
In 2017, Huawei's Carrier business group generated CNY 297.8 billion in revenue, an increase of 2.5 percent year-on-year. Huawei also reports that its enterprise business generated CNY 54.9 billion in annual revenue in 2017, up 35.1 percent compared with 2016. At the Consumer division, Huawei shipped a total of 153 million smartphones (including Honor) in 2017, up from 140 million the previous year, and reported CNY 237.2 billion in annual revenue, up 31.9 percent year-on-year.
Huawei said that its annual investment in research and development reached CNY 89.7 billion in 2017, up 17.4 percent compared with 2016. The company's total R&D spend over the past decade exceeded CNY 394 billion.