Like many other companies that operate in China, Huawei receives tax incentives provided by the Chinese government to high-tech enterprises and support for some of our research and development initiatives.

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Lord Mandelson, the business secretary, thinks government should be more active in helping British firms, particularly high-tech, high-value-added and creative enterprises.

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Exxon Enterprises was typical, investing in high-tech businesses that had nothing to do with oil exploration -- losing out in word processors and computerized speech recognition.

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