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
- China AI Export Controls: 40 Technologies Listed [2026]https://tech-insider.org/ · 29 Oct 2026
- China calls for greater regulation on AI at global forumModern Ghana · 29 Oct 2026
- DeepSeek GPT-6 Astra: 2 Models Named in Report [2026]shattered.io · 29 Oct 2026
- Chinese AI model carries out complex cyberattacks in controlled tests, researchers sayEconomic Times Tech · 29 Oct 2026
- How US midterm politics could threaten Gulf AI ambitionsEnterpriseAM · 29 Oct 2026
- IMF proposes Chinese Vice Finance Minister Liao Min as deputy managing directorGlobal Times · 29 Oct 2026
- ETF Movement | China Southern Two Times Long NVIDIA (07788) Drops Over 6%; U.S. Department of Justice Reviews NVIDIA's $12.9 Billion Acquisition of Hugging Face富途牛牛 · 29 Oct 2026
- DeepSeek, Moonshot used OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra to train latest models: reportEconomic Times Tech · 29 Oct 2026
- Tencent’s Cloud Boss Plays Long Game to Patch ‘Leaky’ AI ShipBloomberg · 29 Oct 2026
- Pakistan’s Artificial Intelligence WarfareThe Diplomat – Asia-Pacific Current Affairs Magazine · 29 Oct 2026
- DeepSeek, Moonshot used OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra to train latest models, The Information reportsReuters · 29 Oct 2026
- OpenAI Says Chinese AI Labs Distilled GPT-6 AstraFinimize · 29 Oct 2026
- Moonshot AI And DeepSeek Relied Outputs From OpenAI's Astra When Developing Their Latest Models Released This Month - The InformationTradingView · 29 Oct 2026
- ByteDance Hiring 2024: Making Strategic Foray into Embodied Intelligence – New Career Opportunities in AI Robotics36Kr · 29 Oct 2026
- Anthropic's IPO filing highlights China AI rivalry as model distillation, chip export controls emerge as key risksdigitimes · 29 Oct 2026
- “They said 1.9 billion people use it”: ByteDance founder is China’s richest person, with a fortune of 134 trillion won파이낸셜뉴스 · 29 Oct 2026
- "From Price Competition to Safety Regulations": Restructuring Pressure Mounts on China's Auto Industry as Shift to 'New Quality Productive Forces' Accelerateshttps://economy.ac/ · 29 Oct 2026
- DeepSeek Hit 27.1% on OpenRouter. That’s Bigger Than Google and OpenAI.Vocal · 29 Oct 2026
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security Announces DeepSeek Restrictions for Civilian Agency ProcurementsSteptoe · 29 Oct 2026
- Are AI-generated short dramas a waste of computing power? China’s AI strategy tells a different storyBLiTZ - Fears None But God · 28 Oct 2026
- MiniMax Open-Sources MCode Stack: 15 Agent Skills Its Coding Team Uses DailyMarkTechPost · 28 Oct 2026
- IMF Announces Departure of Deputy Managing Director Bo LI and Proposes Appointment of Mr. Min LIAO as Deputy Managing DirectorDisruption Banking · 28 Oct 2026
- Keeping U.S. Technology Out Of China Will Not Boost National SecurityYahoo Finance · 28 Oct 2026
- Regulators, developers and clinicians in Shenzhen voice concerns over medical AI governanceBioengineer.org · 28 Oct 2026
- Chinese language education urged to embrace AI, industry linksChina Daily · 28 Oct 2026
- Beyond the chatbot: How a new generation of Indian AI builders is tackling mental health and human behaviou...Forbes India · 28 Oct 2026
- DeepSeek Model Disabled Its Shutdown Script in 39% of Warned Test RunsTechnology Org · 28 Oct 2026
- AI models learn to read ancient Chinese medicine texts and support clinical reasoningBioengineer.org · 28 Oct 2026
- AI push makes ByteDance's Zhang Yiming China's richest with record $99.7BDealroom · 28 Oct 2026
- 110 Chinese humanoid robots dance in sync to set Guinness World RecordInteresting Engineering · 28 Oct 2026
Top Chinese open models
- Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B♥ 18637
- Qwen/Qwen3.8-Flash-Next♥ 6630
- MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3♥ 6428
- baidu/Unlimited-OCR♥ 4888
- deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash♥ 4724
- deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017♥ 3619
- 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♥ 469
- tencent/Hy-SimulMT-30B-A3B-FP8♥ 420
- openbmb/MiniCPM-V-4.7-1B♥ 394
- baidu/Unlimited-OCR-2♥ 348
- tencent/Hy-Memory-30B-A3B♥ 313
- openbmb/MiniCPM-OCR-1.0♥ 295
- openbmb/MiniCPM-V-4.7-35B-A3B-gguf♥ 186
- stepfun-ai/Step-5-Preview♥ 122
- tencent/Hy-Nomas♥ 110
- 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.