NXP World’s First Foreign-Based Semiconductor Company Awarded OSCCA Certificate from China Authority
May 10 2017 - 9:42AM
NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) today announced that the China
Office of State Commercial Cryptography Administration (OSCCA)
awarded it with a certificate to become a designated producer of
commercial cipher products. This certificate marks NXP as the
first, and currently only, approved foreign-based semiconductor
company to be awarded authorization to develop and produce
certified cryptography products in China.
The certificate reinforces NXP’s strong track record, leadership
in information security, and recognizes the Company’s expertise in
developing products in various fields where security and
confidentiality are paramount, including financial payment, mobile
communications, Internet of Things (IoT), smart homes and
automotive electronics.
Officials from OSCCA Shanghai hailed the move as
a major step forward, showing the Chinese government’s commitment
to develop security for the smart electronics industry. Authorities
welcomed NXP as the latest member of China’s certified commercial
cryptography producers, and expect the Company to abide China’s
business regulations and laws, and to support and improve the
country’s information security.
“NXP is honored and extremely proud to receive this important
certificate,” said Rafael Sotomayor, senior vice president and
general manager of the smart transactions and identity business
line at NXP, “China has always been an important market for us, and
we are committed to providing Chinese customers with innovative
solutions in the field of IoT and security. We will continue to
focus in security innovation to meet the increasing demands of the
local market and to support China achieve greater information
security.”
“Acquiring this certificate is an important milestone in NXP’s
development in China,” said NXP global senior vice president and
president of greater China, Li Zheng. “NXP has more than 30 years
of commitment to the China market, guided by our belief of
Innovation for Technology, Collaboration for Partnership. We have
worked with a wide range of Chinese industry leaders, sharing our
insights and experience, developing products best-suited for the
China market, and have helped train local talent. Looking to the
future, we will continue to increase investment in R&D as we
strive to provide more innovative products that can strengthen
information security in the era of IoT.”
The Office of the State Commercial Cryptography Administration
(OSCCA) is the central government administrative body that issues
and regulates commercial cryptography certificate products in
China. The administration maintains a research institute,
cryptographic analysis and evaluation center and chip labs. The
research institute is responsible for important scientific research
tasks and serves the Party and government organs at all levels. The
cryptographic analysis and evaluation center is a national
cryptographic testing institution engaged in analysis, testing and
comprehensive evaluation of cryptographic and cryptographic
equipment. The chip labs undertake the task of researching
important national ASICs.
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for a smarter world, advancing solutions that make lives easier,
better and safer. As the world leader in secure connectivity
solutions for embedded applications, NXP is driving innovation in
the secure connected vehicle, end-to-end security & privacy and
smart connected solutions markets. Built on more than 60 years of
combined experience and expertise, the company has 31,000 employees
in more than 33 countries and posted revenue of $9.5 billion in
2016. Find out more at www.nxp.com.
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For more information, please contact:
Americas
Tate Tran
Tel: +1 408-802-0602
Email: tate.tran@nxp.com
Europe
Martijn van der Linden
Tel: +31 6 10914896
Email: martijn.van.der.linden@nxp.com
Greater China / Asia
Esther Chang
Tel: +886 2 8170 9990
Email: esther.chang@nxp.com
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