Due to American sanctions, Huawei had to replace 13 thousand parts in its gadgets

In 2019, the United States blacklisted the Chinese company Huawei and imposed sanctions against it that prohibit

American manufacturers to supply Huawei with parts, components and technologies. The company remains on this list to this day.

What is known

Despite the sanctions, Huawei continues itsactivity. According to the founder of the company, they managed to replace a total of 13 thousand parts for devices and remake 4 thousand printed circuit boards for their products. Simply put, Huawei replaced most American components with Chinese analogues.

For example, instead of Google services, the Chinese giantdeveloped its own operating system, HarmonyOS, with its own application store. The company managed to get permission to use Qualcomm Snapdragon processors, but only without 5G support.

Also, despite the restrictions, Huawei continues to invest in development and research - last year the company spent $23.8 billion on this.