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Dahua Technology

World's #2 video-surveillance maker after Hikvision — Hangzhou-based, Shenzhen-listed (002236). US-sanctioned across five regimes over Xinjiang mass surveillance of Uyghurs; ~$4.5B revenue, cameras in 180+ countries.

FILE · dahuaOpen-source file · BattlePolicy ProStatus Public (Shenzhen SME board: 002236, IPO 2008) + heavily US-sanctioned (BIS Entity List, NDAA 889, FCC Covered List/2022 authorization ban, DoD Section 1260H). NOT an OFAC SDN and NOT on OFAC's NS-CMIC list — the principal sanctions divergence from Hikvision.Unverified
Dahua Technology
Surveillance / AICNPublic (Shenzhen SME board: 002236, IPO 2008) + heavily US-sanctioned (BIS Entity List, NDAA 889, FCC Covered List/2022 authorization ban, DoD Section 1260H). NOT an OFAC SDN and NOT on OFAC's NS-CMIC list — the principal sanctions divergence from Hikvision.
World's #2 video-surveillance maker after Hikvision — Hangzhou-based, Shenzhen-listed (002236). US-sanctioned across five regimes over Xinjiang mass surveillance of Uyghurs; ~$4.5B revenue, cameras in 180+ countries.
Founded
2001
HQ
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Headcount
~23,000+2023
Total raised
Publicly listedShenzhen: 002236
Valuation
market cap high-single-digit-$B rangeunverified — verify current
Stage
Public
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