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As per CCTV News, on April 17, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang arrived in Beijing at the invitation of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT). His visit to China sends a positive signal of cooperation and demonstrates NVIDIA’s long-term commitment to the Chinese market.
During a meeting with CCPIT Chairman Ren Hongbin, Huang emphasized that China is an extremely important market for NVIDIA and expressed a desire to continue collaboration. Huang noted that a fierce AI race is now sweeping the world. As a transformative core technology, AI has vast prospects across industries. Countries worldwide are accelerating the application of AI technologies, pushing R&D and improving capabilities. This will produce a profound impact on the global market landscape, including China. Therefore, NVIDIA will continue to optimize its product systems in compliance with regulations and remain committed to serving the Chinese market.
Per Financial Times, during his visit, Huang met with Liang Wenfeng, founder of Chinese generative AI startup DeepSeek, to discuss plans for developing new chips tailored to Chinese clients.
It is worth noting that NVIDIA had already begun technical cooperation with DeepSeek prior to this meeting. DeepSeek-R1 has been integrated into NVIDIA’s NIM (NVIDIA Inference Microservices) platform. According to NVIDIA, DeepSeek-R1 is a state-of-the-art open-source model with the most advanced inference capabilities. In addition, NVIDIA launched a solution to accelerate DeepSeek’s inference models using its GeForce RTX 50 series AI PCs.
From January 15 to 21 this year, Huang had previously visited China, traveling to Shenzhen, Beijing, and Shanghai. During that trip, he also emphasized NVIDIA’s commitment to the Chinese market and highlighted the strong ties between the two. He reiterated that NVIDIA will continue to collaborate with China in advancing AI technology.
China is one of the world’s largest consumer markets, particularly in sectors such as AI, data centers, gaming, and automotive electronics—all with vast and rapidly growing demand. NVIDIA’s business in China spans multiple areas, making the Chinese market critical for the company.
In February this year, NVIDIA released its financial report for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025, ending January 26, reporting USD 39.33 billion in revenue—a 78% year-on-year increase. However, CFO Colette Kress noted that data center revenue from China was “significantly below expectations” and shipments are expected to “remain roughly at current levels.” Huang also stated during the earnings call that the revenue share from China in FY 1Q26 would be similar to that of FY 4Q23 and previous quarters.
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