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According to a Reuters report, the U.S. has approved the sale of NVIDIA H200 AI chips to 10 Chinese companies, including Alibaba, Tencent, and ByteDance; however, no chips have been delivered yet, and related transactions have stalled. The report notes that NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang joined the U.S. delegation during President Donald Trump’s visit to China in an effort to advance H200 chip sales in China. The U.S. Department of Commerce has also authorized certain distributors—including Lenovo and Foxconn—to directly procure and resell the chips. Yet, due to stringent U.S. restrictions on H200 exports—including security, end-use, revenue-sharing, and legal requirements—these conditions conflict with China’s supply-chain security policies, resulting in increasingly strict order approvals.
, May 14 - Currently, around 10 Chinese companies have been granted permission to purchase H200 chips. The buyers include Alibaba, Tencent, ByteDance, and JD.com, while Lenovo and Foxconn have been approved as distributors. According to the U.S. license, each customer can purchase up to 75,000 H200 chips, but no shipments have yet been made. China has rejected the Trump administration's mandatory requirement for chips to transit through the U.S. and a 25% fee, and has instructed companies to halt purchases. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang temporarily accepted an invitation from Trump to join the White House delegation to China and participate in high-level meetings this week. (Reuters)