孟晚舟投稿日媒回应牛津叫停华为捐款：将继续资助基础研究

据路透社 1 月 18 日报道，英国牛津年夜学于本地时候 1 月 17 日颁布发表暂停接管来自华为的捐钱，当天一名华为讲话人暗示对此事不知情。

现在华为对此事有了进一步的回应。据日经中文网 1 月 25 日报道，华为副董事长兼 CFO 孟晚舟标的目的日本经济新闻（中文版：日经中文网）投稿，题目为《为什么华为正视与年夜学的合作》（Why Huawei values collaboration with universities）。

报道称该投稿内容改编自孟晚舟 2018 年在新加坡的一场未颁发的演讲，并在牛津年夜学颁布发表暂停接管华为捐钱后交给日本经济新闻。

对牛津年夜学遏制接管华为捐钱一事，孟晚舟在投稿中暗示华为并不是为了从合作伙伴那边获得专利和研究当作果，华为的方针是从研究人员的当作果和掉败中进修。此外她还暗示此后华为还将继续帮助可以或许鞭策科学和手艺成长的根本研究。

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降生于中宿世纪欧洲的年夜学在数个宿世纪的时候里，本家儿如果为了将阿谁时代的常识传布到下一代而存在。人类常识的成长，那时本家儿如果经由过程在同业公会制之下工作的人们来堆集。但财产层面的经验堆集和年夜学研究很少发生交集。

可是，学术界和财产界的关系在工业革命的时代发生改变。年夜学从纯真普及常识的“场合”变为了追求“常识”最火线的场合。詹姆斯·瓦特开辟出近代蒸汽机，是在格拉斯哥年夜学负责补缀效率低下的初期阶段蒸汽机之时。蒸汽机随后在制造业和交通东西等获得普遍操纵。

到了 1940～1950 年月，平易近间企业和研究机构起头在根本研究范畴阐扬必然的感化。美国德律风电报公司（AT＆T）的贝尔尝试室开辟出晶体管、激光器和信息理论。跟着美国德州仪器（TI）开辟出集当作电路，“摩尔法例”的时代到来。

此刻，年夜学和企业前所未有地慎密连系。年夜学在人工智能（AI）范畴走在根本理论研究的最前端，而谷歌、Facebook、特斯拉和华为等手艺领先企业则正致力于理论的适用化。

18 万名华为员工的近对折介入研发。比来 10 年的研发费用跨越 600 亿美元，打算此后数年投入 150 亿～200 亿美元。

我们要作为 IT 企业取得当作功并保存下去，取决于研发部分可否精确地展望通信手艺的成长。为了看清将来，要培育开放的企业文化，我们一向鼓动勉励员工，推崇“一杯咖啡接收宇宙能量”。这句话的寄义是不要只顾着工作，要偶然拿出时候，大师聚在一路，彼此让各类思惟彼此碰撞，这一点也很是主要。

为了培育和外部的合作关系，启动了“华为立异研究打算（HIRP）”，为全宿世界年夜学和研究机构构建了虚拟的咖啡吧，在这里，大师可以交流各类思惟。起首于 2010 年在欧洲启动。经由过程这个打算为最具可能性的方案供给资金。经由过程 HIRP，与全球前 100 的年夜学和 30 多个国度的国度级研究机构的学者合作无懈。

为了更普遍地撑持根本研究偏向与华为营业相一致的科学家们，我们在 2014 年扩充了 HIRP。由 HIRP 撑持的项目数跨越 1200 个，很多都已经当作功实现贸易化。例如华为与德国慕尼黑工业年夜学结合研发的降噪手艺已经用到手机上。别的德国国度工程院院士 Josef Nossek 传授提出将无线手艺应用于光通信的构思，年夜幅降低了光传输产物所用芯片的功耗。

有一部门人似乎心存疑虑，但华为从未想过从合作伙伴那边获取各类专利或研究当作果。英国牛津年夜学决议新的项目此后不再接管来自华为的资金援助，但我们的目标只是从研究人员的当作功与掉败中进修。

这种开放式的合作是消弭绵亘在科学与贸易应用之间鸿沟的独一方式。为此，不仅仅需要资金，还要连结耐烦。因为有些根本性的理论投入到现实应用要花上数十年时候。

只有年夜学与企业起头彼此合作，才能消弭这种时候性的阻隔。年夜学不进行根本研究，财产就没有理论根本。若是没有财产界、学术界的常识就只能封锁在象牙塔里。

华为之所以标的目的各类各样的年夜学供给帮助，就是因为熟悉到年夜学里追求的科学研究就像灯塔一样照亮将来的成长偏向。科学家是灯塔的所有者，研究当作果可以按照研究者自身爱好的偏向实现贸易化。

华为此后将继续帮助能带来科学与手艺前进的根本研究。如许的合作勾当不仅仅有助于华为的营业勾当，还将给社会和整个财产做出进献。

（注：投稿原文为英语，日经中文网登载的中文内容由日语原稿翻译而当作。）

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Why Huawei values collaboration with universities

Meng Wanzhou

Universities originated in medieval Europe, where for centuries they existed mainly to pass existing knowledge on to subsequent generations. Advances in human knowledge were driven primarily by craftsmen working in guilds. Industrial craftsmanship and university research rarely crossed paths.

That changed during the Industrial Revolution, when universities went from simply disseminating knowledge to pushing back its frontiers. James Watt developed the modern steam engine while repairing an inefficient early model at the University of Glasgow. His refinements led to the widespread use of steam power for manufacturing and transport.

Private companies and institutes began playing a role in basic research in the 1940s and 1950s. AT&T's Bell Labs invented the transistor, the laser, and information theory while an engineer from Texas Instruments ushered in the era of Moore's Law by inventing the integrated circuit.

Today, universities and companies are collaborating more closely than ever. Universities are leading the charge in basic theoretical research on artificial intelligence while leading companies like Google, Facebook, Tesla and Huawei Technologies are putting scholars' theories to practical use.

Nearly half of Huawei's 180,000 employees are engaged in research and development. Over the past decade, we have invested $60 billion in R&D and plan to spend $15 billion to $20 billion annually over the coming years.

As a tech company, our success -- indeed, our survival -- depends on how accurately our R&D predicts the evolution of future communications technology. To get it right, we foster a culture of openness, encouraging employees to "absorb the energy of the universe over a cup of coffee." This is a way of saying they should take time out of the work day to get together and bounce around ideas.

To foster collaboration externally, the Huawei Innovation Research Program provides a virtual coffee shop where we can exchange ideas with universities and research institutes around the world. First launched in Europe in 2010, the program funds proposals that offer the greatest potential. Through HIRP, we work closely with most of the world's top 100 universities and with scholars at 50 national laboratories in more than 30 countries.

In 2014, we expanded HIRP to support a wider range of scientists whose basic research aligns with our business. To date, the program has funded 1,200 projects, many of which have successfully been commercialized. For example, the noise canceling technology that we developed together with the Technical University of Munich is used in mobile phones. We also work closely with Professor Josef Nossek, a member of the German Academy of Science and Engineering, whose application of wireless concepts to optical communications has reduced the power consumption of chips used in certain optical transmission products.

Contrary to what some have alleged, Huawei is not after our partners' patents or research results. While we have noted Oxford University's decision to decline further funding for new projects from Huawei, our goal is only to learn from researchers' successes and failures. This type of open collaboration is the only way to close the gap between basic science and its commercial application. It requires not only funding but patience, as the journey from a basic theory to its practical adaptation may take decades.

We can only bridge this divide when universities and companies collaborate. Without basic research by universities, industrial development would lack theoretical foundations; without industry, knowledge would remain cloistered in the ivory towers of academia.

Huawei supports universities so that scientific research can be a lighthouse that illuminates a path toward the future. Scientists own the lighthouse, allowing them to commercialize the fruits of their research however they like.

Huawei will continue funding basic research that leads to advances in science and technology. This collaboration will benefit not only our own commercial efforts, but industry and society as a whole.