Huawei facts and figures:

• global provider of commercial telecom networks, set up in Shenzen, China, in 1988

• privately owned with 110,000 employees worldwide – 55,000 in China, 3,000 in Europe

• clients include 45 of world’s top 50 telecom operators

• 46% of employees involved in R&D and invests 10% of annual revenues in R&D

• revenue 185bn yuan (£19bn)

• operating profit 29bn yuan

• operating margin 16%

• net profit 23.7bn yuan

You may not have heard of Huawei but it’s safe to say you will have used one of the Chinese tech company’s products or services.