[1][3] On 18 November 2019, Kingsoft Office Software held its initial public offering becoming a listed company on the Shanghai Stock Exchange STAR Market.

[1][2][3][4] On 5 January 2021, outgoing U.S. president Donald Trump signed an executive order to ban WPS Office operating in the United States saying its data collection capabilities posed a threat to U.S. national security.

A few days later, U.S. president Joe Biden revoked the order but said the White House remained concerned about the risks posed by the product and would continue to evaluate them.

In response, Kingsoft Office Software stated it had restricted third-party access to an online document that violated China's cyberspace rules.

Eventually the writer regained access to the document three days later and Kingsoft Office Software sent an employee to apologize to her saying the content-scanning machine had made a mistake.