China Approves Nvidia H200 Chip Imports

China approved its first batch of Nvidia H200 AI chip imports on Jan. 28, 2026, Reuters reported, allowing ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent to purchase over 400,000 H200 chips. The approvals, granted during Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's visit, follow recent U.S. export clearance and signal Beijing balancing surging AI demand with domestic semiconductor development, potentially easing capacity constraints for major Chinese cloud and AI services.