Time and practice have proven Huawei's network to be secure, said Ren Zhengfei, founder and CEO of China's tech giant Huawei while discussing the topic of security at its Shenzhen headquarters on Monday.

"Network security and information security are two separate topics that should be separated," said Ren, adding that network security is about networks that connect all people around the world, which cannot be paralyzed or malfunction casually.

A total of 6.5 billion people have to be connected, as well as tens of thousands of banks and enterprises. Bank transfers have to be precise. That's what networks have to deliver, said Ren.

Huawei has supported the connection among three billion people. It also has been doing business in more than 170 countries over the last 30 years, which has "proved that our networks are secure, and our networks have not broken down."

In terms of information security, Ren said what Huawei provides is a "pipeline" and a "tap." He likened the terminal as the tap, and the network as the pipeline. Whether water or oil flows inside the pipeline is not what the equipment providers should be responsible for, but the telecom operators and content providers.

No backdoors for Huawei

"There is absolutely no backdoor for our company," stressed Ren. "We are willing to sign 'no-backdoor agreements' with all governments worldwide."

Ren expressed Huawei's courage and willingness to be the first one to sign such agreement and set a model for others, showing the company's commitment to security.

Security or insecurity, a relative term

"The thickness of air in the physical world is like 1,000 km," said Ren, "however, the thickness of information cloud in the future may exceed several thousands in diameter."

Potential vulnerabilities can happen in such thick cloud, said Ren, pointing out that what we should do is to look at the mistakes or vulnerabilities, take measures to fix them, and exert disciplinary measures on those who make the mistakes in the first place, rather than groundlessly speculate or attack others.

"It's a country ruled by law that has to follow the law," emphasized Ren.

Ren also pointed out at such vulnerabilities will always be there in the future as the cloud society becomes more complicated, but "if everyone is too cautious to make any mistake, then the society will be conservative, rather than open, progressive, or creative."