Huawei’s profit rises 8.6% in 2025 as overall performance remains steady

Results

Huawei (华为) posted an 8.6% rise in net profit for 2025, with net income of 68 billion yuan (about US$9.8 billion), according to the company’s annual report. Total revenue reached 880.9 billion yuan, up 2.2% from 862.1 billion yuan in 2024 — a marked slowdown from the 22% surge the year before. Last year’s sales were the group’s second‑highest on record, behind only 891 billion yuan in 2020. Huawei is privately held but voluntarily publishes key financial figures.

Strategy amid sanctions

Rotating chairwoman Meng Wanzhou said the company’s performance “remained steady” and stressed the need to stick to strategy in a future full of uncertainty. It has been reported that Huawei has doubled down on in‑house chip development and premium smartphones as central pillars of that strategy, pushing these investments despite years of US restrictions that have limited its access to advanced foreign components. How does a once‑global vendor adapt when international supply channels narrow? By building more of the stack itself and leaning on the domestic market.

Outlook

The results underscore a cautious recovery: growth is positive, but the momentum has cooled. The wider geopolitical picture — US sanctions and tighter export controls on semiconductors from Washington and some allies — remains the decisive variable for Huawei’s next chapter. Can the company sustain steady profits while the global tech landscape fragments? For now, Huawei’s answer is to keep investing in chips and devices and to report the outcomes publicly, even as uncertainty persists.