BEIJING, July 18 (Reuters) - China's Commerce Minister

Wang Wentao said on Friday he met with Nvidia ( NVDA ) CEO

Jensen Huang in Beijing on Thursday.

Wang said at a press conference that Huang had worked very

hard over the past few days during his visit to China, but Wang

did not provide any details about what was discussed at their

meeting.

Nvidia ( NVDA ) did not respond immediately to a request for comment.

During his third China visit this year, Huang, the founder

and CEO of the world's most valuable company, also met with Ren

Hongbin, chairman of China Council for the Promotion of

International Trade and the country's Vice Premier He Lifeng.

Chinese officials told Huang they welcomed foreign companies

to continue to invest in the country, the Nvidia ( NVDA ) CEO said at a

press conference in Beijing on Wednesday.

At the event, Huang described artificial intelligence models

from Chinese firms Deepseek, Alibaba ( BABA ) and Tencent ( TCTZF )

as "world class" and said AI was "revolutionising"

supply chains.

Huang also said Chinese customers' demand for its H20 AI

chip, which was released from U.S. export controls this week, is

high but no purchase orders have been fulfilled yet as it awaits

U.S. government approval for export licences.

Nvidia ( NVDA ) has also announced it is developing a new chip for

Chinese clients called the RTX Pro GPU, which would be compliant

with U.S. export restrictions and designed specifically for

smart factories and for robot training purposes.