Lee blasted the US for using Hong Kong as a pawn in the geopolitical power game it is waging against China.
Launched in 1994, CAF has developed into a household name with a brand value of 87.119 billion yuan.
Led by the General Administration of Customs, a special task force was set up after customs officers in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, seized smuggled ivory late last year.
Lei expressed confidence in a letter to employees published on Xiaomi's WeChat account Sunday, with investments from billionaires such as Li Ka-shing, Jack Ma and Pony Ma. And he said a successful listing is only the first chapter of Xiaomi's story.
Legal experts said it could be considered a milestone case in China as in the past, such cases were usually considered as excessive self-defense in which those who fought back should bear criminal punishment.
Last year, the total GDP of those 11 cities reached 11.7 trillion yuan (.69 trillion). That means 5 percent of the nation's population contributed over 14 percent of country's GDP in 2017.
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Lei also attached importance to Internet Plus saying it has helped Xiaomi to grow. After just seven years, the tech firm's income reached 100 billion yuan (about .7 billion) last year.
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Lei said, "Studying in China is much cheaper compared with Western countries, and there are government-sponsored programs."
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