Ren Zhengfei spoke to international media in China for the first time in more than a year. He expressed willingness to speak with President Biden and said he hoped for an’open policy’ from the new administration.

I would welcome such phone calls and the message is around joint development and shared success,’ Ren said in officially interpreted comments reported by CNBC, AFP, and the South China Morning Post.

If Huawei’s production capacity can be expanded, that would mean more opportunities for us companies to supply too. I believe that’s going to be mutually beneficial,’ says Ren.

Huawei is currently unable to license Android from Google. The Trump administration placed it on the Department of commerce’s trade blacklist, citing national security fears.

Ren dismissed rumors that Huawei might do the same for its own smartphone division.’we have decided we absolutely will not sell off our consumer devices, our smartphone business,’ he said.