On July 14, 2025, NVIDIA officially announced via its website that it will resume sales of its H20 AI chips to China, following the U.S. government's approval of an export license. The company also revealed plans to launch a new fully compatible NVIDIA RTX Pro GPU specifically for the Chinese market.

Since 2022, U.S. authorities have imposed strict export restrictions on advanced NVIDIA chips destined for China, with additional regulations introduced over time. In April this year, Washington tightened its controls again, effectively blocking NVIDIA's H20 chips from being sold in China. This policy shift led NVIDIA to record a $4.5 billion loss in its fiscal Q1 2026, ending April 27, 2025, and the company projects an $8 billion revenue impact for the second fiscal quarter.

According to NVIDIA's financial reports, the Chinese market generated $17 billion in revenue for the company in the fiscal year ending January 26, accounting for 12.5% of its total income.

After several months of halted H20 sales, NVIDIA confirmed in its latest press release that the U.S. government has approved its export license application, allowing the company to reintroduce the H20 chip in China. Additionally, NVIDIA will launch the RTX Pro GPU, designed for professional computing graphics, digital twin simulations, and artificial intelligence applications.

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang remarked, “The U.S. government has approved our export license, so we can start shipments. I'm very excited to resume H20 deliveries to China—this is truly great news. We are also introducing the RTX Pro graphics card, which is essential for computer graphics, digital twins, and AI.”

Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) also eased restrictions on EDA software exports to China, notifying the world's three leading EDA providers of the policy change.