U.S. approves Nvidia H200 and AMD chip sales to three Chinese firms
Washington cleared H200 and AMD chip sales to three Chinese firms, including a ZTE unit and a Kingsoft subsidiary, even as shipments to China stayed tiny.
The United States has approved Nvidia H200 and AMD chip sales to three Chinese firms, including a ZTE Corp unit. ZTE Kangxun Telecom and server maker Maginfra were cleared to buy Nvidia’s H200 chips, while Zhuhai Hengqin Yunxiang Zhisheng Network Technology, a subsidiary of Kingsoft, was authorized to use some AMD chips. The three firms had not previously been identified as having received such approval.
The U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security put in place a licensing system on Jan. 13, 2026, for H200 and AMD MI325X applications. The rule took effect on Jan. 15, after Donald Trump announced on Dec. 8, 2025 that approved customers in China could receive H200 and similar products.
The H200 has become a focal point in the U.S.-China tech fight because it is one of Nvidia’s most powerful chips and is used to train and run large AI models. Washington has tightened controls on advanced semiconductors since 2022, arguing that the technology could support China’s military modernization. ZTE Kangxun Telecom sits inside one of China’s major telecom groups, Maginfra is a server maker, and Kingsoft’s cloud subsidiary is tied to China’s expanding AI infrastructure market.
In May, the United States had already cleared about 10 Chinese firms to buy H200 chips, including Alibaba, Tencent, ByteDance and JD.com, but no deliveries had followed because the approvals were still moving through U.S. and Chinese review processes. A top U.S. official told Congress on July 14 that only a small number of H200 chips had been shipped to China to date, and the quantity reaching China or Hong Kong remained very small. Chinese cloud firms may soon be able to obtain H200 chips, while China weighs whether to let its top AI companies buy a limited number of the same hardware.
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