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Thereis a silver lining for investors, though: You can gain investment exposure to Huawei. This article will cover everything investors need to know when it comes to a possible Huawei IPO date, and how to gain exposure to the company even if it never happens.

In 2009, Huawei released its first smartphone using the Android operating system. Just 3 years later, the company had become the third-largest mobile phone manufacturer. In Q4 2012, Huawei had gained a 4.6% market share behind only Samsung (LSE:SMSN) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) in first and second place respectively.

Interest in a Huawei investment was growing rapidly towards the tail end of the 2010s as Huawei had become the second-largest mobile phone manufacturer in the world despite being a relative newcomer to the market.

Huawei bonds differ from traditional stock investments. Instead of gaining a percentage of ownership in the company, the investor has formed a private agreement with Huawei. The company provides yield at a fixed rate in exchange for a loan amount, before repaying the investment in full at the end of the bond duration.

As things stand, the bond is the only way for most people to gain investment exposure to Huawei. You can learn more about how to invest in other successful private companies by checking out our articles on:

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This builds on an ongoing trade battle between the U.S. and China, which has resulted in several bans on exporting certain chips to Chinese companies. That ban has been expanded to include communication company Huawei.

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The Stock Performance of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. is significantly lower than the stock performance of its index.

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On April 25, 2019, Jiang Xisheng, Chief Secretary of Huawei's Board of Directors, was interviewed by multiple international media outlets at Huawei's headquarters in Shenzhen. During the interview, he answered questions about Huawei's ownership structure and governance system. Below is the full transcript of the interview.

Dear members of the media, good morning. We also have some attendees online. Welcome to you all. Before moving to the Q&A session, I would like to give you a brief introduction to Huawei's ownership structure.

First of all, I would like to thank the two American professors who wrote the paper about our ownership structure. Actually, we are having today's interview because of this paper. We want to take this opportunity to clarify our ownership structure.

This photo may look familiar to you. It was from our annual report. At Huawei, we have more than 90,000 employees holding shares in the company through the Union. Huawei is wholly owned by its employees. No outside organizations or government agencies hold any shares in Huawei.

Because of this Employee Shareholding Scheme, Huawei is owned and controlled by its shareholding employees. That is why we have maintained our independence over the past three decades, allowing us to stick to our strategies.

Real estate has been the most profitable industry in China over the past 10 to 20 years, so many companies decided to get into it. However, Huawei never entered that industry. Several years ago, there was a popular saying in the Internet and ICT industries that everyone has a chance to fly when there is favorable wind blowing from behind. Many companies do whatever they can to seize these chances, like autonomous driving. However, we did not follow suit.

In the ICT industry, the Personal Handy-phone System (PHS) was extremely popular in China around 2000. China had its own 3G standard several years ago. But Huawei remained unaffected by these trends. We stay focused on our core business strategies.

In addition to that, all of Huawei's share capital comes from our employees' own money. Our employees will not allow external influences to compromise their own interests or damage the company's long-term development.

Huawei has no external backing or resources to rely on. The only way we have to achieve growth is through our own hard work and dedication. Employees are highly motivated to perform well, and they push their colleagues and even their managers to work hard, too. They will not tolerate complacency or corruption. Shareholding employees feel obligated to oversee the company's operational compliance.

Now I'd like to talk about Huawei's Union. The Union was established in accordance with China's Trade Union Law. However, our Union also operates independently as a platform through which our Employee Shareholding Scheme is implemented. I would like to clarify three terms.

First is the Union; second, the Trade Union Committee; third, the Representatives' Commission. Huawei's Union is an organization registered under the Shenzhen Federation of Trade Unions. The Trade Union Committee is a management organization elected by the members of the Union in accordance with China's Trade Union Law. The committee members are not appointed by the upper-level trade union. Currently, Huawei's Trade Union Committee has seven members. The Representatives' Commission was established to manage the Union as a platform for implementing our Employee Shareholding Scheme and exercise shareholder rights on behalf of shareholding employees. Members of the Commission are elected by shareholding employees on a one-vote-per-share basis. The Commission currently has 115 members.

Why are these two functions independent? First, there are different management organizations. Second, they have different responsibilities. According to China's Trade Union Law, a trade union is charged with protecting the lawful rights of employees and coordinating labor relations. In addition, the Union will care about employees and address some of the difficulties they encounter in their lives. This is a requirement stipulated in China's Trade Union Law. When Huawei's Union functions as a trade union, it is funded by a proportion of the company's total compensation package. These funds are used to serve employees and carry out Union activities. If the Union was to be liquidated, the residual funds would go to the upper-level trade union.

When Huawei's Union serves as a platform through which the Employee Shareholding Scheme is implemented, the Representatives' Commission is the organization that manages the Union, and fulfills shareholder responsibilities and obligations on behalf of all shareholding employees. This function complies with China's Company Law, and other provisions set by government agencies concerning employee shareholding, including the Provisions of Shenzhen City on Employee Stock Option Plans.

The capital for the Union through which the Employee Shareholding Scheme is implemented is the employees' own money which they contribute. The Union invests the money acquired from employees into Huawei Holding & Investment Co., Ltd. as share capital, to fund the company's long-term growth.

After investing in the Union, shareholding employees are entitled to the company's annual profits. That means the company's profits are distributed to shareholding employees. If the company suffered a financial loss, shares held by the employees would depreciate. If the company went bankrupt or was liquidated or if the Union was liquidated, employee share assets would go to the registered shareholding employees at the time of liquidation, in proportion to the number of shares that they hold.

Recently, there have been stories and comments online about Huawei's ownership structure, including the paper written by two professors. Most of these comments are not true or factual. I would like to give some examples.

First, there is a belief that employee shares in Huawei are in fact at most contractual interests in a profit-sharing scheme. As a matter of fact, Huawei employees invest in the company with their own money. They are entitled to profit sharing, but also bear the risk of depreciation. At the same time, shareholding employees elect representatives to exercise shareholder rights on their behalf. So what Huawei is implementing is a shareholding scheme, rather than a profit-sharing scheme.

Another misconception is that Huawei's Union is stated owned, and that Huawei is a state-owned enterprise. This is a misunderstanding. Huawei's Union was established in accordance with China's Trade Union Law while the Employee Shareholding Scheme is managed through the Union in accordance with China's Company Law and the Provisions of Shenzhen City on Employee Stock Option Plans. These two functions are separate and independent from each other, in terms of funding, operations, and liquidation arrangements.

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