{"id":299055,"date":"2026-01-23T07:29:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T07:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/299055\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T07:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T07:29:09","slug":"nvidias-huang-to-visit-china-as-ai-chip-sales-stall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/299055\/","title":{"rendered":"Nvidia\u2019s Huang to visit China as AI chip sales stall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang (R) speaks next to BlackRock chairman and WEF co-chairman Larry Fink during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 21, 2026. <\/p>\n<p>Fabrice Coffrini | Afp | Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>BEIJING \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/NVDA\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nvidia<\/a> CEO Jensen Huang plans to visit China in the coming days ahead of the mid-February Lunar New Year, two people familiar with the matter told CNBC. <\/p>\n<p>The trip comes as questions persist over the U.S. chip giant&#8217;s ability to sell in the Chinese market, which once accounted for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/11\/10\/nvidia-will-reportedly-sell-new-chips-to-china-that-still-meet-us-rules.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">at least one-fifth of revenue<\/a> from Nvidia&#8217;s data center business.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. export restrictions have prevented Nvidia from selling its most advanced chips to China as Washington seeks to maintain an edge over Beijing in chips used to develop cutting-edge artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>Huang is expected to attend an Nvidia company party in Beijing on Monday, said one of the sources, who requested anonymity to speak about the trip.<\/p>\n<p>He is also set to meet with potential buyers in China and discuss recent logistical challenges in supplying U.S.-approved Nvidia chips into the market, according to a person with direct knowledge of the travel plans. <\/p>\n<p>The Information reported last week, citing sources, that China would only approve local purchases of Nvidia&#8217;s H200 AI chips for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theinformation.com\/articles\/china-restricts-nvidia-chip-purchases-special-circumstances?rc=73cmd4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">limited purposes<\/a> such as research. When asked about the report Thursday, China&#8217;s Commerce Ministry claimed it was unaware of the situation. <\/p>\n<p>Bloomberg first reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-01-21\/nvidia-s-huang-plans-to-visit-china-as-he-works-to-reopen-market\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">news of Huang&#8217;s China trip<\/a> earlier this week. Nvidia declined to comment on executive travel plans. <\/p>\n<p>Huang visited mainland China at least <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/07\/16\/as-nvidia-gets-a-lifeline-in-china-jensen-huang-goes-on-the-charm-offensive-in-beijing.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">three times last year<\/a>, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yicaiglobal.com\/news\/nvidia-ceo-huang-chats-with-rd-team-joins-lunar-new-year-celebrations-in-shanghai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">in January for Lunar New Year celebrations<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/tcc_widget_logo_2026.png\" width=\"278\" height=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tWeekly analysis and insights from Asia&#8217;s largest economy in your inbox<br \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/lander?id=chinaconnection-newsletter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Subscribe now<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang (R) speaks next to BlackRock chairman and WEF co-chairman Larry Fink during&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299056,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[261],"tags":[291,289,290,860,79,207,18,19,17,20657,188,778,205,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-299055","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-artificialintelligence","11":"tag-breaking-news-technology","12":"tag-business","13":"tag-business-news","14":"tag-eire","15":"tag-ie","16":"tag-ireland","17":"tag-market-insider","18":"tag-markets","19":"tag-nvidia-corp","20":"tag-stock-markets","21":"tag-technology"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115943241360326743","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}