After checking out of our hotel early in the morning, which turned out harder than expected, we departed with the bus. We headed for Huawei, a company that many of us only know from the smartphones. Calling Huawei a smartphone company would be an understatement to say the least. As we were welcomed by the local employees, we entered a futuristic environment full of white plastic and LEDs. The guides showed us how Huawei has a huge share in several software and hardware markets. One thing they were specifically proud of was their innovation in cloud technology. A demonstration later showed the power of their new innovations by streaming a video call and manually killing one of the data centres in their virtual network. The software detected this failure and the video call went on, impressively without any delay.
After the visit to Huawei, we to the Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU). As we got out of our bus in the pouring rain, we were welcomed and taken to a conference room. Here we received a short presentation about NPU and their prominent role in China’s aerospace engineering.
After this presentation, we were allowed to take a look in their workshop. Tired from this long day, we headed back to our hotel to pick up our luggage and take the next train; the night train to Nanjing.
