The increased security concerns of China could lead them to back-off from using Samsung and Apple models in place of other vendors. In the interest of national security, Chinese industrial insiders take a peak at a possible government-led ban for other globally distributed brands. These brands include Huawei Technologies, ZTE Corp, and Lenovo Group, Ltd.

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Huawei, which is housed in Shenzhen, targets the protection of cloud data and the capabilities of anti-eavesdropping within their network devices. ZTE, which had reportedly toughened its security standards, made its way to the state gift list in Tajikistan following the visit of President Xi Jinpang to the country last week. 

Lenovo, known as the world's biggest computer maker with its heightening features is currently developing fingerprint recognition in the mobile sector for national security. This is ultimately similar to Apple's technology. Hence, Apple is trying to track down the development unit of Lenovo as the source remains anonymous.

A source familiar with the matter states that government officials are now exercising the use of telecom services, which have already been encrypted. The country seemed to be encouraged to use phone models of Huawei instead of Samsung and Apple brands. However, officials still deny that this is the case.

Furthermore, Edward Snowden of the U.S. National Security revealed a massive internet surveillance program back in 2013. Snowden's case prompted all officials to turn their phones off, especially the ones developed by Apple and Samsung, on Friday. Due to this incident, China's manufacturers crave to develop tough security features to protect government information. Accordingly, CCIEE's secretary-general, Wei Jiangou, says China must be watchful and prompt in this as it highly threatens the country's security over cyber surveillance.

Nevertheless, Shanghai's television channel, Dragon TV also said that smartphones were used in military, government, and state-owned technological organizations. The fact that these phones are not being purchased with government funds will pose difficulty in conforming with the government's ban on Samsung and Apple, says Forrester Research Inc.'s principal consulting analyst, Charlie Dai.

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