Li [Name Redacted]

Born in Zhenning County, Anshun City, Guizhou Province, he graduated from Chongqing Institute of Civil Engineering and Architecture and is the founder of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

In 2018, he was named on the "List of 100 Outstanding Private Entrepreneurs Celebrating 40 Years of Reform and Opening-Up," jointly selected by the Central United Front Work Department and the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce. He was also recognized as the "China Economic News Figure of the Year" in 2019 and later included in Forbes magazine's "Global Business Leader of the Year in Cross-Border Management" list for 2019.

Once featured on *Time* magazine's list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World, he was recognized as one of the 100 Outstanding Private Entrepreneurs over the 40 Years of Reform and Opening Up, named among China's 50 Most Influential Business Leaders, and included in Asia's Top 100 Business Figures list, among other prestigious honors.

In September 1991, Huawei rented the third floor of the Haoye Village Industrial Building in Bao'an County, Shenzhen, to set up a facility for developing programmable exchange switches. More than 50 young employees followed Ren Zhengfei to this dilapidated factory building, embarking on their challenging and uncertain entrepreneurial journey. They divided the entire floor into four main sections: single-board assembly, power supply, comprehensive testing, and preparation—plus a storage room and a kitchen. Amidst the scorching heat of the machinery, workers labored tirelessly around the clock, meticulously designing and fabricating circuit boards, assembling call terminals, soldering components, writing software, and rigorously testing, tweaking, and retesting their creations. Under these demanding conditions, Ren Zhengfei made nearly daily visits to the site to oversee production and track development progress. He held regular meetings to discuss the obstacles they faced, assigning tasks and coordinating efforts to tackle a wide range of issues. Even during meal times, Ren Zhengfei and company leaders would join everyone at nearby food stalls for communal meals—a testament to the close-knit, hands-on leadership style that defined Huawei’s early days.