Nvidia has received Beijing’s approval to sell its H200 AI chips in China, sources said, marking a key step in restoring access.
The approval enables the U.S. chipmaker to resume shipments to a market that previously accounted for roughly 13% of total revenue.
China’s earlier hesitation to approve imports had been the main barrier, despite strong demand and partial export clearance from U.S. authorities.
CEO Jensen Huang said licenses now cover “many customers” in China, with multiple purchase orders already received.
The company had paused H200 production last year amid tightening regulatory restrictions in both Washington and Beijing.
Regulatory progress follows earlier preliminary approvals involving firms like ByteDance, Tencent, and Alibaba.
Separately, Nvidia is preparing a Groq AI chip variant for China, targeting inference tasks such as answering queries, coding, and automation.
The move comes as Nvidia faces rising competition from domestic players like Baidu in the fast-growing inference chip segment.
