# China signals it may approve Nvidia RTX Pro 5500 purchases

_Published Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 1:06 PM EDT · AI, Policy · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

The Information reported, citing sources, that China's government asked Alibaba, ByteDance and other companies to report their plans to buy Nvidia's RTX Pro 5500 chip, saying it intends to approve the purchases. The chip is built for high-end professional computers.

The request gives those companies a path to seek permission to buy the chip. The government's reported intention concerns future approvals; it does not establish that any purchase has been approved.

## Sources

- [Techmeme](https://www.techmeme.com/260927/p8#a260927p8)

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