The Global Final Huawei ICT Competition 2021-2022 began today at Huawei’s Bantian Base in Shenzhen, China. This year’s competition, focused on the themes “Connection – Glory – Future” and with the slogan “IC The Future”, attracted 150,000 students representing more than 2000 universities and colleges in 85 countries and regions.
A total of 132 teams from 43 countries and regions reached the global finals after battling in their respective national and regional competitions. Huawei hosts the annual ICT Competition to provide students with a platform to compete and exchange ideas, improve their ICT knowledge and practical skills, and promote their innovation capabilities through the use of new technologies and platforms.
This year marks the sixth year of the Huawei ICT Competition. There are three foundations for the competition: Practice, Innovation and Industry, with the Practice section divided into two sub-divisions, Network and Cloud. In these subdivisions, students’ ICT knowledge, practical skills and teamwork are put to the test. In comparison, the Innovation subdivision has students building solutions with significant social and business value using technologies such as AI, IoT, big data, cloud and mobile Internet. Finally, the Industry subdivision recently introduced this year focuses on smart road scenarios to encourage students to solve real industry challenges and provide business value through innovative solutions using their ICT and industry knowledge. This year’s FinalGlobal will be held online due to the ongoing pandemic.
The Final Practice consists of 8-hour laboratory exams and the Innovation and Industry Final Practice will consist of presentations by participating teams on their solutions and follow-up questions and answers from the judges. Additionally, this year’s participants will be the first to compete in a new series of Women in Tech Awards, which are designed to honor the outstanding talent demonstrated by young female leaders in the competition.
Steven Zhu, President of Partner Development and Vice President of Global Partner Development and Sales at Huawei Enterprise, kicked off the opening ceremony by saying: “The development of the ICT industry will require a large number of highly qualified ICT experts. Huawei is trying to build education, industry, and public talent ecosystems, while improving digital skills across society, so that our industry can flourish. As an important part of Huawei’s efforts to build an ecosystem of educational talent, competition is essential to promoting equitable and high-quality education.
Peter Wells, Head of UNESCO’s Higher Education Section, also spoke at the event via a video message praising the competition’s ability to give students around the world free access to courses and study materials as part of their preparation for the contest. He concluded his speech by addressing how he hopes UNESCO and Huawei will work together to improve the digital skills and technological literacy of global talent, promote balanced and equitable development across regions, and bridge digital divides across the world. .
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Sun Gang, Director of Talent Ecosystem Development at Huawei, was present at the venue and in his closing speech at the ceremony, he wished good luck to the competitors, reiterating that he looked forward to seeing how the students would show their knowledge and skills in ICT, and encouraged them to use ICTs to transform our lives, create a better digital future and contribute to human development.