US adds Hikvision subsidiaries from Xinjiang to its trade blacklist
- The US Commerce Department also confirms that the ‘policy interest of protecting human rights worldwide’ is now a criteria for its Entity List
- Hikvision Digital Technology is a Chinese state-owned manufacturer that provides surveillance cameras used in Xinjiang
The US has sanctioned five Xinjiang-based subsidiaries of the Chinese surveillance giant Hikvision while confirming that the “policy interest of protecting human rights worldwide” is a new criteria for the trade blacklist.
Added to the US Commerce Department’s Entity List on Tuesday were Luopu Haishi Dingxin Electronic Technology Co., Moyu Haishi Electronic Technology Co., Pishan Haishi Yong’an Electronic Technology Co., Urumqi Haishi Xin’an Electronic Technology Co. and Yutian Haishi Meitian Electronic Technology Co.
Each of the Xinjiang firms are subsidiaries of Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology, a Chinese state-owned manufacturer that provides surveillance cameras used in the far northwestern region of China, according to the Chinese corporation database Qichacha.
The companies are also partly owned by investment management vehicles affiliated with local governments, the Chinese portal shows.
02:18
Australian government orders review of Chinese-made surveillance cameras in defence offices
Hikvision, the world’s largest supplier of surveillance cameras, was added to the US Entity List in 2019 as a result of Beijing’s treatment of Uygur Muslims and other predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities.