Nvidia’s CEO says China is still finalising licence for H200 chip

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Nvidia’s CEO says China is still finalising licence for H200 chip

By Reuters
Publication Date: 2026-01-29 05:54:00

  • Huang visited China to engage with customers, partners and officials
  • License for H200 chips is being finalised, Huang says
  • Nvidia awaits Chinese decision on H200 chip imports
TAIPEI, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Nvidia (NVDA.O), opens new tab CEO Jensen Huang said on Thursday he hopes China will allow the U.S. technology giant to sell its powerful H200 artificial intelligence chip in the country and that the licence is being finalised.

Huang arrived in Taipei after a trip to China where he said he visited customers, partners and government officials.

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“The H200, the actual license for H200 is being finalised. And I’m hoping that also the Chinese government would allow Nvidia to sell the H200, so they have to decide. And I’m looking forward to a favourable decision,” he told reporters at Taipei’s downtown Songshan airport.

“I think that H200 is very good for American technology leadership. It’s also very good for the Chinese market. And the customers would very much like to have H200,” he said.

“And so I’m looking forward to a good decision. And so we just have to wait patiently,” he added.

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Citing sources, Reuters reported on Wednesday that China has given approval to ByteDance, Alibaba (9988.HK), opens new tab and Tencent (0700.HK), opens new tab to purchase more than 400,000 H200 chips in total.

However, the approvals came with conditions which one source said were too restrictive, with customers not yet converting the approvals to…

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