[7] The company, which was part of the 156 key projects that were aided by the Soviet Union, focused on the development and production of airborne fire control radar system.

[9] In 2001, Changhong reached an agreement with David Ji, the chairman of the American company Apex Digital.

[10] Changhong was at that point China's largest television manufacturer, a supplier majority-owned by the company-town city of Mianyang and the province of Sichuan.

[10] On October 23, 2004, as Apex was in a business dispute with Changhong in which the two companies argued over hundreds of millions of dollars, as Ji was in China on a business trip he was arrested by Mianyang police in his hotel room in Shenzhen, China, near Hong Kong, who came from 500 miles away from Shenzhen.

[citation needed] Changhong has a minimal presence in North America, where as of 2021 it sold TVs through the online retailer Newegg.