On September 17, 2021, Prof. Yidong Huang and Dr. Qu Di, CEO of Hi-Chip Technology, went to Dongguan, Guangdong and visited Shenzhen Hi-Optel Technology Co. Ltd. They met with Yibing Xu, board member and general manager of Shenzhen Hi-Optel, and visited the factory accompanied by Ye Yu, board member and deputy general manager. Ye Yu introduced the enterprise history, operation status and development prospect, and the two sides had a preliminary discussion on jointly developing 25G DFB laser module for cooperation.

Shenzhen Hi-Optel Technology Co., Ltd. was established in May 1999, is a pioneer in the field of core optical modules for optical communication in China and a manufacturer of mainstream optical devices. Hi-Optel has advanced to-device-module product lines, committed TO providing customers with cost-effective, serialized active optical devices, active optical modules, widely used in SONET, Ethernet, FTTx, LTE and data center (IDC) optical transmission/access systems.