A US court has issued a final order, vacating the US Department of Defense’s designation of Xiaomi as a “Communist Chinese Military Company.” The designation, determined in January, meant the Chinese smartphone maker company could no longer receive investments from US citizens or organisations because it had alleged links to the Chinese military. The latest court decision, from the US District Court for the District of Columbia, fully lifts this US investment ban.
Xiaomi appealed the January decision in February and obtained a court order soon after. In the one-page legal filing, lawyers for both Xiaomi and the Pentagon said the company’s removal from the blacklist was appropriate following the judge’s order.
Xiaomi said it was grateful for the trust and support of all its global users, partners, employees and shareholders. The company reiterated also that it is an open, transparent, publicly traded, independently operated and managed corporated. It added that it will continue focusing on building new products with “honest prices, to let everyone in the world enjoy a better life through innovative technology.”
