Huawei is investing $200 million in its cloud and general-purpose computing ecosystem this year to develop more opportunities for enterprises and developers, the company announced today at its annual analyst summit.

The company, which is struggling during the global pandemic and yesterday described its primary focus as one of “survival” and “fixing the holes,” continues to pour resources into fields that could fuel future growth.

Huawei’s developer program, first established in 2015, was reinvigorated in September 2019 with a $1.5 billion investment spread over the next five years. The program claimed 1.3 million individual developers and more than 14,000 enterprise developers at the time. 

Huawei’s ongoing investment in cloud computing will foster new tools and resources for 2 million developers around the world, according to the company. Huawei Cloud already has more than 10,000 consulting partners and more than 3,500 technology partners, it added. 

Huawei Cloud today has at least 210 cloud-based services in 23 categories and more than 190 industry-specific solutions available. Shipments of Huawei’s computing devices grew 8% year-over-year in 2019 and revenue from Huawei storage grew 39% during the same period, reaching more than 12,000 customers, the company said. 

The Chinese company has also established 37 innovation centers and facilitated the development of more than 5,000 cloud applications. Outcomes vary by industry and enterprise but the company said a $1 investment in computing power can increase output in the traditional manufacturing industry by $10.

Huawei also shared some updates on its 5G efforts, noting that 200,000 massive multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) 5G radios have been deployed in China to date. It expects that number to reach 800,000 by the end of 2020 in China, providing coverage in more than 340 cities. 

Some operators have made network slicing available on enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) for video services, according to Huawei, and it expects network slicing on ultra-reliable low-latency communication to be available for IoT use cases by 2021.