By South China Morning Post | Created at 2024-11-23 07:26:21 | Updated at 2024-11-27 02:14:34
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The CEO of the largest US chipmaker and market-cap leader, Nvidia, has pledged to maintain its presence in China and stressed the importance of global cooperation, while encouraging Hong Kong’s university graduates to join the company.
Jensen Huang was also joined by Hong Kong movie legend Tony Leung Chiu-wai when the pair received their honorary doctorates at a ceremony at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) on Saturday.
Leung took the opportunity to talk about his career, encouraging graduates to avoid ego and stay fresh. It was also revealed he had spoken to HKUST president Professor Nancy Ip Yuk-yu to prepare for his coming movie role as a neuroscientist.
Alongside the duo, the university also awarded honorary doctorates to Nobel laureate Michael Levitt and American mathematician David Mumford.
Nvidia co-founder and CEO Huang highlighted his California-based multinational company’s long-term investment in China, noting it had multiple design centres and thousands of engineers contributing to technological advancements in the country.
“It’s been a privilege of ours over the last 25 years to see how technology has developed here in China, and so we’re going to continue to do that,” he said.
