UK Media: NVIDIA CEO Huang to join Tsinghua University Advisory Board

According to the Financial Times, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang has accepted an invitation to join the advisory board of the School of Economics and Management at Tsinghua University in Beijing. The current chairman of the board is Apple CEO Tim Cook. The report notes that Huang is striving to maintain relations with Beijing, having recently accompanied President Trump on his visit to China. However, there are no signs of a breakthrough for NVIDIA in selling its H200 AI chips to China. Analysts suggest that with advanced chips still banned from export to China, Huang's move reflects a desire to maintain links with Chinese academia and the business community. The advisory board was established in October 2000 under the leadership of then-Dean and Premier Zhu Rongji. It currently has 65 members, including 49 internationally renowned entrepreneurs. The board meets annually, and Chinese leaders often meet with members. Current members include Tesla founder Elon Musk, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg, and executives from major financial institutions. NVIDIA and Tsinghua University have not yet responded to requests for comment. Huang recently told CNBC that US export controls continue to reshape the global AI semiconductor landscape, and that NVIDIA has "largely" ceded the Chinese AI chip market to Huawei.