Midea Group and Huawei sign strategic cooperation agreement to jointly expand the innovation ecosystem in the AI field

[Foshan, China, September 20, 2025] Midea Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Midea Group") and Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Huawei") signed a strategic cooperation agreement. According to the agreement, both parties will fully leverage their respective advantages in the technology industry and information communication field, and carry out in-depth cooperation in multiple key areas such as enterprise management, AIGC, ICT infrastructure, green and low-carbon, cloud business, product research and development, and internationalization. They will jointly build the Star Flash and Open Source HarmonyOS ecosystems, and work together to create a new paradigm of innovative and collaborative development.

Fang Hongbo, Chairman and President of Midea Group, Zhao Lei, Vice President and President of Midea Group's Smart Home Business Group, Wang Xinliang, President of Midea Group's Enterprise Business, Xu Yi, President of Midea Group's AI Research Institute, Guo Ping, Chairman of Huawei's Supervisory Board, Gao Ji, CEO of Shanghai Hisilicon, Wang Hongyou, General Manager of Huawei Guangdong Government and Enterprise, and Yang Haisong, General Manager of Huawei's Terminal OEM Ecological Products, attended and witnessed the signing of the contract. Zhang Xiaoyi, Vice President and CDO of Midea Group, Vice President of Huawei China, and Cao Haichen, representative of Guangdong Representative Office, respectively signed the contract on behalf of both parties.

In the field of AIGC, both parties will focus on the dual core of "technology empowerment+scenario implementation", explore the cutting-edge applications of AI in smart homes, smart manufacturing and other scenarios, work together to drive technological innovation, and fully embrace the changes and opportunities of the artificial intelligence era. In the field of smart factories, based on Midea's self-developed visual big model algorithm platform, combined with Ascend AI visual inspection technology, production efficiency and product quality stability are improved. In the field of smart homes, both parties deepen the cooperation of whole house intelligence, achieve cross brand device collaboration and scene linkage, co create HarmonyOS Smart Selection products, and strengthen the joint construction of interconnection standards to promote the upgrade of smart home experience.

According to Fang Hongbo, Chairman and President of Midea Group, "Midea's core layout includes smart homes, smart factories, smart buildings, smart hospitals, and other fields, all of which rely on the support of connectivity and computing technology. Through joint innovation, both parties will output replicable 'AI+industry' solutions, which will provide practical reference for more customers' digital transformation. ”

Huawei's Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Guo Ping, pointed out that "both parties are jointly exploring new paths for the integration of technology and industry, setting new benchmarks for industry development, and bringing users better product and service experiences

The signing of this strategic cooperation agreement marks a new stage of cooperation between Midea Group and Huawei. Both parties will take this cooperation as an opportunity to continuously deepen technological collaboration and scenario innovation, and contribute to industry development and social progress.