Nvidia's CEO makes surprise visit to Beijing after US restricts chip sales to China

The chief executive of the American chip maker Nvidia visited Beijing on Thursday, days after the US issued fresh restrictions on sales of the only AI chip it was still allowed to sell to China. Jensen Huang's surprise visit was on the invitation of a trade organisation, according to a social media account affiliated with state media. The official broadcaster China Central Television said Huang met Ren Hongbin, the head of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, where he said he hopes "to continue to cooperate with China". China Daily, the ruling Communist party's official English-language outlet, published a photo of Huang in the capital, saying the trip came "three months after pledging to continue cooperation with #China during his last visit". It added the hashtag #OpportunityChina, which it has previously used in posts promoting US-China exports.