CALLS FOR COMMON CYBERSECURITY STANDARD

In a speech at the opening ceremony of the center, Huawei's deputy chairman Ken Hu called for common cyber security standards.

"As a whole, the industry lacks a unified set of technical standards for security, as well as systems for verification. This is complicated by globalization of the value chain. Digital products include components from many different countries, with many different standards, or no standards at all," Hu said.

"There is an urgent need to invest in security standards and verification systems at the national level, as well as professional resources and skills," Hu said.

Hu applauded the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a European Union law on digital data that came into effect last year, saying it "sets clear standards, defines responsibilities for all parties, and applies equally to all companies operating in Europe."

"We believe that European regulators can also lead the way on similar mechanisms for cyber security," Hu said.

Huawei is in support of - and believes "all stakeholders should get behind" - a voluntary security assurance scheme called NESAS(The Network Equipment Security Assurance Scheme), Hu said.

NESAS is jointly defined by 3GPP, which results from collaboration between groups of telecoms standard associations, and GSMA, a body representing global mobile operators.