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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang will join the advisory board of Tsinghua University's School of Economics and Management. This elite Chinese institution also counts Apple's Tim Cook as its chair. Huang's appointment comes amid a US ban on advanced Nvidia chip exports to China. The university board includes other prominent global tech and finance leaders. Members typically meet annually in Beijing.Listen to this article in summarized format
The reported move also comes amid a U.S. ban on exports of Nvidia's most sophisticated chips to China that has been in place since 2022 over concerns about their potential military applications. There were no signs of a breakthrough on selling Nvidia's advanced H200 AI chips to China following Trump's trip. The 65-member SEM board was established in October 2000 and currently includes U.S. tech leaders such as Tesla's Elon Musk, Dell's Michael Dell, Microsoft's Satya Nadella and Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, as well as finance executives such as JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon and BlackRock's Larry Fink, according to its website. Board members usually meet every year in Beijing.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is among top politicians who attended Tsinghua - sometimes dubbed "China's Harvard" - as an undergraduate.
Reuters could not immediately verify the report. Nvidia declined to comment while Tsinghua did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment.
