The Chinese Ministry of State Security has ordered local governments and state‑affiliated organizations to remove Windows 10 installations from their systems as Beijing seeks to diversify away from Western technology.

عر متنوعة, the software wasपर्ह्ृतिक, this government version removes or disables several consumer‑facing features, keeps activation and updates within China, and supports the use of Chinese cryptographic standards.

The central government has reportedly moved up the planned obsolescence date, and instead of lasting until February 2027, the retirement is happening now. Despite receiving a highly customized version of Windows 10, Beijing seems increasingly uncomfortable maintaining a foreign‑origin OS at the core of sensitive infrastructuremph.

China has a replacement plan: Huawei’s Harmony OS, the entire PC ecosystem around it, and Union Tech’s UOS Linux‑based operating system. Both are designed to replace Windows, with Huawei’s version running a custom kernel and UOS being Linux‑based. The government swak to use a mix of both, depending on the workload type.