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Huawei Headquarters & offices · Shenzhen, China
Huawei · Shenzhen, China
An R&D campus of 12 villages, each modeled on a famous European city — with 800 meeting rooms, 15 canteens and 10 coffee shops.
The Bantian headquarters, the Ox Horn campus by Songshan Lake, the benefits and 38 years of office history — from a small apartment in Nanshan. Every number from Huawei's own annual report, campus site and careers site.
- 12European-style villages at Ox Horn
- 38,000people at the Bantian campus
- 169,054employees and retirees who own the company
- CNY20.99Bspent on employee benefits, 2025
Sources: Huawei campus site (Headquarter · Ox Horn Campus) · Huawei Enterprise blog “Huawei Employees' X-Factor” · Company Facts (April 2026) · Sustainability Addendum to the 2025 Annual Report
Companies / China / Telecom Equipment & Devices / Huawei
THE R&D CAMPUS · OX HORN, SONGSHAN LAKE · 2018
Twelve European-style villages on the shore of Songshan Lake
Huawei opened the Ox Horn Campus on the southern shore of Songshan Lake in Dongguan in June 2018. Its 12 villages are each modeled after a renowned European city and hold R&D centers, offices and meeting spaces. Huawei says the villages copy how European designers fit buildings into their natural surroundings, and are meant to help employees relax from the pressures of work. Back in Shenzhen, the Bantian headquarters has 11 specialized zones built in different styles, crowned by the F1 tower.
- 12 villages · Ox Horn
- 600,000 m² of offices
- 200,000 m² of labs
- 800+ meeting rooms
- 15 canteens · 10 coffee shops
- Bantian: 11 zones
Ox Horn: 12 European-style villages by Songshan Lake
Huawei opened the 300-acre Ox Horn Campus on the southern shore of Songshan Lake in Dongguan in June 2018, with 12 villages each modeled after a renowned European city.
The Bantian headquarters in Shenzhen
Built from 1998 to 2003, the 400-acre Bantian campus has 11 specialized zones in different styles and is home to 38,000 Huawei employees.
Facts: Huawei campus site (digitalpower.huawei.com, “Headquarter” and “Ox Horn Campus”) · Huawei Enterprise blog “Huawei Employees' X-Factor” (Songshan Lake Campus figures). Photos: Huawei Media Center (editorial use, credit “Huawei”) and Wikimedia Commons, credited on each photo.
Bantian, Shenzhen and Ox Horn, Dongguan
| Building | Address |
|---|---|
| Huawei Base — headquarters (Administration Building) | Huawei Base, Bantian, Longgang District, Shenzhen 518129, China |
| Ox Horn Campus (Songshan Lake R&D center) | Southern shore of Songshan Lake, Dongguan, Guangdong, China |
Source: huawei.com “Contact us” and Company Facts (head office) · Huawei campus site (Ox Horn Campus) · See them on the map ↓
Source: Huawei campus site (Headquarter · Ox Horn Campus) · Huawei Enterprise blog “Huawei Employees' X-Factor” (Songshan Lake Campus) · Huawei 2022 Annual Report (clean energy). Areas as Huawei states them; m² and hectare conversions by eciffo.
Office tour videos
Benefits (worldwide)
Huawei's total investment in employee benefits in 2025.
Social security, commercial insurance and company-sponsored medical assistance, so every employee worldwide has medical coverage.
Regular health check-ups, access to health centers and consultation services, and healthy-lifestyle support.
A global medical emergency response service for employees.
The Employee Assistance Program gave nearly 5,000 hours of counselling in 2025, including video counselling and real-time emotional support.
On the iLearning platform, plus the Jiaxian Community with 6,000+ chief experts and 100,000+ engineers.
Every new employee gets new-employee training and an experienced mentor.
Source: Sustainability Addendum to Huawei 2025 Annual Report (benefits spending, insurance, health, EAP, mentors) · career.huawei.com (iLearning, Jiaxian Community, training)
Why people stay: what Huawei itself describes
Huawei Investment & Holding is a private company wholly owned by its employees and retired beneficiaries; the founder holds about 0.59%.
An internal talent market lets employees move freely between teams, alongside department-initiated transfers.
Push into new challenges or deepen steady expertise; employees can also switch professions, domains and locations.
Football, dance, hiking and photography clubs, singing contests and tug-of-war, and yearly Family Days at the office.
Huawei's 213,000 employees come from 166 countries and regions; 63.8% of staff outside China are hired locally.
Source: Company Facts (April 2026) · Sustainability Addendum to Huawei 2025 Annual Report · career.huawei.com “Life at Huawei”
Who works here
employees (end of 2025)
work in R&D
countries and regions employees come from
of staff outside China hired locally
Source: Huawei 2025 Annual Report (R&D staff) · Sustainability Addendum to the 2025 Annual Report · Company Facts (April 2026)
Office history: from a small apartment to two campuses
- 1987 A small apartment in Nanshan District
Ren Zhengfei, who had been working at the logistics service base of the Shenzhen South Sea Oil Corporation, founded Huawei in 1987 with CNY21,000. The company started out in a small apartment in Nanshan District, Shenzhen.
Source: Huawei campus site (Headquarter) · huawei.com executive biography of Ren Zhengfei
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - Before 1998 The Science and Technology Park in Nanshan
As the business expanded, Huawei moved its offices to the Science and Technology Park in Nanshan District.
Source: Huawei campus site (Headquarter)
Science and Technology Park, Nanshan, 2020s · Lint1729 / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 1998 Building its own campus in Bantian
Huawei began building its own campus in Bantian, Longgang District, north of the city center.
Source: Huawei campus site (Headquarter)
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2003 Bantian up and running — 400 acres, 11 zones
By 2003 the 400-acre campus was running, with 11 specialized zones, each designed in a different style. Today 38,000 Huawei employees work there, and Huawei Base, Bantian is the head office address.
Source: Huawei campus site (Headquarter) · huawei.com Contact us
Huawei's Bantian base, Shenzhen, 2007 · Brücke-Osteuropa / Public domain · Wikimedia Commons - 2018 Ox Horn Campus opens at Songshan Lake
In June 2018 Huawei opened the 300-acre Ox Horn Campus on the southern shore of Songshan Lake in Dongguan: 12 villages, each modeled after a renowned European city, holding R&D centers, offices and meeting spaces.
Source: Huawei campus site (Ox Horn Campus)
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2022 Both campuses on clean energy
Huawei reported that its Shenzhen and Dongguan campuses were 100% powered by clean energy.
Source: Huawei 2022 Annual Report
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it.
Map: how the headquarters moved
Huawei grew up in Nanshan District, moved north to its own campus in Bantian, and then built its R&D villages about 30 km further north, by Songshan Lake in Dongguan.
- 1 · Before 1998Science and Technology Park, Nanshan District — Offices after the first apartment
- 2 · 2003Huawei Base, Bantian, Longgang District — Headquarters campus, 11 zones, 38,000 people
- 3 · 2018Ox Horn Campus, Songshan Lake, Dongguan — R&D campus of 12 European-style villages
Places: Huawei campus site · huawei.com Contact us · Locations approximate (the 1987 apartment has no published address)
What Huawei does
Huawei builds telecom networks for carriers, computing and cloud for businesses, and phones, PCs and wearables for consumers. It also makes digital power and solar products and parts for intelligent cars.
Five main segments: ICT Infrastructure, Consumer, Cloud Computing, Digital Power and Intelligent Automotive Solution.
Where the money came from · Revenue by business segment · 2025
Source: Huawei 2025 Annual Report, “By Business Segment”
Source: Huawei 2025 Annual Report (released Mar 31, 2026)
Growth: revenue vs. people
CNY721.2B → CNY880.9B
Fiscal years end December 31. Revenue in CNY billions: Five-Year Financial Highlights in Huawei Annual Reports 2022, 2023 and 2025. Employees: Company Facts (April 2026); earlier totals are not stated on Huawei's website. Multiple calculated by eciffo.
Chief executives
Founder. Set up Huawei with CNY21,000 in 1987 and has been CEO since 1988. Before that he served in the military's Engineering Corps and worked at the Shenzhen South Sea Oil Corporation.
Founder: Ren Zhengfei. The board is led by Chairman Liang Hua, with rotating chairs Xu Zhijun, Meng Wanzhou (also CFO) and Wang Tao.
Source: huawei.com Executives (Board of Directors) and biography of Ren Zhengfei
Huawei: questions people ask
Where is Huawei's headquarters?
At Huawei Base in Bantian, Longgang District, Shenzhen, China (postcode 518129). About 38,000 Huawei employees work on the Bantian campus.
Source: huawei.com Company Facts and Contact us · Huawei campus site
What is Huawei's Ox Horn Campus?
Huawei's R&D campus on the southern shore of Songshan Lake in Dongguan, opened in June 2018. Its 300 acres are divided into 12 villages, each modeled after a renowned European city, with R&D centers, offices and meeting spaces.
Source: Huawei campus site (Ox Horn Campus)
How big are Huawei's campuses?
Huawei describes the Bantian headquarters as a 400-acre campus with 11 zones and the Ox Horn campus as 300 acres. The Songshan Lake campus has 600,000 m² of office space, 200,000 m² of labs, more than 800 meeting rooms, 15 canteens and 10 coffee shops.
Source: Huawei campus site · Huawei Enterprise blog “Huawei Employees' X-Factor”
When did Huawei move to Bantian?
Huawei began building its own campus in Bantian in 1998, and by 2003 the campus was up and running. Before that its offices were in the Science and Technology Park in Nanshan District, and it started out in 1987 in a small apartment in Nanshan.
Source: Huawei campus site (Headquarter)
Can you tour Huawei's campus?
Huawei's official campus site offers 360-degree virtual tours of its headquarters, a lab and the Cyber Security Lab, and a virtual tour of the Songshan Lake campus. Huawei's YouTube channel also has campus tour videos.
Source: Huawei campus site (Video) · Huawei YouTube
How many people work at Huawei?
About 213,000 employees from 166 countries and regions at the end of 2025. About 114,000 of them (53.7%) work in R&D.
Source: Company Facts (April 2026) · 2025 Annual Report · Sustainability Addendum 2025
What benefits does Huawei offer?
Huawei spent CNY20.99 billion on employee benefits in 2025. Coverage combines social security, commercial insurance and company-sponsored medical assistance, plus health check-ups, health centers, a global medical emergency service and an Employee Assistance Program with counselling.
Source: Sustainability Addendum to Huawei 2025 Annual Report
Who owns Huawei?
Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd. is a private company wholly owned by 169,054 of its employees and retired beneficiaries. Founder Ren Zhengfei's investment is nearly 0.59% of total share capital (Dec 31, 2025).
Source: huawei.com Company Facts (April 2026)
Who is Huawei's CEO?
Founder Ren Zhengfei, CEO since 1988. Liang Hua is Chairman of the Board, and Xu Zhijun, Meng Wanzhou and Wang Tao serve as rotating chairs.
Source: huawei.com Executives
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