The sanctions imposed by the US administration that curb Huawei's smartphone business show no signs of going anywhere any time soon. Accordingly, the OEM has reportedly come up with a new way to adapt to the situation: licensing. This would involve farming its designs - such as the signature Mate-series camera ring - out in the fully-spec'ed forms consumers might want to see.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Huawei-may-license-its-smartphone-designs-to-other-companies-to-circumvent-its-US-blacklisting.579805.0.html