Hisense Import & Export Co., Ltd. (Chinese: 青岛海信进出口有限公司; formerly Qingdao Hisense Import & Export Co., Ltd.) was incorporated in Qingdao, Shandong, China on 16 September 1998, with a registered address at No. 18 Tuanjie Road, Economic and Technological Development Zone, Qingdao. Chinese registry records state the company was renamed Qingdao Shitong Shenghe Trading Co., Ltd. (青岛世通盛合贸易有限公司) on 19 November 2021, and that it is an affiliate within the Hisense Group, historically held through Qingdao Hisense Electronics Industry Holding Co.; a June 2025 division of Hisense Group Holdings moved the equity into Qingdao Hisense Investment Development Co. Registered capital is RMB 10.2 million, and the entity is not itself publicly listed. A 2006 credit report listed 135 staff, indicating a small trading headcount; no current headcount or revenue figure was verified.
Its business is international trade rather than manufacturing: acting as an import/export platform for Hisense Group, exporting Hisense-branded consumer electronics and components — televisions, air conditioners, refrigeration products and parts — and handling agency/compensation-trade business. Dated registry data records main business revenue of roughly RMB 3.5 billion (2008) and RMB 1.96 billion (2005); no current figures are publicly confirmed.
Litigation posture. The case data shows 0 cases as plaintiff and 1 as defendant, consistent with an operating (trading) company defending against infringement claims. It has no patent-assertion activity and should not be characterized as an NPE.
Notable case. The single tracked matter is Flexiworld Technologies, Inc. v. Hisense Co., Ltd. et al., filed 24 June 2022 in the E.D. Tex. (Marshall Division) before Judge Rodney Gilstrap, naming Hisense Import & Export alongside roughly a dozen other Hisense affiliates. Plaintiff Flexiworld — an Oregon entity classified in Stanford's NPE database as a failed-startup asserter — asserted 15 patents on wireless device discovery/connection against Hisense smart TVs (Android TV, Google TV, Roku TV, X Class TV, Smart Laser TV), soundbars and the RemoteNow app. The case was transferred to the N.D. Ga. in late 2022 with related Flexiworld–Hisense suits.