On February 18, 2019, Ren Zhengfei was interviewed by the BBC. In the interview, Ren Zhengfei said that Meng Yanzhou could not be a successor forever because she had no technical background.

Ren Zhengfei said that he could not see the development track of his children from his father's point of view, but also that every child should have personality to fly freely.

Ren Zhengfei said that after Meng's arrest, he was very distressed as his father, but now that things have happened, he was at ease to take the legal road to solve the problem.

Ren Zhengfei said that he believed that this ordeal should also be a rare opportunity for her life. Ren Zhengfei believes that such a big thing must have inserted wings into her future growth, and thanks to the U.S. government for inserting a strong wing into Meng's evening boat.