ZTE has set itself the goal of "having the world's top talent working in some of the company's most important positions". It recently opened an office that is specifically charged with attracting talented employees from overseas.
According to the United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization, ZTE in 2011 applied for the largest number of patents offered through the Patent Cooperation Treaty, which provides a standard procedure for applying for patents. By June 30, 2012, ZTE had filed 45,000 patent applications both at home and abroad and had been granted 12,000 patent licenses.
"ZTE's patent rights have already covered some core patents related to critical technologies in the telecom industry," Wang said.
An example is fourth-generation Long Term Evolution, or LTE, technology, a standard for wireless communication. ZTE's basic LTE patents make up 7 percent of the total in existence, he said.
Huawei also has advantages related to intellectual property. It applied for the third-largest number of patents through the Patent Cooperation Treaty in 2011. In the same year, it increased its investment in R&D to $3.76 billion, a year-on-year increase of 34.2 percent.
Huawei also helps operate a global network of 15 R&D centers and 25 innovation centers.
"About 46 percent of Huawei's staff, or 68,000 employees, are working in the R&D sector," said Fang Xingdong, founder of chinalabs.com and a critic of Internet industries.
"The number has already surpassed the total employed at the US-based Cisco, which has about 66,000 staff members."
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