Madrid had been chosen not only for its "unique advantages" but also for the "broad support provided by Spain," said Li Peng, president of Huawei Europe (WEU).
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Meng's case was political persecution of a Chinese citizen that aimed to suppress Huawei and other Chinese high-tech companies, and that it was completely different in nature from the cases of two Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor.
According to Huawei, Harmony-OS for Mining is already being used to offer miners' safety assistance, support robot inspection, and other areas in several mines of China Energy Investment Corp.
The operating system has already been used in tablets, smart TVs, as well as third-party companies' home appliances such as ovens and smoke exhaust ventilators.
The European Patent Office published its Patent Index 2020, which showed patent applications from Chinese inventors amounted to 13,432 last year, an increase of 9.9 percent year-on-year.