知情人士：字节跳动将在美成立新公司负责TikTok全球业务

知情人士向CGTN透露，根据一份已提交给美国官方的提案，字节跳动计划成立一家总部在美国的新公司，负责TikTok的全球业务。

据悉，TikTok总部一直在美国洛杉矶设有TikTok全球规模最大的办公室。这意味着新方案将TikTok总部继续留在美国。

根据提案，字节跳动仍将是新实体的大股东，甲骨文将持有少数股权。另外，其他美国投资方可能包括沃尔玛。不过知情人士强调，具体细节可能会有变化。

知情人士称，独立第三方将出任TikTok新实体的独立董事，但字节跳动将继续保有TikTok的控制权和核心算法。而为打消美国在所谓“国家安全”方面的担忧，TikTok美国数据将储存在美国，并由甲骨文担任数据服务提供商。

美国财政部长姆努钦14日在接受美国CNBC采访时曾表示，字节跳动已承诺“将TikTok Global打造成一家总部位于美国的公司”，并提供2万个新工作岗位。

ByteDance has decided to place TikTok's global headquarters in the United States in order to prevent President Trump from banning the popular video app, according to a plan presented to U.S. officials, sources told CGTN.

The plan said ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, will remain the majority shareholder of the new U.S.-headquartered company, and tech company Oracle will be a minority shareholder. 

Other potential U.S. investors, such as the world's largest retailer Walmart, which had launched a joint bid with Microsoft, would own a minority stake, said the plan.

People familiar with the negotiation process emphasized that specific details of the plan may change.

Independent third parties will serve as independent directors of the new company, and ByteDance will continue to control TikTok and its core algorithms. In order to allay U.S. concerns about "national security," TikTok's U.S. data will be stored in the U.S., and Oracle will serve as the data service provider, the sources said.

"There's also a commitment to create TikTok Global as a U.S.-headquartered company with 20,000 new jobs," Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Monday in an interview with CNBC, adding that Oracle will be the trusted technology partner.

ByteDance on Monday said it will not sell TikTok's U.S. operations to Microsoft or Oracle, nor will the company give the source code to any U.S. buyers.

On August 6, Trump issued an executive order stating that TikTok's U.S. business must be sold before September 20, and threatened to block the video app in the U.S. 

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