Empowering and Supporting Suppliers

Promoting capability building of suppliers is one of our important measures to ensure supply chain resilience and improve product quality. Through diverse forms of training and empowerment, ZTE promotes the enhancement of suppliers' capabilities and the development of partners.

• On April 18, 2023, ZTE arranged for more than 200 people from 75 suppliers to participate in the CDP 2023 Disclosure Kick-off Webinar.

• From May 23 to 25, 2023, the "ZTE 2023 Supplier Training Camp" was held, with over 190 participants from 96 suppliers. To help new and old suppliers understand the operation processes, rules, and requirements of its procurement-related business, the company provided courses covering CSR management, transparent procurement, information security, and compliance management.

• On June 16, 2023, more than 30 suppliers that are affected by EU carbon tariffs were organized by ZTE to participate in the online training in EU carbon tariff policy interpretation.

• On October 16, 2023, ZTE invited five key suppliers to attend the 5th JAC Global Telecom Industry Climate Change and Circular Economy Forum held in Shenzhen.

• On November 8, 2023, the Green Supply Chain Forum of the Global Partners Day was held in Nanjing, China, with the theme of "Building a Green Ecosystem with Win-Win Collaboration". Experts from over 50 industry-leading enterprises in carbon peaking and neutrality discussed the green and low-carbon strategies of the ICT industry under the background of global climate change.

• From November 8 to 9, 2023, the 2024 ZTE Global Partners Day themed "Go Intelligent, Go Thriving" was held in Nanjing. About 300 ZTE's strategic partners around the world attended the conference.

• On November 29, 2023, ZTE and 20 representatives from its 8 core first-tier suppliers and 2 second-tier suppliers actively engaged in Women in Motion project initiated by UN Women. In this project, ZTE shared its practices in empowering female employees from four aspects: strengthening organizational management, improving personal quality and literacy, increasing their participation in the company's development, and offering protection and care. ZTE and its suppliers will continue to support female employees and promote diversity.

[Case] ZTE Supports the Development of Small and Medium-Sized Suppliers in South Africa

To promote inclusiveness among South African enterprises and economic benefits for black South Africans, the South African government introduced the BEE Act. It specifies that all individuals, organizations, and entities of the ICT industry in South Africa shall be evaluated under the BEE ratings. And enterprises shall be assessed from multiple aspects, including ownership, management control, skills development, enterprise and supplier development, and socio-economic development, to check their support for BEE.

Since its establishment, ZTE CORPORATION SOUTH AFRICA(PROPRIETARY)LIMITED has been actively improving its localization process. So far, it has achieved 30% black shareholding and 10% black women shareholding and received full points in the ownership module of the BEE rating. At the same time, the subsidiary also got full points in enterprise and supplier development, and socio-economic development, according to its annual contribution to the supplier, small business, and socio-economic development, which is measured by the proportion of donation amount to the company's net profit after tax.

In 2023, the company also donated cash and equipment to a black-owned local supplier in the ICT industry to help improve and enhance its capabilities and contribute to the development of local companies.

In 2022 and 2023, ZTE CORPORATION SOUTH AFRICA was awarded level 1 BEE status (the highest level).