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Huawei aims to surpass $126 billion revenue in 2025, fueled by 5G chip growth and massive R&D

5G smartphones drive Huawei's revenue surge.

byKerem Gülen
September 2, 2025
in Industry

Despite years of intense pressure from U.S. sanctions, Huawei appears to be not just surviving, but thriving. The Chinese tech giant has shared its H1 2025 revenue report, revealing the highest growth it has seen since 2020.

Riding this wave of momentum, the company is setting an ambitious target for the near future: to exceed $126 billion (900 billion yuan) in total revenue in 2025, a goal largely driven by the successful sales of its homegrown 5G chip-powered smartphones.

A relentless focus on R&D

Huawei’s resurgence is built on a foundation of massive and ever-increasing investment in research and development. According to a report from Caijing Times, the company has already invested approximately 96.9 billion yuan (about $13.6 billion) in R&D in the first half of 2025 alone. This figure represents a 9.04% increase from the previous year and accounts for a staggering 22.7% of the company’s total revenue for that period.

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This commitment to innovation is not new. In 2024, Huawei’s R&D spending exceeded 170 billion yuan, and the company has signaled its intention to increase this investment further in 2025. This financial dedication is what has allowed Huawei to overcome significant challenges, such as the slowdown in global 5G investment and ongoing U.S. restrictions, and re-establish itself as a technological powerhouse.

Kirin, Kunpeng, and Ascend

According to a report from 36Kr, Huawei’s chip business is gaining the most traction among all its major business units. The company’s strategy is focused on three key, self-developed chipset departments:

  • Kirin: Powering its popular line of smartphones and driving the consumer-side revenue growth.
  • Kunpeng: Designed for data centers, serving major clients like China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom.
  • Ascend: Focused on the booming Artificial Intelligence (AI) sector, positioning Huawei as a key player in AI infrastructure.

Beyond these core chipsets, Huawei is also heavily investing in building out its self-developed software ecosystem, including operating systems for various services and databases, to reduce its dependency on foreign technology.

From domestic dominance to global ambition

While the sales of 5G chip-powered smartphones are expected to be the primary driver for reaching its new revenue goal, Huawei’s ambitions are much broader. The company is making significant progress in fields like computing power and AI cloud services.


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Zhang Pingan, the CEO of Huawei Cloud Computing, confirmed that the company’s investment in accelerating 5G chip production will be even greater this year. This, he believes, will help Huawei to not only solidify its foothold in China but also to compete more strongly on a global scale.

Huawei’s target of surpassing $126 billion in revenue is more than just a financial goal; it’s a statement of resilience and technological ambition. By pouring billions into R&D and successfully developing its own core technologies, from smartphone chips to AI processors, the company has managed to navigate one of the most challenging geopolitical environments a tech firm has ever faced. The success of its 5G smartphones is just the first, most visible sign of a much deeper, long-term strategy to achieve technological self-sufficiency and compete at the highest level on the world stage.

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