The British "Financial Times" quoted two people familiar with the matter as saying on the 17th that the British National Grid has begun to remove components provided by Chinese companies from the facility on the grounds of "concerns about network security. This is not the first time that the UK has intervened in the business of a Chinese company in the UK on security grounds. In 2022, the UK government used the National Security and Investment Act to intervene twice to restrict Chinese companies' participation in the UK grid. Relevant experts told the "Global Times" reporter on the 18th that this is another manifestation of the UK's politicization and pan-security of Chinese corporate business.

According to reports, an employee of the Chinese company whose contract was terminated by the British National Grid said that the British National Grid did not disclose the reason for the termination of the contract, but the company's employees can no longer enter the plant where the relevant equipment is installed. The employee also said that the company had discussed cyber security issues with the British National Grid in the past, "we have not found any problems", engineers have conducted tests, "did not see any potential risks". The report quoted another person familiar with the matter as saying that the relevant decision of the British National Grid is related to the components provided by the Chinese company. The removed components are used to control and balance the voltage of the power supply network and minimize the risk of power outages.

It is not clear whether these components remain in the UK's national transmission network. The British National Grid declined to comment on the grounds of commercial confidentiality, and only stated in a general statement that "(the company) attaches great importance to the security of infrastructure". In response, the Chinese Embassy in London responded that it did not understand the decision of the British National Grid, but said that China has always opposed "using security as an excuse to promote decoupling and cut off the supply chain". "China-UK pragmatic cooperation is mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation, and the two countries should work together to create a favorable environment for it," the statement read."

Li Guanjie, a think tank researcher at the British Research Center of the Shanghai Institute of Global Governance and Regional country at Shanghai Foreign Studies University, told the Global Times on the 18th that on the one hand, Britain does have concerns that Chinese products will lead to information leakage. "they are used to monitoring other countries, do not trust the products of other countries, and are wary of China". On the other hand, Britain also has political considerations, including following the political position of the United States and forming an alliance of Anglo-American values. Next year, Britain will have a general election. Due to the decline of international status, the current mainstream public opinion feels that the external threat is more severe. When the British political parties cannot reform their own country, they can only find a way to ease domestic conflicts. Being tough on China is one of the ways to win more votes. Li Guanjie believes that removing Chinese business may be a long-term process, and it will become quite difficult for China and Britain to return to the previous road of deep cooperation.