According to the Wall Street Journal , Huawei's recruitment activities have attracted the attention of intelligence agencies in the above countries and territories, with many recorded talent acquisitions. This comes amid an increasingly fierce technological competition between China and the West, in which Western countries are trying to limit China's access to advanced technology. This has forced Chinese companies like Huawei to step up efforts to recruit top engineers in fields such as semiconductor manufacturing and artificial intelligence (AI).
Huawei is trying to find talent from leading technology companies
Huawei's talent hunt
Huawei and many other Chinese companies are targeting global technology hubs, including Europe, Silicon Valley (USA) and Taiwan. Some companies even hide their Chinese origins by registering as local legal entities and hiring only local employees to avoid the attention of local authorities. This practice has been detected in Taiwan and South Korea, while Chinese companies operate more freely in the US and Europe.
One of Huawei’s key targets is ASML, a Dutch company that makes equipment for the semiconductor industry. ASML has spent decades developing advanced lithography technology, and without it, China would not be able to produce its most efficient chips.
Huawei has hired dozens of engineers and employees from Western companies, including ASML, since 2021, according to LinkedIn and Chinese talent platform Maimai. In one notable case, a Chinese engineer left ASML to start a rival company in China thanks to access to some of the Dutch company's software products during his tenure.
Although China’s foreign ministry has denied poaching experts, the country has long made talent a top priority. The government’s 2017 AI development plan emphasized attracting top talent in the technology.
Advanced chipmaking machines from ASML are what Huawei desperately needs
In Taiwan, home to the world’s largest contract semiconductor manufacturer TSMC, authorities have recorded a rise in cases related to trade secret theft and talent recruitment since 2015. In 2022, Taiwan passed new regulations to prohibit the transfer of critical technology abroad, with severe penalties for violators.
Recently, Taiwanese authorities conducted a large-scale operation, raiding 30 locations and questioning 65 people, including eight Chinese companies accused of poaching talent. These companies tried to hide their origins by cooperating with recruitment companies from Singapore and Hong Kong.
Last fall, management at Zeiss SMT, a manufacturer of components for the semiconductor industry, discovered that Huawei’s human resources department was trying to gain access to its employees. This prompted German intelligence agencies to launch an investigation, concerned that Huawei might have access to important intellectual property. While Germany has passed a law banning the use of Huawei equipment in critical parts of its network infrastructure, Huawei consumer products are still sold in the country.
Despite facing many challenges and close scrutiny from Western countries, Chinese companies continue to make efforts to recruit tech talent from around the world.
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