Qi An Xin

Qi An Xin (奇安信) is a Chinese cybersecurity company built around enterprise and government security. It was founded in 2014 by Qi Xiangdong, a long-time figure in China's security software industry, and grew quickly by focusing on large-scale customers — government agencies, ministries, state-owned enterprises, financial institutions, telecom operators and large private companies — rather than on consumer antivirus software. Its business spans endpoint and network security, security operations and management platforms, threat intelligence, cloud and data security, and security services delivered by its own consulting and response teams. The company is best known for its 'security operation' framing of the market: rather than selling isolated boxes, it promotes integrated security platforms plus continuous monitoring and response services. It has been a major supplier to Chinese government and Party-related networks and to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics security effort, and it operates a large research and threat-intelligence organisation alongside its commercial lines. Qi An Xin is listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange's STAR Market under the ticker 688561, having completed its IPO in 2020. It is headquartered in Beijing and sells almost entirely inside mainland China, where procurement rules and domestic-vendor preference shape its competitive position against both local rivals and foreign security vendors. Like much of the Chinese security sector, its revenue is concentrated in the second half of the year because government and enterprise budgets are released late in the calendar year, and its profitability has fluctuated with heavy investment in research and in its services organisation. The brand is positioned as a national-scale, full-stack security partner rather than a low-cost point-product vendor.

Qi An Xin was established in 2014 by Qi Xiangdong, who had previously spent many years in China's security software industry, including a long tenure at 360, where he helped build its enterprise and government-facing security business. He left to create a separate company aimed squarely at the 'to B' and 'to G' market — large organisations, ministries and state enterprises — at a time when Chinese policy was pushing for stronger domestic cybersecurity capacity and greater use of home-grown technology. From its early years the company differentiated itself by emphasising security operations rather than point products: it argued that customers needed continuous monitoring, threat intelligence and response capability, not just perimeter equipment. This positioning helped it win large framework contracts with government bodies and state-owned enterprises, and it built out a broad product portfolio covering endpoint, network, data, cloud and industrial security, alongside a substantial services and research organisation. A significant step in its public profile was its role in cybersecurity support for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, which became a showcase for its large-event security capabilities. The company also invested heavily in threat research and in a security-operations centre model, publishing threat intelligence and operating its own monitoring infrastructure. Qi An Xin completed an initial public offering on the Shanghai Stock Exchange's STAR Market in 2020, giving it a public currency for further investment and acquisitions. Since listing it has continued to expand its platform strategy, pushing integrated security-operation platforms and subscription-style services, while facing intense competition from other large Chinese security vendors and from diversified IT groups. Its financial profile has been shaped by the sector's seasonality — revenue weighted to the fourth quarter — and by sustained high spending on research and on service delivery capacity.

• 2022

  Provided cybersecurity support for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

• 2020

  Initial public offering on the Shanghai Stock Exchange STAR Market (ticker 688561).

• 2014

  Qi An Xin founded by Qi Xiangdong in Beijing.

National-scale, full-stack cybersecurity partner for government and large enterprises in China.

• Security operations platform

  Integrated platform for monitoring, detection and response across enterprise networks.

• Threat intelligence services

  Threat research and intelligence feeds supporting customer defence.

• Endpoint and network security

  Endpoint protection and network security products for large organisations.

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