Moolenaar, Krishnamoorthi Send Bipartisan Investigatory Letter Demanding Transparency from Futurewei Technologies

This week, Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Select Committee on China sent a bipartisan letter to Futurewei Technologies demanding more information on its relationship with Huawei and its U.S. operations.

"This inquiry addresses Futurewei’s capture of critical standards organizations to advance Beijing’s vision for authoritarian internet control, its problematic engagement with U.S. policy institutions, its collaboration with Huawei on CCP-directed projects like OpenHarmony, and its continued extensive U.S. presence despite federal criminal charges and contracting restrictions," the letter writes. "These activities threaten American national security and democratic values by positioning the CCP to displace U.S. leadership and control the internet protocols, operating systems, and foundational technologies that underpin critical infrastructure and worldwide telecommunications networks."

The letter emphasizes that Futurewei's separation from Huawei has only been superficial—and their close relationship threatens America's national security and democratic values. 

Additionally, the letter sounds the alarm on the former decade-long presence of Nvidia at the Santa Clara campus—a hub of U.S. semiconductor and AI development.

"If Futurewei was used to infiltrate closed-door industry meetings and extract sensitive data through both deception and proximity, then its decade-long embedded presence within NVIDIA’s campus—at the center of U.S. semiconductor and AI development—cannot be immediately dismissed as incidental," the lawmakers write. "This proximity potentially afforded it daily exposure to proprietary technologies and strategic planning within one of America’s most critical innovation hubs."

The letter demands more information, including:

• A comprehensive and current organizational chart illustrating the relationship between Futurewei, Huawei, and any other affiliated entities
• A detailed internal organizational chart for Futurewei, including names and positions of key personnel and board members, clearly outlining its internal governance and operational hierarchy
• A summary of all activities conducted by Futurewei and its affiliated entities within the United States, including the scope, function, and purpose of U.S.-based revenues, and personnel

Read the full letter here.