BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang described artificial intelligence models from Chinese firms Deepseek, Alibaba and Tencent as "world class" and said AI was "revolutionising" supply chains,

Jensen Huang, Founder & CEO of Nvidia, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the third China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing, on July 16, 2025. Photo: Chi Jingyi

Wearing his iconic leather jacket, Huang walked into the sunny courtyard of the Mandarin Oriental hotel earlier than scheduled and took multiple questions.

Huang spoke briefly at the opening ceremony of a supply chain expo, one day after the AI giant said it would once again be able to sell its highly popular H20 chips in China

The Trump administration has assured Nvidia that licenses to export the chips will be granted, ending months of halted shipments.

Nvidia ( NASDAQ: NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang praised artificial intelligence models from China’s Deepseek ( DEEPSEEK ), Alibaba ( BABA ), and Tencent ( OTCPK:TCEHY) as “world class” at an exhibition in Beijing on Wednesday, calling AI a revolution in global logistics.

Data center operators in China, which use Nvidia’s H20 chips to crunch data for various AI services, have been struggling to find a local alternative that is as good as the U.S. company’s chips.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang will attend the opening ceremony of China's international supply chain expo in Beijing on Wednesday, according to state