# China Central Television’s most-watched news programme broadcast footage that has never been shown publicly.

*semiconductor · news · 2026-05-12 · TNW*

## Key points

- Huawei's secret chip lab was publicly shown on Chinese state TV for the first time.
- Huawei's newest Ascend chips rival Nvidia's H100, with DeepSeek adapting its AI models to them.
- Huawei invested in over 60 Chinese semiconductor firms and spends over 20% of revenue on R&D.
- US export controls have consolidated China's semiconductor efforts under Huawei, now a national champion.
- China's integrated circuit exports rose 83.7% in April, with AI hardware driving half the growth.

**Companies:** Huawei, Nvidia
**Countries:** China, United States

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