September 24, 2021

Huawei Launches the Smart Port Solution to Help Build World-Class Ports

SHENZHEN, China, Sept. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Huawei launched its Smart Port Solution at HUAWEI CONNECT 2021. As part of the Smart Customs Integrated Solution, the solution builds digital management capabilities based on all factors — people, vehicles, goods, enterprises, and places — in port scenarios to help build safe, efficient, and intelligent world-class ports, making cross-border trade safer and more convenient.

Ports of the Future — Intelligent, Sustainable, and Collaborative

Due to the changing global environment, growing population and urbanization in developing countries, cross-border e-commerce, and post-pandemic new normal, port management is facing more and more challenges. During the Customs Session, Mr. Zhou Yi, Managing Partner of Customs and Global Trade Services at Deloitte China, said: “Ports connect ecosystem stakeholders and supply chains. Therefore, they need to have core competitiveness for sustainable development, which will facilitate innovation across the value chain to support cross-border trade and other activities. There are five factors driving the modernization of ports: population, sustainable development, new patterns in business and trade, global environmental changes, and new technological developments. To be successful, ports must fully leverage new technologies to respond to new demands, achieve connectivity across all scenarios, process and utilize massive amounts of data more efficiently, adapt to green ecosystems, make sustainable development a competitive advantage, and build a collaborative ecosystem for economic zones near the ports.”

Huawei Smart Port Solution: Help Build World-Class Ports

As cross-border e-commerce gathers momentum in the increasingly globalized world, there is added regulatory pressure towards trade management and facilitation. In addition, the pandemic has also brought on new inspection and quarantine responsibilities to customs worldwide.

Ports are impacted hugely too with its modernization an important area of focus in the digital transformation of customs. The main goals of port digitalization are ensuring trade safety, improving clearance efficiency, cracking down on smuggling, and increasing customs tax revenue collection. Augustine Chiew, Chief Customs Expert in the Global Government Business Unit at Huawei, shared, “A multinational enterprise with businesses in 170 countries, Huawei has an international vision on port modernization. We hope to work with customs and ecosystem partners to develop secure, convenient, and efficient solutions to help nations build world-class ports.”

Huawei Smart Port Solution leverages leading technologies such as converged communications, AI, big data, and cloud computing to build an integrated digital foundation achieving synergy between cloud, network, edge, and device. The solution focuses on four areas: intelligent customs clearance, visualized collaborative command, convenient clearance services, and efficient comprehensive management. Working closely with leading customs ecosystem partners，multi-scenario solutions such as integrated online service platform, smart customs clearance and inspection, in-transit goods supervision, surveillance command center, and port campus management has been developed. These facilitates the integration of ports and logistics, enabling smooth port operations, and efficient customs supervision.

In particular, the Smart Customs Clearance Solution integrates computing, storage, network, and security capabilities. It brings together intelligent checkpoint, customs clearance system, as well as surveillance and command services, helping ports build one-stop smart customs clearance capabilities quickly. With the solution, the average deployment time is reduced by 60% and the vehicle clearance time to seconds, greatly increasing them overall intelligence and clearance efficiency of ports.

Nadim Abdulrahim, Expert of Global Government Industry at Huawei, said: “Based on the digital platform, Huawei is building a campus IOC and fully connected campus network to provide ubiquitous smart terminal awareness. The IOC facilitates personnel access, intelligent vehicle identification, all-domain situational awareness, emergency risk control, campus perimeter alarm, campus video patrol, intelligent pandemic prevention and control, and customs clearance situational awareness, covering people, vehicles, objects, and places all on one screen. It helps improve campus operation and service efficiency and achieves a truly secure and convenient smart campus.”

Chongqing Lianglu-Cuntan Free Trade Port Area is the leading comprehensive bonded zone among 14 in China and the only one among them that has both an airport and a water port. At HUAWEI CONNECT 2021, Mr. Shi Zhiyong, Director of the Smart City Administration Office of Chongqing Lianglu-Cuntan Free Trade Port Area, shared his experience of digital transformation: “Based on Huawei’s top-level planning, infrastructure network, and digital platform capabilities, the port area drives transformation in organization, management, processes, personnel, and facilities and develops five smart applications and a command center. So far, the port area now has 13 intelligent checkpoints, which enable customs clearance within seconds. A converged communications and IoT network has been built to achieve intelligent management of nearly 50,000 municipal facilities, covering the entire port area. The port can now access transportation big data, which effectively address problems such as traffic congestion, illegal parking, and speeding. With Huawei, the port area has built an industry-leading smart brain, which is now the center for information, surveillance, command, coordination, and emergency response. Operation status is now visible, with events controllable, and services much more manageable.”

Currently, digital technology is driving transformation in all industries. Using its advantages in ICT, Huawei will continue to innovate and develop smart port solutions. We will dive into digital, lead port modernization leveraging digital technology, unleashing the potential of smart customs. Huawei will facilitate digital transformation of customs and ports in countries worldwide, playing a key role in making cross-border trade safer and more convenient.

Huawei hosts HUAWEI CONNECT 2021 online from September 23 to October 31. The theme of this year’s event is Dive into Digital. We’re going to dive deep into the practical application of technologies like cloud, AI, and 5G in all industries, and how they can make organizations of all shapes and sizes more efficient, more versatile, and ultimately more resilient as we move towards economic recovery.

For more information, please contact our local team or check out https://www.huawei.com/en/events/huaweiconnect

September 24, 2021

Huawei Hosts an Energy Summit — Digital Energy, Powering the Low Carbon Era

SHENZHEN, China, Sept. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Huawei hosted the Energy Summit online, which was held within the framework of HUAWEI CONNECT 2021 and themed “Digital Energy, Powering the Low Carbon Era”. During the summit, customers and partners discussed best practices in using new technologies to transition the energy industry toward carbon neutrality. Huawei also released the Global Energy Transition and Zero Carbon Development White Paper and shared its Energy Trans-Cube Strategy.

Energy Trans-Cube, Creating New Value for the Industry

After signing the Paris Agreement in 2015, more countries than ever before are committed to carbon neutrality and are taking positive actions to address climate change. Each one follows a different path, suitable to its resource profile, energy, and environment. “Despite the strong will to go carbon neutral, we need to take into account three challenges: green and low carbon development, economic development, as well as the security and continuity of energy supply. The convergence of energy transformation and digital transformation will pave the digital way for carbon neutrality,” said David Sun, Vice President of Huawei Enterprise BG and President of the Global Energy Business Unit. He added, “Huawei has developed a Trans-Cube methodology. It suggests that to get closer to a net-zero carbon intelligent energy system and achieve global zero-carbon development, we should build three core capabilities — net-zero carbon transformation, energy transformation, and digital transformation.”

David Sun, Vice President of Huawei Enterprise BG and President of the Global Energy Business Dept, delivering a speech at the Energy Summit

The first capability — net-zero carbon transformation — will help various industries manage their carbon assets, and implement de-carbonization actions suitable to their specific contexts. In the process, they will go from low-carbon to near-zero carbon, and eventually achieve carbon neutrality.

Then, energy transformation will make energy production and consumption more reliable, secure, and efficient, transforming from a single centralized system to a diversified, distributed, and integrated one. The ultimate goal is to achieve multi-energy coordination and optimize efficiency.

Last but not least, there is digital transformation. With data at its core, digital transformation will enable net-zero carbon transformation and energy transformation.

White Paper Release — New Ideas to Lead the Industry

According to Guo Xiaobo, Energy expert at Deloitte China, going carbon neutral means achieving energy transformation and zero-carbon development as soon as possible, using more renewable resources, changing the way we use energy, and using new technologies to reduce emissions. Based on this, the Global Energy Transition and Zero Carbon Development White Paper analyzes the key factors affecting energy transition, and proposes a new plan for the energy sector — building a net-zero intelligent energy system.

The said system focuses on interconnecting oil, gas, electricity, heat, and hydrogen systems, and aims to achieve secure, reliable, efficient, cost-effective, and clean energy. Anthony Hu , Chief Representative for Energy Transition (Carbon Neutrality), Global Energy Business Unit of Huawei Enterprise BG, said, “The architecture of the net-zero intelligent energy system will interconnect the energy system, carbon system, and ICT infrastructure as well as eventually converging energy, carbon, information, and value flows. Gradually, it will form a system with data at its core, promoting the digitalization of the energy industry.”

Drive Data to Barrel, Embrace Intelligence to Grow

The digital transformation and intelligent development of the oil and gas industry is still in its infancy. According to Lv Gongxun, Senior Consultant of Huawei and Former General Manager of China National Corporation for Exploration and Development of Oil and Gas (CNODC), digital transformation signals four opportunities for the industry: rebuilding business models, transforming management models, innovating business models, and accelerating transformation and value growth.

Lv Gongxun also discussed the value of cloud for the oil and gas industry: “Cloud technologies enable centralized information resource planning, intelligent management and control, flexible provisioning, convenient services, and high security and efficiency. They will transform the existing business models.”

Power grids are another important area of energy transformation, rapidly evolving with new technologies. In this context, Felix Chifwaila, Senior Manager of Electro-Technical Services at ZESCO, introduced the role of video and AI in improving grid O&M capabilities. For example, visualizing channel data leads to fewer operational risks and makes inspection 80 times more efficient. Video and AI also help detect potential faults in time, helping eliminate 90% of power outages every year. Having an intelligent inspection platform and apps leads to 30% more efficient emergency response and maintenance. Mr. Chifwaila noted, “ZESCO is looking forward to continued cooperation with Huawei, helping ZESCO become a regional power hub in digital transformation.”

ICT and OT Drive Energy Digital Transformation

“As an Operation Technology (OT) system service provider, DFE actively cooperates with ICT vendors, including Huawei, to complement each other’s strengths, promote energy digital transformation, and build intelligent and innovative solutions.” — Fang Zhengji, General Manager of DFE. He introduced the innovative solutions DFE developed with Huawei — Intelligent Substation Inspection System and Automatic Transmission Line Inspection System. Powered by DFE and Huawei technologies, the two solutions help enterprises further their digital and intelligent transformation.

Like many others, Huawei started out as a non-digital native enterprise. This means that the company has accumulated extensive experience and lessons learnt through both internal projects and industry practices. It has a first-hand understanding of the challenges traditional enterprises face during digital transformation and has paved a “digital way” for the transformation and development of the energy industry.

For more information about the Global Energy Transformation and Zero Carbon Development White Paper, click Global Energy Transition and Zero Carbon Development White Paper

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September 24, 2021

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Meets Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs

HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani met today with HH Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Price Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah Al-Saud, on the sidelines of the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York.

The meeting dealt with reviewing bilateral cooperation, a number of regional and international issues, in addition to a number of issues of joint interest.

Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar

September 24, 2021

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs: We Are Ready to Provide Support to Reach Agreement between Afghan Parties

HE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani said that the lesson learnt from the Gulf crisis is that no difference can be resolved without negotiation.

In an interview with the US Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) on the sidelines of the 7th Session of the UN General Assembly, HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs said that the GCC countries have wasted a lot of time and great opportunities to work and cooperate during the crisis.

Answering a question about the lesson that the State of Qatar has learnt from the Gulf crisis, HE said that no one has benefited from the Gulf crisis and that “everyone is a loser”, stressing that no one won in the Gulf crisis and that the only success was in reconciliation.

“We learned many lessons from the Gulf crisis, and we are not the only ones who learned them. The main lesson that will not be forgotten is not to resort to actions before dialogue,” HE continued

HE called for building on this experience and the lessons learnt from the Gulf crisis, and for building a common security system to deter any aggression attempt from outside the region, stressing the importance of building a common ground and a common goal, and building a system that saves the Gulf region from any future crisis.

On the other hand, HE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani said that the collapse of energy prices was a wake-up call to accelerate the diversification of economies, noting that the State of Qatar has carried out a comprehensive review of its economic structure with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic; and is introducing reforms and doubling the investments in its sovereign fund as the main tool for future.

HE believed that energy will remain an important factor even during the transition period between multiple forms of energy to the clean renewable energy.

On the mediation of the State of Qatar in disputes, HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs said, “We work as mediators for our interest and the interest of our security, wealth and prosperity. The region has witnessed one crisis after another during the last 70 years. If we remain passive and do nothing, I do not think that there are other players who will do anything.”

On the role of the State of Qatar in Afghanistan and the talks between the United States and Afghanistan, HE said that the State of Qatar hosted the talks between the United States and the Taliban to find a peaceful solution, and the talks resulted in an agreement between the two parties. The State of Qatar also hosted the intra-Afghan talks to find coordination for power-sharing or a peaceful transition to include everyone.

HE added that the State of Qatar coordinated with the United States the evacuations from Afghanistan. Some 120,000 people were evacuated, from which Qatar evacuated 60,000 people. He indicated that the State of Qatar carried out another evacuation from Afghanistan for about 1,800 people, including journalists, translators, organization employees and Afghan girls.

HE added that the State of Qatar granted girls from various schools in Afghanistan free scholarships in the country.

On the reasons for his recent visit to Afghanistan, HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani explained that it aimed to provide a safe passage for travelers from Afghanistan, urge the Taliban to respect the desire of Afghan travelers, and coordinate with the United States and Turkey to restore work at Kabul airport in order to deliver humanitarian aid to Afghanistan. He added that the visit aimed also to secure the security operation at Kabul airport, and urge the Taliban to respect women’s rights to work and education. “We gave the Taliban an example that Qatar is a Muslim country and respects women’s rights to work and education,” he added.

On the extent to which the Taliban accept ethnic and religious differences and respect women and their representation in government positions in Afghanistan, HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs believed that the principle of inclusiveness and reconciliation serves global issues, and first serves the Afghan society. In order to achieve sustainable peace and stability in Afghanistan there must be a real peace. “We are ready to provide support and assistance to reach an agreement between the parties, and we ask the Taliban and the other parties to enter into a partnership. There is a great response from all parties to work for a national reconciliation to achieve stability in Afghanistan,” HE said.

In response to a question about the legitimacy, approach and tolerance of the Taliban, and the impact of the ongoing normalization between the Taliban and jihadist activity, HE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani believed that the Taliban will change and is working on that, however, change requires great efforts and collective concertedness to change ideas, noting that Islamic countries must play a role in this desired change.

In this regard, HE noted that the Taliban or any other group has gone through multiple stages and has its own ideology, and it can change to accept the opinions of other parties and work with them; stressing the importance for Islamic countries to provide examples to the Taliban on the use of moderate Islamic principles in governance.

“If the Taliban wants to implement the principles of Islamic law, we have many moderate examples of these principles in Islamic countries, and we hope that the Taliban will not go to the more strict examples,” he said.

He the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs said that he had heard good words from HE former Afghan president Hamid Karzai and HE Chairman of Afghan High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah regarding Taliban’s openness to political work in the new regime, and he urged the Taliban to participate in politics.

He believed that Afghanistan will need time, efforts and a lot of leadership in order for the government to represent everyone, noting that it is in the interests of Afghanistan and the region to have a real political process. “We are ready to help,” HE stressed.

He said that there is a difference between ending the 20-year war in Afghanistan and the withdrawal of the United States from the region, and said that what happened was an end to the Afghanistan war.

HE considered that “there is a large space for the United States to develop partnerships with the countries of the region, and we support its withdrawal from Afghanistan as a first step,” noting in this regard that imposing regimes from abroad has not succeeded throughout history.

HE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani stressed the importance of stimulating the Gulf-US relations, noting that there are multiple ways the United States can support the prosperity of the Gulf states away from the use of soldiers.

On Iran, HE said, “We want a quiet region. We hold consultations with Iran and keep our channels open with Tehran. We do not want to see a nuclear race in the region.”

On the other hand, HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani said that the State of Qatar is working to help achieve peace and stability in Gaza Strip and the West Bank, and is in contact with the two parties. It also provides support to achieve peace and stability in the West Bank and Gaza.

He said that the State of Qatar has been one of the most important factors of stability in Gaza for four decades, and uses the current “working relationship” with Israel to facilitate the entry of aid into Gaza and the West Bank, which is sufficient to serve the Palestinians.

HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs said that no progress has been made in the peace process for years. “When there was Arab consensus and hope for peace decades ago, Qatar was the first country to open up in its relations, along with several Arab countries, but this did not achieve the desired progress in the Palestinian cause,” HE added.

Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar

September 24, 2021

Qatar Participates in Ministerial Meetings of Global Governance Group, EU Foreign Ministers

The State of Qatar participated in the meeting of the Global Governance Group, which was held at the level of Ministers of Foreign Affairs on the sidelines of the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York.

The State of Qatar was represented in the meeting by HE Director of the International Organizations Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Yousef Sultan Larem.

The meeting dealt with enhancing ties and dialogue between members of the group, the Group of Twenty (G-20), and member states of the United Nations.

The meeting was also attended by foreign ministers of the G-20 Troika.

The State of Qatar also participated in the meeting that was held by EU foreign ministers on the sidelines of 76th Session of the UN General Assembly.

The State of Qatar was represented in the meeting by HE Director of the International Organizations Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar

September 24, 2021

Qatar Participates in Ministerial Meeting on Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Crimes in Syria

The State of Qatar participated in the ministerial meeting on the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes in Syria, on pursuing comprehensive justice in the country. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

The State of Qatar was represented at the meeting by HE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi.

During the State of Qatar’s speech at the meeting, His Excellency said that this year is the 10th anniversary for the Syrian revolution. His Excellency said that the event has unfortunately led to disastrous results since then, with devastating loss of life and displacement of millions of Syrians, in addition to threats to regional and international peace and security. His Excellency added that it is clear this crisis will not be resolved through violence, but only through a political crisis with leadership by the United Nations in a way that achieves the rights of the Syrian people. His Excellency added that the State of Qatar keeps calling for a peaceful resolution to the crisis that leads to a political transition in line with the Geneva statement and UN Security Council resolution, including resolution no. 2254.

His Excellency highlighted that, in addition to being one of the leading countries in providing humanitarian assistance to the Syrian people, Qatar has also committed itself to the legal and moral responsibility to address war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Syria, based on the country’s belief that ensuring accountability and addressing impunity is not only a moral obligation, but also a condition for reconciliation, sustainable peace and the prevention of the recurrence of crimes. His Excellency added that, in 2016, Qatar and Lichtenstein and other partners worked on establishing the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism for Syria, following a decision by the General Assembly.

His Excellency added that the State of Qatar welcomes the information reported recently, which states that the mechanism helped many judicial authorities put to trial those who committed crimes in Syria.

His Excellency said that the atrocities committed in Syria are some of the most documented of any conflict, and include the worst use of chemical weapons, killings, disappearances and arbitrary detention on a large scale and other patterns of violations and abuses. His Excellency stressed that all these violations necessitates the continuation of work with the mechanism with support from the international community, which includes providing the necessary financing to ensure its independence and credibility.

HE the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs highlighted that the State of Qatar offered a financial contribution worth $1 million. His Excellency also stressed that the State of Qatar will continue to support the mechanism, reiterating Qatar’s condemnation of the violence against civilians and severe violations of international law and international humanitarian law regardless of who commits them.

Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar

September 24, 2021

Qatar Renews Its Commitment to the Responsibility to Protect to Enhance Collective Security and Respect for International Law

The State of Qatar has renewed its commitment to the responsibility to protect in line with its belief in international cooperation to establish collective security and its respect for international law, and with its well-established policy to promote international peace and security.

This came in a statement made by HE Director of the International Organizations Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Yousef Sultan Larem at the virtual ministerial meeting on the responsibility to protect on the responsibility to protect and the role of women and girls in protection from atrocities. The event was organized on the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York by Costa Rica, Croatia, and Denmark’s mission to the UN in cooperation with the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect.

The statement of the State of Qatar continued by saying the country continued its efforts to enhance the responsibility to protect as an active member and head of the partnership for a period of three years for the Group of Friends of the Responsibility to Protect.

As part of Qatar’s support for the role of women and girls in achieving peace, the statement said that the State of Qatar has consistently supported and implemented the women’s, peace and security agenda, based on its commitment to the principle of gender equality and the promotion of protection of women’s rights.

He also stressed that the State of Qatar has spared no effort to support the implementation of the United Nations Secretary-General’s strategy for gender parity, and has been keen to involve women in peace processes in which the State of Qatar plays a mediating role in.

He expressed Qatar’s conviction that the involvement of women contributes to the success of mediation processes, ensuring the rights of women and girls and the advancement of women and their active participation in society is an essential part of any agreements and activities related to peace and the rule of law.

In light of the importance of arming women, girls and young people with quality education, the statement drew attention to the leading role that the State of Qatar has played at the international level to provide education, especially in conflict areas and non-conflict societies.

He highlighted the State of Qatar’s commitment to provide quality education to one million girls by 2021, the announcement was made by HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani in 2018 in the Leaders’ Dialogue roundtable discussion.

The statement stressed the importance of engaging women and girls in all activities that help establish peace.

Concluding, the statement also stressed that the State of Qatar will continue working with its partners from the international community on preventing atrocities, and enhancing the principle of the responsibility to protect.

Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar