Chinese technology corporation Huawei will release its self-developed programming language 'Changjie' as open-source.
According to a report by the Hong Kong South China Morning Post (SCMP) on the 2nd, Huawei announced at its recently held annual developer conference that it will make Changjie accessible as open-source for all developers starting this month on the 30th. The decision to release Changjie, which Huawei announced a year ago, as open-source is interpreted as an attempt to reduce reliance on foreign software and technology as U.S. export restrictions against China tighten.
Huawei's programming language 'Changjie' supports programming for its self-developed operating system (OS) HarmonyOS Next applications. The company explains that it can compete with programming languages like Java or Swift, as it also supports Android and Apple’s iOS apps. Huawei named this language 'Changjie', after the figure known in ancient Chinese legend for creating Chinese characters.
Huawei first showcased a preview version of Changjie, which it developed over about five years, at last June's developer conference. Over 10,000 beta apps were created within a few weeks. Since becoming available to all HarmonyOS developers starting in October last year, it has been applied to various HarmonyOS-based app developments, including delivery platform Meituan and e-commerce platform JD.com.
At this developer conference, Huawei also introduced its latest operating system 'HarmonyOS 6', a new artificial intelligence (AI) model, and the AI infrastructure 'CloudMatrix 384 AI Rack Architecture'.