying the rising demand for outbound investment at home, said a SAFE official. T...
Post a Comment
Read more

Interview: Egyptian-Chinese cooperation against COVID-19 reflects strength of ties, says Egyptian minister

Abstract : Egyptian-Chinese cooperation in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic reflects the strength and durability of the two countries' relations, said Egyptian Minister of State for Information Osama Heikal. SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt , Sept. 27 (Xinhua) — Egyptian-Chinese cooperation in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic reflects the strength and durability of the two countries’ relations, said Egyptian Minister of State for Information Osama Heikal. “In such circumstances, countries need to cooperate with each other in a way that demonstrates solidarity and reflects strength in relationships … Egyptian-Chinese cooperation is a good example,” the minister told Xinhua in a recent interview. Egypt-China relations are strong and deeply-rooted, and will gain a greater momentum in the coming years, he said. The minister praised China’s handling of the pandemic, saying that every country has dealt with the crisis according to its own circumstances. “I believe that the E...
Post a Comment
Read more