Nvidia chief Huang returns to US after Taiwan trip, avoiding mainland China despite reports that trip was planned
- Huang returned to the US after completing a trip to Taiwan last week, the Beijing-based Economic Observer reported
- Under the updated US export control regime, Nvidia is unable to sell its most advanced chips to China
Nvidia’s billionaire founder and chief executive Jensen Huang Jen-hsun has left Taiwan to return to the United States, skipping a reported planned trip to mainland China, according to media reports.
Huang, 60, returned to the US after completing a trip to Taiwan last week, the Beijing-based Economic Observer reported, citing a company representative.
The official Shanghai Securities News reported last week that Huang was expected to arrive in Shanghai on Tuesday, echoing an earlier report by Bloomberg News that Huang planned to meet executives from Tencent Holdings, TikTok owner ByteDance, smartphone giant Xiaomi, and automobile makers BYD and Li Auto this month in China.
Nvidia, the world’s most valuable chip maker, has never confirmed or published any information about Huang’s planned trip to mainland China. The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment by the Post on Monday.
The move is likely to upset mainland fans, as a visit to mainland China by Huang would have been seen as a sign that the country is too big a market to ignore.
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