Chen Lifang said in his speech that the advent of the digital age is actually beneficial to women. When repetitive labor is replaced by machines and artificial intelligence, women’s unique advantages can instead be used and applied to a greater degree, and education will be Key measures to eliminate the digital divide.
The GSMA launched the Women4Tech project to address the issue of gender diversity in the mobile industry. Its purpose is to strengthen women's leadership in the digital age, while vigorously supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goal #5: Achieve gender equality and women's empowerment.
Chen Lifang’s main speeches are as follows:
Someone asked me as a woman, why can I stay in communications for 26 years? What is the secret of success?
I think there are two aspects, one is the driving force of the heart. I graduated from college and left my hometown to work alone in Shenzhen because I wanted to pursue freedom not bound by my parents. When I took up my career, I realized the realization of personal value. Bring me greater satisfaction and gains. This harvest is both material and spiritual. When I see more and do more, with an open field of vision, naturally there will be In the direction of advancement, there will be a stronger initiative, driving me to go higher and further.
Second, I think women have to find a platform that suits them. As I said before, the driving force of the heart is an important force that motivates me to keep moving forward. At the same time, I am very lucky, I also found a good platform, a good boss, and a good husband. In fact, my development in the company for 20 years, there must have been a climax and a trough, like an M-shaped curve. When the lowest point in the middle of M, the importance of a good platform is highlighted, the organization will pull you I have to work hard to go on.
In the past, the process of value production relied heavily on manual labor. It has to be admitted that women do not have advantages in this respect. But in the digital age, all this will be different from the general assembly. A diversified world will bring about women. More opportunities; On the other hand, various repetitive tasks, especially manual labor, will be replaced by artificial intelligence, not only freeing time, but also liberating productivity.
The arrival of the digital age is actually good for women. In 2013, a study by the University of Pennsylvania showed that men's cranial nerves are connected from front to back, with no connection between the left and right brains, while women's cranial nerves are The left and right brains are twisted and twisted. It is this difference that explains why men are excellent at learning and practicing a single task, while women are better at cooking a few things at the same time. Compared with men, women are more Good at communication and coordination, is an indispensable 'lubricant' for the team.
Therefore, when repetitive labor is replaced by machines and artificial intelligence, women's unique advantages can be used to a greater extent. It can be said that digital technology has effectively increased the economic power and social power of women.
Digital technology is the key to unlocking the smart society of the future. However, we must also realize that the digital divide exists not only between different countries but also between different genders. Compared with men, women have lower ICT acquisition rates.
We do not want to see that in the digital society of the future, women have just fallen out of the gulf of manual labor and are falling into the digital technology gap.
The most important measure to solve this problem is education. Whether it is university education or social training, we must give women more opportunities to contact and enter the industry.
Huawei's 'Future Seeds' project, which began in 2008, aims to help local ICT talents. By the end of last year, more than 30,000 students from more than 350 universities in 108 countries have benefited from 108 countries. We are also delighted. Seeing that more and more female figures appear.
In the United Kingdom, for example, the proportion of female students participating in the project was 0 years ago, and last year, the proportion rose to 48%. In 2013, Huawei also implemented a global school-enterprise cooperation project, Huawei ICT Academy. As of last year, more than 11,000 female students have participated in the training.
In addition, for women in remote areas, we help women master ICT skills through community training. For example, last year, Huawei and Bangladesh's Ministry of Communications and operator RobiAxiata launched a project called 'Digital Bus'. In three years, six buses equipped with training facilities and course instructors traveled to remote areas across the country to help local women learn to access the Internet, mobile banking and other basic ICT skills through customized courses.
There is a saying in China that 'women can top half the sky'. I believe that in the digital society of the future, women can better develop their potential and creativity. I hope to work with all of you here to work for a more equal, open and diverse tomorrow. !
Live interview
Moderator: Thank you very much Ms. Chen for her inspiring speech. Just now you mentioned that now we are entering the era of AI intelligence. As a female executive, your views on this era are very positive. But are you here? What challenges are seen in the middle, and then remind us of the female friends here?
Chen Lifang:
I will see positive, positive things more. The future is very uncertain, but I firmly believe that this means that the future is very rich and diverse. Whether it is women or men, the future science is indispensable. There is less need to master the ability. But the future is also diverse. I think that social science, philosophy and other social sciences have a very big role in the future.
Moderator: I very much agree with the learning ability you mentioned, because the progress of the whole era is changing very fast, you can't just focus on a little bit, or just based on past experience. Just now you mentioned that you have been in this industry for 26 years, you are now Already a director of Huawei. We have friends below saying that the heights are not cold, then what are your plans, and then how can we continue to go higher, will not fall off the team?
Chen Lifang:
Keep going higher I never thought, I think our industry has a very remarkable law, that is, 'Moore's Law', which was proposed by Intel founder Gordon Moore: The number of components that can be accommodated on the integrated circuit, about every 18 - 24 months will double and performance will double. I think this Moore's Law is a good guide for the development of our entire industry. It is a very remarkable thing.
If we are still concerned about many other industries, if there is a slow development, are there still Moore's Laws in their own industry? I spoke a word inside Huawei and I came up with everyone here: Behind every wonderful life, There is a Moore's Law. In the face of a new era, we must always maintain an open mind, an attitude of learning, constantly iterating ourselves, and constantly improving ourselves.