The founder of Huawei and a dramatic message: the company is in a situation of "life or death"

Ren Zhengfei, founder of the Chinese giant Huawei, warned the company's workers through an internal statement about the situation of "life or death" in which the company is located, including included last May by the state government. United in the list of prohibited entities for reasons of national security, although the entry into force of this prohibition has been postponed until mid-November.

In this regard, according to Bloomberg and Reuters, the businessman, former officer of the People's Liberation Army and a member of the Chinese Communist Party, recommends Huawei employees with a reduced or unemployed workload to train "Command Squadrons" looking for new projects, warning that workers who do not fulfill their mission will see their wages go down every few months and risk losing their jobs.

"Either they can form a" command team "to explore new projects, in which case they could be promoted to the command of the company if they are successful … or they can find work in the domestic market", the statement said. "If they can not find a newspaper, their salary will be reduced every three months," he adds.

"If you can not do the job, give in to our tank and if you want to come on the battlefield, you can fire the tank," says Ren, 74, in the internal circular.

The US Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security decided Monday to extend the temporary license that expires Monday on the veto preventing Huawei and several of its subsidiaries # 39; maintain business relations with US companies for security reasons, as announced by the institution in a statement.

The US Department of Commerce explained that extending the Chinese manufacturer's grace period was an opportunity to give US consumers the time to disconnect Huawei-made equipment, given the lingering security threat. national and politics. outside

However, aside from extending this grace period until November 19, the US Department of Commerce also announced that it was adding 46 additional Huawei subsidiaries to the "list of entities" in order to Chinese society can circumvent the restrictions.

Thus, since last May, the Commerce Department has added more than a hundred people and organizations to the list of Huawei-related entities.

The US administration has included Huawei Technologies and 68 of its subsidiaries in more than twenty countries in a list of entities from which US companies can not acquire technology components without authorization from the United States Government.

For its part, the Chinese manufacturer has expressed its opposition to the decision of the US Department of Commerce to include 46 additional subsidiaries in the list of entities subject to the right of veto, which, since Huawei is considered to have " a political motivation "and no This has nothing to do with national security.

"It is clear that this decision, taken at this particular moment, has a political motivation and has nothing to do with national security", said the Chinese company, for which these actions violate the basic principles of the free competition. market and not benefit anyone, including US companies.

Despite the pressure exerted on the company by the US authorities, the Chinese technology giant charged 401.3 billion yuan (52.331 million euros) in the first half of 2019, which represents an increase of 23.2% compared to the turnover figure. accounted for in the same period in 2018.