In 2013 Amazon signed agreements with provincial governments in China for the web service business.
Amazon.com Inc’s Chinese partner, Beijing Sinnet Technology Co., said it would purchase Amazon’s Chinese web services business for up to CNY 2 billion ($301 million), ending the US firms’s cloud-computing business in the country.
Sinnet, which began operating the Amazon services in August 2016, said in a filing late on Monday that the pending purchase would help the unit “comply with local laws and regulations and further improve service quality and security.”
Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Tuesday morning.
Chinese regulators are tightening rules on foreign data and cloud services, including new surveillance measures and increased scrutiny of cross-border data transfers.
In August, Sinnet told customers it would begin shutting down VPNs and other services on its networks that allow users to circumvent China’s Great Firewall, citing direct instructions from the government.
