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Native name | 大華技術股份有限公司 | ||||||
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| Company type | Public company; partially state-owned[1] (11.67%) | ||||||
| SZSE: 002236 | |||||||
| Industry | Video surveillance | ||||||
| Founded | 2001 | ||||||
| Founder | Fu Liquan | ||||||
| Headquarters | Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China | ||||||
Area served | Worldwide | ||||||
| Products | Security cameras, network cameras, HDCVI analog-to-HD solutions, NVR/DVR, PTZ cameras, fisheye cameras | ||||||
| Revenue | $4.98 billion (2021)[2] | ||||||
| Owner | Fu Liquan China Mobile Central Huijin Investment | ||||||
Number of employees | +23,000 (2023)[3] | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 浙江大华技术股份有限公司 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 浙江大華科技股份有限公司 | ||||||
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| Website | www | ||||||
Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co., Ltd. (commonly known as Dahua Technology) is a publicly traded company based in Binjiang District, Hangzhou, which manufactures video surveillance equipment.[4] A minority of Dahua is state-owned (11.67% as of 2023).
Dahua was founded in 2001 by former defense industry technician Fu Liquan, who serves as the company's chairman and the Secretary of its Communist Party committee.[5][6][7] As of 2021,[update] Dahua is the second-largest video surveillance company in the world in terms of revenue, after Hikvision.[8][9]
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The founder of Dahua was a technical cadre in a local state-owned electronics equipment factory. When he set up his own video surveillance company, he recruited its research team from the SOE.
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