China’s commerce minister says he met Nvidia CEO in Beijing

China’s commerce minister says he met Nvidia CEO in Beijing

Jensen Huang, during his third China trip in 2025, also met vice premier He Lifeng and trade chief Ren Hongbin.

CEO of Nvidia Jensen Huang (left) attended the third China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing. (AP pic)
BEIJING:
China’s commerce minister Wang Wentao said on Friday he met with Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang in Beijing on Thursday.

Wang said at a press conference that Huang has been dominating social media over the past few days during his visit to China, but Wang did not provide any details about what was discussed at their meeting.

Nvidia did not respond immediately to a request for comment.

During his third China visit this year, Huang, the founder and CEO of the world’s most valuable company, also met with Ren Hongbin, chairman of the China council for the promotion of international trade and the country’s vice premier He Lifeng.

Chinese officials told Huang they welcomed foreign companies to continue to invest in the country, the Nvidia CEO said at a press conference in Beijing on Wednesday.

At the event, Huang described artificial intelligence models from Chinese firms Deepseek, Alibaba and Tencent as “world class” and said AI was “revolutionising” supply chains.

Huang also said Chinese customers’ demand for its H20 AI chip, which was released from US export controls this week, is high but no purchase orders have been fulfilled yet as it awaits US government approval for export licences.

Nvidia has also announced it is developing a new chip for Chinese clients called the RTX Pro GPU, which would be compliant with US export restrictions and designed specifically for smart factories and for robot training purposes.

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