ONVIF recently reinstated full participation by Hikvision and Dahua in the global open industry forum, which provides and promotes standardized interfaces for effective interoperability of IP-based physical security products.
The two China-based video surveillance manufacturers, along with other global technology providers such as Huawei, were suspended by ONVIF in October 2019 after landing on the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Entity List. The U.S. government placed almost 30 state security bureaus and tech companies in China on the blacklist over concerns about their role in human rights violations and potential threats to U.S. national security. The blacklisting reduced the companies access to critical U.S. suppliers and barred them from participating in the work of U.S. standardization groups.