China relaxes Nvidia H200 restrictions: Bytes and Tencent each take about 10,000

Comparing news, China has begun to ease import restrictions on the Nvidia H200. ByteDance and Tencent have each received about 10,000 H200s in recent weeks, and several other tech companies may soon be approved for similarly sized products.

The US has previously approved a number of Chinese companies to buy the H200, but the deal has been stuck in Chinese approval. Now chips have finally begun to enter the mainland in batches, but they are far from being fully liberalized.

Beijing currently only allows a small number of H200s to enter the mainland. It is hoped that companies will deploy more chips in overseas regions such as Hong Kong. Mainland procurement still requires separate approval. This not only allows leading AI companies to continue to use Nvidia to train cutting-edge models, but also leaves market space for domestic chips such as Huawei.