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 Chinese startup Fourier: ReportThe Hindu Technology · 2 Nov 2026
- China’s AI reckoning: Cheaper tokens, bigger billsThe CapTable · 2 Nov 2026
- DeepSeek launches Super-Agent AI to challenge Anthropic's Claude CodeIndia Today · 2 Nov 2026
- I Built the Same Agent Harness as DeepSeek. I Was One Step Too Late.Vocal · 2 Nov 2026
- Following the collapse of China’s AI bubble, experts are now wondering if India needs to be cautious of its growing AI economyEducation Times · 2 Nov 2026
- DeepSeek’s Super-agent Design Explained: Architecture, Experiments and Open ProblemsKingy AI · 2 Nov 2026
- DeepSeek open-sources dsh-superagent research prototypeTNGlobal · 2 Nov 2026
- Meta reportedly advances humanoid robot development with Chinese partner Fourierdigitimes · 2 Nov 2026
- Meta Partners With Chinese Robotics Firm to Test Consumer RobotsPYMNTS.com · 2 Nov 2026
- China denies alleged targeting of Nvidia CEO in spying plot: ReportNewsNation · 2 Nov 2026
- Hong Kong Stocks Face Earnings-Intensive Week: Yum China, HKEX, Hua Hong Line Up; U.S. AI Giants Share the StageBigGo Finance · 2 Nov 2026
- China's robot makers have mastered the moves. Now comes the race for brainsReuters · 2 Nov 2026
- Chinese robot makers raise $13B as the industry pivots from bodies to brainsCrypto Briefing · 2 Nov 2026
- China’s Humanoid Robot Race Shifts From Legs To AI BrainsFinimize · 2 Nov 2026
- What a U.S.-China AI Safety Channel NeedsThe Wire China · 2 Nov 2026
- DeepSeek's Open-Source Super-Agent for CodingBriefs Finance · 2 Nov 2026
- New York City bans AI in schools for a year, what the studies sayPasquale Pillitteri · 2 Nov 2026
- China’s DeepSeek's new architecture can operate with less human supervisionInteresting Engineering · 2 Nov 2026
- DeepSeek Unveils Super-Agent Prototype To Monitor Developer Chats And Suggest Coding Fixes: 5 outlets comparedNewsCord · 1 Nov 2026
- DeepSeek wants to steal Claude Code and Codex’s lunch with an AI Super Agent that does not wait aroundDigital Trends · 1 Nov 2026
- DeepSeek developing AI agent requiring less human input: ReportTradingView · 1 Nov 2026
- Meta's Humanoid Robot "Max" Prototype Revealed: Built with China's Fourier in Three Months, Second Generation Already UnderwayBigGo Finance · 1 Nov 2026
- David Knight Legg: The U.S. AI panic is a gift to CanadaNational Post · 1 Nov 2026
- China’s Fourier helped Meta create the Max robotRoot-Nation.com · 1 Nov 2026
- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's meetings with alleged Chinese spy: Why is the US worried and what intelligence agencies fear?Livemint AI · 1 Nov 2026
- AI could turn China’s social rating system into surveillance tool, scholar warnstennews.in · 1 Nov 2026
- DeepSeek unveils 'Super-agent' autonomous coding agent targeting Claude Code디지털투데이 · 1 Nov 2026
- Chinese AI models are politically complex, not just government mouthpieces, study findsThe Decoder · 1 Nov 2026
- AI in China's Social Rating System Raises Surveillance Concerns, Scholar WarnsLokmat Times · 1 Nov 2026
- Meta (META) Builds Humanoid Robot with China’s Fourier, Already Working on SequelTipRanks · 1 Nov 2026
Top Chinese open models
- Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B♥ 18942
- Qwen/Qwen3.8-Flash-Next♥ 6695
- MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3♥ 6476
- baidu/Unlimited-OCR♥ 4888
- deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash♥ 4724
- deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017♥ 4369
- Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1♥ 3304
- openbmb/MiniCPM-V-4.7-35B-A3B♥ 1071
- Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo♥ 1034
- baidu/Unlimited-OCR-2♥ 530
- MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M3.1-Flash♥ 525
- tencent/Hy-SimulMT-30B-A3B-FP8♥ 458
- openbmb/MiniCPM-V-4.7-1B♥ 394
- openbmb/MiniCPM-OCR-1.0♥ 390
- 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.