Recently, it was revealed by an employee of Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology that the company is currently undergoing organizational restructuring, reducing 32 research and development areas to 12, "retaining only a few core areas, optimizing the rest, and is expected to involve more than 1000 people." Tonight, Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology responded to Sina Technology, stating, "There is no large-scale layoffs in the company, it is an operational strategy adjustment, requiring optimization of the headquarters and the research and development capabilities in key sales cities, thus adjusting some regional position settings accordingly." According to internal employees of Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology who spoke to Sina Technology, in this adjustment, the business centers of Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology in Peking and Shanghai will be involved, "In addition to cities with research and development centers, all research and development in other regional areas will be completely cut, and some regional research and development managers will choose to switch to pre-sales or sales roles." (Sina Technology)