Through unremitting efforts of the Chinese government, Meng Wanzhou, the Chief Financial Officer of China's telecommunication giant Huawei, arrived at Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport on Saturday on a charter flight organized by the Chinese government. She will soon reunite with her family.

 

Meng reached a deal with the US Justice Department on Friday that allows her to return to China, according to media reports.

 

According to a statement issued earlier by one of the lawyers who represents Meng, she has not pleaded guilty. Meng will not be prosecuted further in the United States and the extradition proceedings in Canada will be terminated, said the statement.

 

It marks the end of Meng's nearly three-year detention in Canada, Meng Wanzhou was arrested by Canadian authorities at the request of the US in December 2018. 

 

Meng was accused of misrepresenting Huawei's relationship with Skycom in a PowerPoint presentation to the HSBC bank in 2013 and putting the bank at risk of violating US sanctions against Iran. Meng and Huawei repeatedly denied the accusation.

 

On the flight heading home, Meng expressed her gratitude to the country.

 

"Without a strong nation, I would not be free as I am today," said Meng from the airplane, which is to land in China in a few hours.