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Huawei completes US$1.4 billion campus in Shanghai ‘with 100 cafes’ to lure foreign talent
- Huawei’s new Shanghai campus will serve as the company’s global research and development hub
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Huawei Technologies has completed construction of its 10-billion-yuan (US$1.4 billion) research and development (R&D) centre in Shanghai, where company founder and chief executive Ren Zhengfei expected foreign scientists to be attracted by perks such as the more than 100 cafes on campus.
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Located in Jinze, a town in Shanghai’s Qingpu district, Huawei gave its new campus the name Lianqiu Lake R&D Centre last Tuesday, according to an announcement on the municipal government’s website that cited official media Jiefang Daily.
The campus comprises eight blocks and 104 buildings – making up a complex of laboratories, offices and leisure areas – connected via an internal railway system. While some bridge construction and greening projects are still being finalised, the development of signage, district roads and train service for the Lianqiu Lake campus had been completed, the Jiefang Daily reported last Thursday.
Huawei did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Monday.
Around 30,000 R&D personnel are expected to move into Huawei’s new Shanghai campus to work on semiconductors, wireless networks and the Internet of Things, Qingpu district head Yang Xiaojing said at a government press conference in January.
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