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Huawei pushes for 'TECH4ALL' initiative to resolve digital gaps

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Visitors look around an exhibition hall during Huawei Connect 2019 held at Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center from Wednesday to Friday. / Korea Times photo by Jun Ji-hye
Visitors look around an exhibition hall during Huawei Connect 2019 held at Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center from Wednesday to Friday. / Korea Times photo by Jun Ji-hye

By Jun Ji-hye

SHANGHAI ― Huawei pressed ahead with its long-term initiative "TECH4ALL," during Huawei Connect 2019 that ended Friday, calling for using digital technology to promote inclusive development to leave no one behind in the intelligent world.

Huawei Connect is the annual flagship event hosted by the Chinese tech giant for the global ICT industry.

At the three-day event, the company called on more individuals and organizations to join it in addressing global issues related to healthcare, education, development and the environment, saying the target of TECH4ALL is to help another 500 million people benefit from digital technology in the next five years.

The company showcased various technologies during the conference to push the initiative, including a smart campus and smart transportation.

"Technology shouldn't sit in an ivory tower," Huawei Deputy Chairman Ken Hu said. "Instead, it should benefit all of humanity. We firmly believe that digital technology will benefit every person, home and organization."

While determining the direction for TECH4ALL, Huawei took into consideration its available capabilities and viable directions based on the potential impact of the ICT industry and the meaning of digital inclusion.

As part of efforts to push the initiative, the firm is partnering with medical research lab IIS Aragon and research center DIVE in Spain to jointly develop a new medical device that can detect visual impairment in young children.

With this device, children simply need to look at images on the screen of Huawei's Matebook E. The DIVE system then collects gaze data, transmitting this to a Huawei P30 phone.

The machine learning capabilities of the P30 help a doctor analyze the data and detect signs of eye disease.

In Kenya, Huawei is working with organizations such as UNESCO to convert cargo containers into mobile, digital classrooms that provide digital skills training to teachers, women and young entrepreneurs in remote rural regions in Africa. This will give them equal access to digital education resources, the firm said.

"We want to protect vulnerable groups and make ordinary people extraordinary. This is the unique value of technology," Hu said. "Digital inclusion will need the joint efforts of businesses, governments and society at large. Currently, we have just taken a first small step. We welcome more people and organizations to join us."


Jun Ji-hye jjh@koreatimes.co.kr


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