(May 18): Chinese tech giant Huawei is further stepping up what analysts call self-rescue efforts, as it unveiled a batch of new innovation plans to build its independent ecosystems on Monday, which marks the second anniversary of the US' blacklisting - in what appears to be a show of resilience and defiance amid the lingering political crackdown, Global Times reported. At its ecosystem conference 2021 in Shenzhen, Huawei Rotating Chairman Eric Xu Zhijun said that the company will emphasize the upgrading of six self-developed digital technology ecosystems - Kunpeng, Ascend, HMS, HarmonyOS, Huawei Cloud and MDC (Mobile Data Center). Such a direction was seen by analysts as a self-rescue measure after the telecom giant's smartphone unit suffered from the US' crackdown, under which crucial supply of chips for the company was banned.