I really don’t have any way to disprove this. There have been two English language studies into Huawei’s structure. The earlier one by Balding et al tries to claim that it is employee owned in name only but there is a more recent one by a Japanese university that contradicts this fact. Interestingly neither of the studies raise issues about significatly unequitable profit sharing so there’s that. The founder of the company owns about 1% of the shares.
As a gross generalisation I think large company management in China is broadly equivalent to provincial management (citizens have a say, but there is a hierarchy that responds to the party), is that what the Japanese report said?
First and foremost, as discussed above, employees own the majority of the Huawei’s shares issued, and Huawei
has been an “employee-owned company” at least since 2011 according to the available Annual reports show. Second,
the highest decision-making body in corporate governance is the Commission, comprised of representatives directly
elected by employee shareholders one vote one share. Shareholders’ representatives exercise voting rights on
important management matters such as the election of directors and auditors, on behalf of employee shareholders.
Third, BOD is the highest body in management strategy, business operations and customer satisfaction underneath
the Commission. All directors and auditors are elected from employees. Currently, all of them are employee
shareholders.
Fourth, Ren Zhengfei has a right of veto.75 Ren Zhengfei himself responded to a reporter that “This comes
with a time limit and when the new rules76 were passed this limit77 was extended. I do not exercise my right to veto
unless there is a major problem78” (Bilibili Z Generation Paradise, 2019)79. In this regard, Jiangxi Sheng, the chief
secretary of Huawei’s BOD, told reporters at the Southern China Morning Post that “These rules were the Governance
Charter” and went on to say that the Governance Charter strictly stipulates the important matters subject to the
exercise of the right of veto, citing management personnel and capital increase as two such examples.
It’s a representative system within the company. I think this is what you meant.
I really don’t have any way to disprove this. There have been two English language studies into Huawei’s structure. The earlier one by Balding et al tries to claim that it is employee owned in name only but there is a more recent one by a Japanese university that contradicts this fact. Interestingly neither of the studies raise issues about significatly unequitable profit sharing so there’s that. The founder of the company owns about 1% of the shares.
As a gross generalisation I think large company management in China is broadly equivalent to provincial management (citizens have a say, but there is a hierarchy that responds to the party), is that what the Japanese report said?
The report says this:
It’s a representative system within the company. I think this is what you meant.