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
- Why Meta Turned to China’s Fourier for Its Humanoid RobotTechNode · 4 Nov 2026
- Tencent built an empire on WeChat and gaming. Can it keep up in China's AI race?CNA · 4 Nov 2026
- Global Stocks Waver As US Democratic Sweep Raises AI Regulation FearsBusinessToday Malaysia · 4 Nov 2026
- Tencent launches Hy4 in bid to break into AI’s top tier of open-weight modelsSouth China Morning Post · 4 Nov 2026
- Democratic-led US Congress to turn up heat on Beijing over AI, Taiwan: analystSouth China Morning Post · 4 Nov 2026
- Ten Chinese Factories Now Deliver Full-Stack Custom AI Companion Toys, From LLM to PackagingEIN News · 4 Nov 2026
- Apple AI tools come to China after 2-year delayFree Malaysia Today · 4 Nov 2026
- Tencent WeVisOne-VL Unifies Detection, OCR, Segmentation and MattingMarkTechPost · 4 Nov 2026
- China to Accelerate Work on Comprehensive AI LegislationCaixin Global · 4 Nov 2026
- Nvidia China Clients to Get 1% of $70 Billion RTX Chips OrderedBloomberg.com · 4 Nov 2026
- Shared risks from AI open door to US-China cooperationChina Daily · 4 Nov 2026
- DeepSeek, Qwen and MiniMax Leads Debate Open-Source Model Risks on Shared Wuzhen StagePandaily · 4 Nov 2026
- China plans AI safety rules spanning development and deploymentmacau daily times 澳門每日時報 · 4 Nov 2026
- Anthropic IPO Filing Shows 85.4% Margin vs Z.ai and MiniMax - News and StatisticsIndexBox · 4 Nov 2026
- A $6 billion hack in a season of AI anxietyAtlantic Council · 4 Nov 2026
- Nvidia Orders Data Center Partners to Limit Exposure to Chinese CustomersBreitbart News · 4 Nov 2026
- China Prepares to Impose New Safety Standards for AI FirmsPYMNTS.com · 4 Nov 2026
- Nvidia Squeezes China's Backdoor Access To US AI Chips With This Unwritten RuleAOL.com · 4 Nov 2026
- Meta Reportedly Builds Humanoid Robot With China's Fourier in Just Three MonthseWeek · 4 Nov 2026
- Apple Intelligence launches in China with Qwen replacing ChatGPTPasquale Pillitteri · 4 Nov 2026
- NVIDIA Rises 3% Despite AI CEO's Warning on Chinese Chip Competition; AMD Climbs 5%, Broadcom Gains 3%24/7 Wall St. · 4 Nov 2026
- Today's midterm elections have big implications for the future of AIFortune · 3 Nov 2026
- AI CEO Warns Chinese Labs Will Use Free Models to “Start Selling Chips” Against NvidiaTIKR.com · 3 Nov 2026
- Nvidia Reportedly Orders AI Data Center Partners to Reduce China ExposureCoinpaper · 3 Nov 2026
- Nvidia’s new 51% rule could shut China’s backdoor to AI chipsTheStreet · 3 Nov 2026
- Introducing India-based inference for Kimi K3 on Amazon BedrockAWS Machine Learning Blog · 3 Nov 2026
- Nvidia Moves to Restrict China's Access to AI Computing as US-China Tech Rivalry IntensifiesVision Times · 3 Nov 2026
- Chip smuggler details how a single loophole is letting banned South Korean RAM slip into China’s AI labsThe Times of India · 3 Nov 2026
- Qwen 3.8 27B on my laptop can interpret model weights, tooSimon Willison · 3 Nov 2026
- China plans broad AI guardrails after global lapsesTaipei Times · 3 Nov 2026
Top Chinese open models
- Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B♥ 19098
- Qwen/Qwen3.8-Flash-Next♥ 6752
- MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3♥ 6554
- baidu/Unlimited-OCR♥ 4888
- deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017♥ 4882
- deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash♥ 4724
- 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♥ 594
- MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M3.1-Flash♥ 537
- tencent/Hy-SimulMT-30B-A3B-FP8♥ 458
- openbmb/MiniCPM-OCR-1.0♥ 418
- openbmb/MiniCPM-V-4.7-1B♥ 394
- 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.