New York Times: A female supervisor surnamed Huang is a spy for China’s Ministry of State Security, and her mission is to collect intelligence on Huang Renxun

The New York Times further reported today that the female corporate executive surnamed Huang who appeared next to Huida CEO Huang Renxun was a spy for the Chinese Ministry of State Security, tasked with collecting intelligence about him. A Huida spokesperson responded by pointing out that company confidentiality will not be disclosed to clients and that the interaction between the two was like all business meetings and was not unusual.

The New York Times reported on the 6th that Huang Le (also known as Alice Huang, transliterated), who has a close relationship with Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang, was a spy for the Chinese Ministry of State Security.

People familiar with the matter pointed out that the woman surnamed Huang was hired by the Chinese government to collect intelligence on Huang Renxun, with the purpose of learning more about American artificial intelligence chips and pushing Huida to provide the most advanced chips to China.

U.S. officials assessed that the woman surnamed Huang worked directly for China's main intelligence agency, an important detail that had not been disclosed before. The case is another bold example of China's long-standing espionage activities across various industries.

The New York Times reported earlier that Jen-Hsun Huang was the target of an operation by Chinese intelligence agencies, and that U.S. intelligence agencies had conducted electronic surveillance on a Chinese woman named Huang for at least a year. President Donald Trump was briefed last year but chose not to take any action.

People who have had contact with the woman surnamed Huang revealed that she is fluent in English and has close relationships with high-level people in the artificial intelligence chip industry, including Huang and the management of Gigabyte, one of the Huida supercomputer assembly manufacturers. She also attended industry meetings and high-level private dinners.

The report pointed out that the two were photographed in the same photo in a bar in Taipei in 2024. At that time, the company of the woman surnamed Huang, Megaspeed, began a multi-billion-dollar advanced AI chip procurement plan. Many in the industry are unclear about the origins of this well-funded company.

Peter Mattis, chairman of the think tank Jamestown Foundation and a former CIA counterintelligence analyst, pointed out that Chinese intelligence agencies focus on the scientific and technological community and regard it as a key task for China to dominate the world economy. They are highly interested in the development trends of the technology industry, technical specifications in R&D and how they affect decision-making.

Huida spokesman John Rizzo said Huida will not disclose the company's confidential information to customers, and customers will not ask Huida to pressure the U.S. government to change its chip sales policy to China. The Chinese government continues to promote domestic alternatives, including Huawei products, and strictly restricts the import of Huida data center products.

Li Zhuo emphasized that Huang Renxun's interaction with the woman surnamed Huang was not unusual, and that the situations he met with many clients were consistent.

Liu Chang, spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in the United States, said the New York Times report was baseless and was only intended to discredit China. (Editor: Chen Huiping)