According to CCTV News, Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of U.S. tech company NVIDIA, said in an interview with China Central Television’s “Face to Face” program that Huawei is not only highly innovative but also a company of exceptional scale and strength. “Huawei is much larger than we are—in terms of company size, headcount, and technological capability, they are both broad and deep.”
Huang believes that China’s AI market will continue to advance—with or without NVIDIA. “Even if NVIDIA is not here, Huawei will surely find its own solutions,” he said. When asked whether NVIDIA views Huawei as a competitor or a partner, Huang responded, “This company is still extremely competitive. They are our competitor, but you can admire and respect your competitors while maintaining good relations with them. A competitor is not an enemy. The world is big, and I hope we’ll keep competing for many years to come—but my feelings toward them are admiration, respect, and a strong sense of competition.”
China’s Supply Chain Is One of the World’s Best
Speaking about global supply chains, Huang said China’s system ranks among the top in the world and is nothing short of a world-class miracle. “China operates one of the most advanced supply chain systems globally. Its scale, complexity, diversity, the range of products and technologies manufacturers produce, and the sheer number of companies involved in building the supply chain—all of it constitutes a world-class miracle,” Huang said. He added that China not only builds its own supply chains but also provides equipment, control systems, and components for others around the world, developing technologies and products that help build supply chains elsewhere.
Because the global supply chain is becoming increasingly diverse—one might even say increasingly redundant—this shift actually brings great opportunities for China to export its supply chain manufacturing technologies worldwide, as new supply chains and production lines are being built around the globe. “But one thing will never change: no matter what happens, a total decoupling of global supply chains is simply impossible. The system is too complex—it will always remain interconnected. And that interconnection is precisely what makes supply chains so remarkable,” he said.
DeepSeek and China’s Innovation
Huang stated that AI is an extremely complex system, and that China’s capacity for innovation is truly remarkable. “China’s pace of innovation is unstoppable. Of course, I believe NVIDIA can make an important contribution,” he said. “AI is incredibly complex—like a multilayered cake. Our chips are just the foundation layer. Above that, you have systems, networking, AI infrastructure, software, algorithms, and finally, application services. The entire system is enormously complex.”
He emphasized that progress in AI requires innovation at every level of the system—but even if one layer lags behind, engineers are smart enough to compensate through innovation at other levels, thus driving the entire system forward.
“That’s why I admire DeepSeek’s astonishing innovation. Their R1 model is truly groundbreaking. It reengineered how AI models operate to take full advantage of the H20 architecture—a very creative approach. So even though it’s built on H20, they’ve achieved world-class results. It shows that researchers and developers are fully capable of adapting across different layers of technology.”
“I’m optimistic and confident in China’s capacity for innovation. No matter what resources they have, they find ways to adapt. H20 may not be NVIDIA’s most advanced product, but its performance remains excellent. In fact, this architecture defined—some might say created—the current AI revolution. So even today, it still stands out.”
Huang mentioned that he met Lei Jun, CEO of Xiaomi and one of China’s most renowned technology entrepreneurs, during this trip to Beijing. He said their collaboration dates back to the founding of Xiaomi. “Lei Jun and I have worked together for a long time,” Huang said. “We’ve built phones together, and now we’re co-developing artificial intelligence, autonomous driving software, and many other projects currently in progress.”
Editor: Zhiyu Wang
