China's MIIT Signals Approval for ByteDance and Alibaba to Buy Nvidia's New RTX Pro 5500 AI Chip

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has told domestic firms — including ByteDance and Alibaba — that it intends to approve purchases of Nvidia's new RTX Pro 5500 chip, per The Information. ByteDance alone reportedly plans to order 1 million of the chips to power its AI models. The RTX Pro 5500 launched this month; MIIT asked companies to submit purchase volumes and use cases before green-lighting orders. Reuters said it could not independently verify the report.