In 2017 Huawei spent $13.23 billion on Research & Development, 14.9% of its revenue. That made it one of the biggest spenders on R&D behind the likes of Amazon ($22.6B) and Alphabet ($16.6B). A huge portion of the company's workforce - 45% - is dedicated to research. Going forward it will put even more into R&D - Huawei has pledged to spend between $15 and $20 billion. Of that, 20% to 30% will go to basic science research (even though the original expectation was for 10%). Beijing Research Center • Shanghai Research Center Huawei believes it owns 10% of the essential patents...
Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_will_spend_15_to_20_billion_on_r_d_up_from_13_billion_last_year-news-32447.php
