At the third China International Import Expo (CIIE) on July 16, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang made a striking entrance in traditional Tang attire—a departure from his signature leather jacket seen at prior engagements. This appearance followed NVIDIA's confirmation of securing export licenses for its H20 chips to China, with plans to launch fully compatible RTX PRO series processors.

Huang opened his keynote attempting Mandarin, sharing: "I grew up in America and studied some Chinese." After humorously admitting linguistic limitations to spare the audience, he seamlessly transitioned to English. He traced NVIDIA's evolution from pioneering GPU technology to enabling modern artificial intelligence, emphasizing: "From Kepler to Blackwell architectures, our systems underwent thousands of iterations, transforming NVIDIA into the computational engine powering global AI ecosystems."

Highlighting a pivotal 2016 moment, Huang recounted personally delivering the world's first DGX-1 supercomputer to OpenAI—then an obscure San Francisco startup exploring AlexNet algorithms. "That delivery ignited AI's wildfire spread," he reflected. Huang asserted AI's transformative impact across industries, particularly praising Chinese innovators: "Over one million developers here—from Baidu and Alibaba to MiniMax and DeepSeek—are creating world-class advancements."

He identified China’s supply chain as an "industrial miracle" and lauded its role in accelerating open-source AI, calling it "crucial for both global progress and safety standardization." Huang predicted the next technological leap within a decade: "AI will comprehend physical laws, revolutionize manufacturing alongside humans, and birth intelligent products."

The executive spotlighted China's hundreds of digital-twin projects optimizing factories via NVIDIA's Omniverse platform. "Just as electricity reshaped industries," he concluded, "AI will redefine every product and service, sparking a new industrial revolution."