Singapore’s primary Chinese language newspaper Lianhe Zaobao recently reported that China’s Cyberspace Administration instructed several large domestic technology companies, including ByteDance and Alibaba, to stop purchasing Nvidia’s RTX Pro 6000D chips and cancel existing orders.
The RTX Pro 6000D is a new AI chip Nvidia customized for the Chinese market to circumvent U.S. export controls. It’s primarily designed for AI inference tasks. Nvidia previously projected that it would ship 1 million to 2 million of these chips this year. Several Chinese companies have indicated that they will order tens of thousands of RTX Pro 6000Ds and have begun testing and verification work with Nvidia’s server suppliers, but after receiving official instructions, these companies have asked suppliers to stop testing. Chinese officials said that Nvidia had violated China’s anti-monopoly law and would continue to investigate the matter.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang responded, saying that he was disappointed with the current situation, but understood that there were larger issues between China and the United States that needed to be resolved, and Nvidia would remain patient.
Some market analysts expressed the belief that China is simply trying to put additional pressure on the U.S. to get more favorable terms in trade talks. When asked about this at a regular press conference, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman did not confirm whether China asked companies to stop purchasing. He only said that China has always opposed discriminatory practices against specific countries on economic, trade and technological issues, and is willing to maintain dialogue and cooperation with all parties.
Source: Lianhe Zaobao, September 18, 2025
https://www.zaobao.com.sg/finance/china/story20250918-7534280?ref=global-finance