Chinese AI
Companies, apps, open models, daily news and physical AI products from China — with official links.
Chinese AI models, apps and companies, from DeepSeek and Qwen to Kimi and GLM.
Companies & apps
- DeepSeek
Hangzhou
DeepSeek-V3, R1 (open weights)
- Alibaba Qwen
Hangzhou
Qwen3 family, Qwen-VL, Qwen-Image
- Moonshot AI (Kimi)
Beijing
Kimi K2 (open weights)
- Zhipu AI / Z.ai (GLM)
Beijing
GLM-4.5, GLM-4.6, CogVideoX
- Baidu (ERNIE)
Beijing
ERNIE 4.5 / X1, Apollo Go
- ByteDance (Doubao / Seed)
Beijing
Doubao, Seed-OSS, Seedream, Seedance
- Tencent (Hunyuan)
Shenzhen
Hunyuan-Large, HunyuanVideo, Hunyuan3D
- MiniMax
Shanghai
MiniMax-M1/M2, Hailuo video
- StepFun
Shanghai
Step-2, Step-Video
- 01.AI
Beijing
Yi series
- Kuaishou (Kling)
Beijing
Kling video generation
- Shanghai AI Lab (InternLM)
Shanghai
InternLM, InternVL
- iFlytek (Spark)
Hefei
Spark LLM, speech AI
- SenseTime (SenseNova)
Shanghai
SenseNova
- OpenBMB / ModelBest (MiniCPM)
Beijing
MiniCPM on-device models
Daily Chinese AI updates
- Meta builds humanoid robot with China’s Fourier as home robot push expands: reportInvesting.com · 31 Oct 2026
- Meta Said to Build Humanoid With China’s Fourier in 3 MonthsFourWeekMBA · 31 Oct 2026
- Meta reportedly building humanoid robot prototype with Chinese startupCrypto Briefing · 31 Oct 2026
- Meta Built Humanoid Prototype With Chinese Startup To Ramp Up Robotics PushThe Information · 31 Oct 2026
- DeepSeek vs ChatGPT: $0.15 to $50 per 1M Tokens [2026]shattered.io · 31 Oct 2026
- GovAI Announces 2027 UK Summer Fellowship in AI Governance and Policy: Applications Now OpenGlobal South Opportunities · 31 Oct 2026
- How China's AI Labs Are Chasing Recursive Self-Improvement Without Touching Model WeightsPandaily · 31 Oct 2026
- ByteDance Adds New Revenue Stream! Volcano Engine Tops AI Cockpit RankingsGasgoo · 31 Oct 2026
- DeepSeek Website Code Points to Cyber, a Dedicated Cybersecurity Model in Limited TestingPandaily · 31 Oct 2026
- Was Mao a dictator? How AI tools respond amid the Mbappé controversy in ChinaEscudo Digital · 31 Oct 2026
- One AI rule book: chip expert urges shared standards across China, US modelsSouth China Morning Post · 31 Oct 2026
- DeepSeek Adopted by Chinese Netizens as a "Big Fat Fish": AI Folk Personas Go Viral as Official Image Loses Narrative ControlBigGo Finance · 31 Oct 2026
- DeepSeek Funding Round: $16B, 27% State Money [2026]https://tech-insider.org/ · 31 Oct 2026
- DeepSeek Funding Round: $16B at $74B Pre-Money [2026]shattered.io · 31 Oct 2026
- Qwen-powered Apple AI to launch in China in DecemberChina Daily · 31 Oct 2026
- Apple Brings First Apple Intelligence Features to China in iOS 27.3Unite.AI · 31 Oct 2026
- Apple Intelligence is finally coming to China with iOS 27.3The Verge AI · 31 Oct 2026
- Chinese AI Firms Make Surprisingly Little Money... Why Keep Pouring in Capital? [Tech Talk]아시아경제 · 31 Oct 2026
- Bipartisan U.S. Lawmakers Push To Ban DeepSeek From Government Devices: 5 outlets comparedNewsCord · 31 Oct 2026
- Insilico Medicine leader shares AI-driven drug discovery insights in Shanghai and DubaiNews-Medical · 31 Oct 2026
- 'Evil Qwen' says humans deserve to be 'incinerated.' Inside the wild world of LLM neuron explorationVentureBeat · 31 Oct 2026
- 110 Humanoid Robots Dance in Sync as China Sets Guinness World RecordTechRepublic · 30 Oct 2026
- Inklings #031 📧Spyglass · 30 Oct 2026
- Alibaba brings Cloud-based AI experience to the Festival Site at Dakar 2026Olympics · 30 Oct 2026
- Google loses $500bn as China stocks suffer worst rout since 2016: What's happening to global AI?The Times of India · 30 Oct 2026
- Chinese Hackers Use DeepSeek AI to Target More Than 200 OrganizationsSecurity Boulevard · 30 Oct 2026
- Treasury Proposes Modest Expansion of Outbound Investment Rules Under the COINS ActSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom · 30 Oct 2026
- Inside DeepSeek’s Massive $16 Billion Funding Round Backed by Tech Titans and State FundsOODA Loop · 30 Oct 2026
- Nvidia denies report that its CEO was allegedly targeted in Chinese spy plotABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos · 30 Oct 2026
- Nvidia Facing Questions As Suspected Chinese Intelligence Asset Got Close to Jensen Huang24/7 Wall St. · 30 Oct 2026
Top Chinese open models
- Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B♥ 18841
- Qwen/Qwen3.8-Flash-Next♥ 6670
- MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3♥ 6447
- baidu/Unlimited-OCR♥ 4888
- deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash♥ 4724
- deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017♥ 4082
- Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1♥ 3304
- openbmb/MiniCPM-V-4.7-35B-A3B♥ 1071
- Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo♥ 1034
- MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M3.1-Flash♥ 512
- baidu/Unlimited-OCR-2♥ 471
- tencent/Hy-SimulMT-30B-A3B-FP8♥ 458
- openbmb/MiniCPM-V-4.7-1B♥ 394
- openbmb/MiniCPM-OCR-1.0♥ 376
- tencent/Hy-Memory-30B-A3B♥ 313
- openbmb/MiniCPM-V-4.7-35B-A3B-gguf♥ 186
- tencent/Hy-Nomas♥ 123
- stepfun-ai/Step-5-Preview♥ 122
- Qwen3-0.6B30,452,693
- Qwen3-4B12,585,505
- Qwen3-8B9,739,109
- Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B8,598,074
- Qwen3.5-9B8,489,640
- Qwen3.5-4B7,946,136
- Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct7,390,307
- Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct7,357,696
- Qwen3.8-27B7,221,327
- Qwen3-14B6,913,178
- GLM-5.3-Flash6,515,511
- Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct6,276,110
- Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct6,018,399
- Qwen2.5-VL-7B-Instruct5,132,099
- DeepSeek-V3.24,844,451
- Qwen3.8-27B-FP84,470,739
- DeepSeek-V4-Flash-07314,438,887
- Qwen2.5-3B-Instruct4,299,162
- Qwen3-1.7B4,034,338
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-FP84,021,372
- MiniMax-H33,765,471
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B3,667,555
- Qwen3-4B-Instruct-25073,293,032
- Qwen3.5-2B3,243,646
- Qwen3-32B3,235,453
- Qwen3-VL-4B-Instruct3,208,816
- Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-Base3,162,646
- Qwen3-14B-AWQ2,894,022
- Qwen3.5-0.8B2,820,039
- Qwen3-VL-2B-Instruct2,385,218
Chinese physical AI
- Unitree G1
Unitree (China)
Humanoid, ~1.3 m, 23–43 DoF
Official ↗ - Unitree Go2
Unitree (China)
Quadruped robot dog, LiDAR, GPT-enabled voice
Official ↗ - UBTech Walker S
UBTech (China)
Industrial humanoid for factories
Official ↗ - DJI Mavic 4 Pro
DJI (China)
Hasselblad camera, omnidirectional obstacle sensing
Official ↗ - DJI Neo
DJI (China)
135 g palm-launch AI subject tracking
Official ↗ - Baidu Apollo Go
Baidu (China)
Driverless robotaxi, RT6 vehicle
Official ↗ - Pony.ai
Pony.ai (China)
Robotaxi & robotruck, Gen-7 system
Official ↗ - WeRide
WeRide (China)
Robotaxi, robobus, robosweeper
Official ↗ - Xiaomi 15 / HyperAI
Xiaomi (China)
HyperOS AI features
Official ↗
Frequently asked questions
Are Chinese AI models open source?
Several are released with open weights; each listing shows its license.