On Friday, Shanghai Mayor Gong Zheng welcomed Huang, highlighting the city’s investor-friendly policies and industrial strength. Huang, in turn, called Shanghai a vital part of Nvidia’s global research and development footprint, citing the city’s market scale, sophisticated client base, and mature tech ecosystem as core advantages, the report adds.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang visited China on Thursday as the executive behind high-powered artificial-intelligence chips seeks to navigate the trade war between the U.S. and China.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang reportedly visited Beijing, meeting Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng and DeepSeek’s founder, among others, after the chip firm was hit with new U.S. export restrictions on its sales to China.