ZTE MICROELECTRONICS

Company Profile

ZTE Corporation is a global leader in telecommunications and information technology. Founded in 1985 and listed on both the Hong Kong and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges, the company has been committed to providing integrated end-to-end innovations to deliver excellence and value to consumers, carriers, businesses and government and enterprise network customers from over 160 countries around the world to enable increased connectivity and productivity.

ZTE has complete end-to-end product lines and integrated solutions in the telecommunications industry. By means of all series of wireless, wireline, services, devices and professional telecommunications services, the company is capable of flexibly satisfying the diversified requirements and pursuit for rapid innovations of global operators and government and enterprise network customers.

ZTE believes in technology innovation as a core value of the company, investing more than 10% of annual revenue in R&D. The company has established state-of-the-art global R&D centres in USA, Sweden, China and so forth. ZTE has filed applications for more than 74,000 patents, with over 34,000 granted. Since 2010, ZTE has been ranked among the world’s Top-5 for patent applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) each year, according to the World Intellectual Property Organization. As a major contributor and participant in the research of global 5G technologies and standards, ZTE has declared 2,561 families of 5G Standard-Essential Patents(SEP) to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), thereby being included among global top 3, according to IPlytics’ report on February 2020.

ZTE is committed to a vision of balanced, sustainable development in the social, environmental and economic arenas. Promoting freedom of communication around the world, the company has incorporated innovation, technological convergence and the concept of “going green” into the product life cycle. This includes R&D, production, logistics and customer service. The company is also committed to maximizing energy efficiency and minimizing carbon emissions. As a member of the United Nations Global Compact and the Global e-Sustainability Initiative, ZTE has been publishing the Sustainability Report/Corporate Social Responsibility Report for 12 consecutive years starting 2009. According to Research Report on Corporate Social Responsibility of China 2018 issued by Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, ZTE ranks among the top 100 in terms of Social Development Index. Moreover, the company has been included among the FTSE4Good Index Series for second consecutive year since 2018.

Looking foward, the company will be committed to building its core competitiveness in independent innovation in the 5G era, and will accelerate the global commercial deployment of 5G by means of the leading end-to-end 5G products and solutions.

中兴通讯是全球领先的综合通信信息解决方案提供商。公司成立于1985年，是在香港和深圳两地上市的大型通信设备公司。公司通过为全球160多个国家和地区的电信运营商和政企客户提供创新技术与产品解决方案，让全世界用户享有语音、数据、多媒体、无线宽带等全方位沟通。

中兴通讯拥有通信业界完整的、端到端的产品线和融合解决方案，通过全系列的无线、有线、业务、终端产品和专业通信服务，灵活满足全球不同运营商和政企客户的差异化需求以及快速创新的追求。目前，中兴通讯已全面服务于全球主流运营商
及政企客户。

中兴通讯坚持以持续技术创新为客户不断创造价值，在美国、瑞典、中国等地设立全球研发机构，同时进一步强化自主创新力度，保持在5G无线、核心网、承载、接入、芯片等核心领域的研发投入，研发投入连续多年保持在营业收入10%以上。中兴通讯拥有全球专利申请量7.6万件，已授权专利超过3.6万件，连续9年稳居PCT国际专利申请全球前五。同时，中兴通讯是全球5G技术研究和标准制定的主要参与者和贡献者。根据IPlytics 2020年2月的报告，中兴通讯向ETSI披露了5G标准必要专利2,561族，位列全球前三。

中兴通讯坚持在全球范围内贯彻可持续发展理念，实现社会、环境及利益相关者的和谐共生；运用通信技术帮助不同地区的人们享有平等的通信自由；将“创新、融合、绿色”理念贯穿到整个产品生命周期，以及研发、生产、物流、客户服务等全
流程，为实现全球性降低能耗和二氧化碳排放不懈努力；在全球范围内开展社区公益和救助行动，2019年第二次入选富时社会责任指数系列(FTSE4Good Index Series)，位列中国企业300强社会责任发展指数前100名。中兴通讯是联合国全球契约组织和GeSI (Global e-Sustainability Initiative)组织的成员，自2009年起，已连续12年主动向社会发布可持续发展报告/企业社会责任报告。

中兴通讯致力于构建5G时代自主创新核心竞争力，将凭借领先的5G端到端全系列产品与解决方案，加速推进全球5G商用规模部署。