Reports coming from the channel network of China suggest Samsung is preparing to gut its operations in the country, potentially down to just two businesses: smartphones and memory chips. Everything else? Possibly gone.

The details surfaced through ChannelGate (via ITHome), a trade publication under the Bobantang media umbrella, citing insiders with direct knowledge of Samsung’s internal discussions.

According to Samsung China has already made significant moves to wind down its home appliance division. The monitor business, which sits under that same consumer electronics umbrella, is now caught in the same undertow.

Samsung’s monitor division actually grew in 2025. It may get shut down anyway, not because it failed, but because it shares a corporate roof with a division Samsung is abandoning. That’s not a strategy, but collateral damage.

Samsung reportedly held internal discussions with JD.com, China’s retail giant, possibly about some kind of takeover arrangement for the monitor business. JD.com passed, or at least that’s what’s circulating in the channel.

Another name has surfaced in the rumors: Saifu. The company recently acquired LG’s online home-appliance operations in China and is reportedly being considered as a potential new owner of Samsung’s monitor segment.

Nothing confirmed, but the fact that Samsung is reportedly shopping this business around tells you everything about where the internal decision-making has landed.

Hanlinhui, the national distributor responsible for Samsung monitors across China, didn’t wait for a press release. When distributors freeze inventory before any official announcement, the announcement is usually just a formality.

If the rumors are accurate, Samsung China’s future is essentially a components play wrapped around a smartphone presence. Memory chips feed the broader global supply chain and don’t require Samsung to win Chinese consumers’ hearts.

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