Sugon

The company is a development of work done at the Institute of Computer Science, CAS. Under the Chinese government's 863 Program, for the research and development of high technology products, the group launched their first supercomputer (Dawning No. 1) in 1993. In 1996 the group launched the Dawning Company to allow the transfer of research computers into the market.

The company was tasked with developing further supercomputers under the 863 program, which led to the Dawning 5000A and 6000 computers.

The company was listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2014. CAS still retains stock in the company. Sugon is an investor in technology company GoLaxy.

In May 2025, it was announced that Sugon would merge with Hygon Information Technology.

U.S. sanctions

According to the United States Department of Defense the company has links to the People's Liberation Army and, in 2019, Sugon was added to the Bureau of Industry and Security's Entity List due to U.S. national security concerns. In November 2020, the then President of the United States Donald Trump issued an executive order prohibiting any American company or individual from owning shares in companies that the United States Department of Defense has listed as having links to the People's Liberation Army, which included Sugon.

In October 2022, the United States Department of Defense added Sugon to a list of "Chinese military companies" operating in the U.S.