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Chinese tech giant Huawei goes into pigs
Chinese technology company Huawei has announced to go into pig farming as the company explores growth areas outside smartphones.
Last week, Huawei launched an artificial intelligence pig farming project. According to the
South China Morning Post, Duan Aijun, president of Huawei’s machine vision business, made that announcement on the Chinese microblogging site Weibo without elaborating. Facial recognition could be one of the ways how Huawei can play a role in pig production. - Photo: Henk Riswick
Fresh revenue sources, pigs are profitable
Putting the development in perspective, the
SCMP stated that the move shows the company continues to seek fresh revenue sources after its mobile phone business was crippled by US trade restrictions. Swine farming, however, has been very profitable in recent years as supplies have been short due to the African Swine Fever (ASF) epidemic.