Panda Electronics
{{Short description|Chinese manufacturer}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Nanjing Panda Electronics Co Ltd
| logo = Panda Electronics logo.svg
| logo_size = 250px
| type = Public
| foundation = {{start date and age|1936}}
| location = Nanjing, China
| key_people =
| industry = Information technology
Electronics
| products = Mobile phones, TV sets and others
| revenue = US$5 billion (2007)[http://www.panda.cn/SJTCMS/html/pandagroup/en_about/about2_en.asp Panda Company Profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091122113059/http://www.panda.cn/SJTCMS/html/pandagroup/en_about/about2_en.asp |date=2009-11-22 }}
| num_employees =
| homepage = {{Official URL}}
}}
Panda Electronics is a Chinese manufacturer and brand for electronic products. The products include mobile phones, datacards, TV sets and set top boxes, administrative software, electronic instruments, satellite and mobile communication.
History
Panda Group was originally a radio manufacturer established in 1936 under the Nationalist government.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ud149-UmpXAC|title=The Industrial Map of the Yangtze River Delta|publisher=ChinaDatabar, Inc.|isbn=978-0-9788395-0-5|pages=148|language=en|access-date=2021-03-17|archive-date=2020-09-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919025109/https://books.google.com/books?id=Ud149-UmpXAC&newbks=0|url-status=live}} The company was moved to Taiwan during the Chinese Civil War and the remaining plant was re-established as Nanjing Wireless Electronics Plant and in 1995 renamed Panda Electronics Group. Nanjing Panda Electronics Co Ltd, controlled by the Panda Group, was listed on the Hong Kong and Shanghai stock exchanges in 1996. The company has links to the People's Liberation Army and also has a joint venture in North Korea in collaboration with the North Korean government.{{Cite news|last=Allen-Ebrahimian|first=Bethany|date=June 24, 2020|title=Defense Department produces list of Chinese military-linked companies|work=Axios|url=https://www.axios.com/defense-department-chinese-military-linked-companies-856b9315-48d2-4aec-b932-97b8f29a4d40.html|access-date=June 24, 2020|archive-date=June 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625220923/https://www.axios.com/defense-department-chinese-military-linked-companies-856b9315-48d2-4aec-b932-97b8f29a4d40.html|url-status=live}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mdyJS5iD9wYC&pg=PA177|title=North Korea: the paranoid peninsula--a modern history|author=Paul French|date=15 September 2007|page=177|publisher=Zed Books |isbn=9781842779057}}
= U.S. sanctions =
{{Further|United States sanctions against China}}
In November 2020, Donald Trump issued an executive order prohibiting any American company or individual from owning shares in companies that the United States Department of Defense has listed as having links to the People's Liberation Army, which included Panda Electronics.{{Cite news|last=Chen|first=Shawna|date=November 12, 2020|title=Trump bans Americans from investing in 31 companies with links to Chinese military|work=Axios|url=https://www.axios.com/china-military-trump-investments-ban-a0458e29-2245-4bde-920b-d1c6bc698370.html|access-date=November 12, 2020|archive-date=November 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113055204/https://www.axios.com/china-military-trump-investments-ban-a0458e29-2245-4bde-920b-d1c6bc698370.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|last1=Pamuk|first1=Humeyra|last2=Alper|first2=Alexandra|last3=Ali|first3=Idrees|date=2020-11-12|title=Trump bans U.S. investments in firms linked to Chinese military|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-securities-exclusive-idUSKBN27S2X3|access-date=2020-11-12|archive-date=2020-11-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113055456/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-securities-exclusive-idUSKBN27S2X3|url-status=live}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website}}
{{Electronics industry in China}}
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Category:Electronics companies of China
Category:Mobile phone companies of China
Category:Software companies of China
Category:Telecommunication equipment companies of China
Category:Manufacturing companies based in Nanjing
Category:Electronics companies established in 1936
Category:Companies listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange
Category:Companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Category:Defence companies of the People's Republic of China
Category:Chinese companies established in 1936
Category:Chinese entities subject to U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctions