Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei Consumer Business Group, unveils Huawei's new Mate 30 Series smartphone products at a press conference in Shanghai, east China, Sept. 26, 2019. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)

Huawei's sales revenue rose 24.4 percent year on year to 610.8 billion yuan (about 86 billion U.S. dollars) in the first three quarters of 2019.

SHENZHEN, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- Chinese tech giant Huawei had sold more than 200 million smartphones in 2019 by Tuesday, the company announced Wednesday.

The news came 64 days faster than last year to surpass the same threshold, He Gang, head of Huawei's mobile phone product line, told a press conference.

Richard Yu presents the Mate X, a foldable 5G ready smartphone, ahead of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain on Feb. 24, 2019. The Mate X has a 6.6-inch screen, which can be opened out into an eight-inch OLED screen to allow the user to read or view videos. (Xinhua)

Huawei recently launched several new 5G phones, speeding up its efforts in 5G market layout. The foldable Huawei Mate X is expected to be launched on Nov. 15, He said.

Huawei's sales revenue rose 24.4 percent year on year to 610.8 billion yuan (about 86 billion U.S. dollars) in the first three quarters of 2019, according to the company's quarterly financial statement. ■