After the US Department of Defense re -listed Chinese laser radar manufacturers, Hesai, after the list of Chinese laser manufacturers suspected of cooperating with the Chinese military, He Sai reportedly sued the US government.
Li Yifan, one of the CEOs of He Sai, disclosed on Thursday (October 24), one of the CEOs of He Sai, revealed that the company plans to challenge the above -mentioned decision to challenge the Pentagon in court.
Li Dawei said: "We are not a military company. We do not contribute to the Chinese military or military institutions, nor do we have any connection with it. We are operating independently and are not controlled by the government or the military intervention."
Reuters quoted the court documents and letters of the US Congress last week that the US Department of Defense will be less than a few days after the name of the company who is suspected of cooperating with the Chinese military.Turn this company into this list.
He Sai, together with more than a dozen companies in January this year, was included in the list by the US Department of Defense.
He Sai filed a lawsuit in May, arguing that there was no impact or control on the management, strategy or R & D business of Hesai's management, strategy or R & D business without any Chinese government or military entities, and said that most of the company's equity?? It is held by shareholders outside China.
In August of the Financial Times, sources said that the Pentagon believes that Hesai Technology does not meet the legal standards that are included in the blacklist, so they decided to remove it from the blacklist of the Chinese military companies.
The U.S. Department of Justice last Wednesday (October 16) said in the court documents that the Pentagon has removed the Hesai from the list. Now it is planned to re -include this Chinese enterprise in the list based on the latest information.Essence
This list does not mean that the United States will immediately implement a ban on affected companies, but the American entity and enterprises will regard this as a warning to develop business with affected companies.
Hesai is the world's leading R & D and manufacturing enterprise. Its products are widely used in unmanned cars and high -end electric vehicles, accounting for nearly 50%of the global automotive laser radar market share.In 2023, the US market accounted for 40%of its total revenue of RMB 1.8 billion (S $ 334 million).