Meng Wanzhou landed at Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport on a Chinese government chartered flight; on the same day, two Canadian citizens, Michael, who had been detained by China, were released and boarded a flight back to Toronto.
Meng Wanzhou returned to China on a government chartered flight, with CCTV broadcasting the event live. At the airport, she stated that the motherland is the strongest backing.
Meng Wanzhou signed a deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice and signed a four-page statement of facts, admitting to making false statements to HSBC in Hong Kong in 2013.
On September 2, 2021, the National Radio and Television Administration issued a notice requiring television and online audiovisual platforms to take political literacy as a criterion for personnel selection, specifying that "personnel with incorrect political stances who are alienated from the Party and the country must be resolutely rejected."
On September 10, 2021, Blackstone terminated its acquisition of SOHO China; on December 17, Jianhua Land, a SOHO subsidiary, was ordered by Beijing tax authorities to pay back taxes and a fine for underpaid taxes, totaling 709 million yuan.
In September 2021, Meng Wanzhou flew from Vancouver back to China; on the same day, two Canadians detained by China were also released and left, with both sides seen as a prisoner swap.