Huawei wins “Saudi Industrial Quality Award” at the Saudi International Quality Exhibition and Forum

Huawei, a leading global ICT solutions provider, has been awarded with the “Saudi Industrial Quality Award’’ at the second Saudi International Quality Exhibition and Forum (Saudi Qualex,) held in Riyadh on April 29. The award comes in recognition of Huawei’s outstanding practices to ensure quality in all aspects of its operations in the Kingdom. 

During the opening ceremony, on behalf of H.E. Eng. Khalid Abdulaziz bin Falih, Minister of energy, Industry and Mineral Resources , Eng. Khaled Bin Mohammed Al Salem, Director General of MODON and John Walter, President of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) presented the “Saudi Industrial Quality Award’’ to Mr. Dennis Zhang, CEO of Huawei Tech Investment Saudi Arabia. 

The 3-day forum and exhibition held at Riyadh International Convention and Exhibition Center, aims to improve and develop industrial innovation and entrepreneurship in the Kingdom, and to support Saudi Arabia’s transformation strategy to build an integrated sustainable economy, based on integration and diversification of income sources, and achieve the goals of Saudi Vision 2030.

The event, supported by The Ministry of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources, focuses on power, industrial, technology, support services and logistics sectors, to contribute to the improvement of industrial efficiency and sustainability, enhance quality and competitiveness of national industries internationally. It aims to raise the awareness of standards role in quality assurance and consumer protection, highlight the importance of accreditation in supporting the national economy, and support the GCC efforts to improve quality Infrastructure.

Mr. Zhang Hao, Director of Huawei Corporate Sustainability Department, delivered a keynote speech at the event. He highlighted how Huawei – a gold sponsor of the event - complies with all Saudi Arabia’s quality requirements and relevant laws and regulations. and is focused on being customer-centric, to deliver high quality products and solutions, low operating cost, and fast responses to satisfy customer demand, and associate its brand with high quality in the ICT industry in the Kingdom and globally.

Commenting on the award, Mr. Hao said: “Quality is the lifeline for business, at Huawei, we have been working tirelessly since our inception to ensure our products and services are of high quality, of value, and designed specifically to assist our clients and partners to achieve their goals. Delivering on our promises, we have empowered and supported the kingdom in its ICT journey since 2002. We provided a state-of-the-art network services for millions of pilgrims during the Hajj season for the last 13 years. Furthermore, we delivered the majority of the government's Universal Service Fund projects, providing high quality network connections to millions of people in remote areas of the Kingdom.”

Huawei started its operation in the kingdom in 2002, and has been providing telcos, enterprises, ministries and government agencies with high quality ICT solutions and services to empower the kingdom on its quest to achieve the goals of Saudi Vision 2030.