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
- Biggest Nuclear Build-up Since Chernobyl Due To AI Power Demand; China Leads, India Next?The Times of India · 2 Nov 2026
- The Week Ahead in AI: Upcoming Earnings Including Apple, AMD, Qualcomm, Plus Apple Intelligence Launches in China & Meta, Fourier Team for Research HumanoidAI Insider · 2 Nov 2026
- Kling3.io Launches Kling 4.0 AI Video Generator to Create More Realistic Visible Action ScenesBenzinga · 2 Nov 2026
- Open-Source Fix Slashes DeepSeek V4.1 Startup Time on Gaming GPUsStartup Fortune · 2 Nov 2026
- Using AI at work in the EU, a guide to the AI Act, GDPR and securityPasquale Pillitteri · 2 Nov 2026
- Fact Check: Rajnath Singh criticises Indian Army amid India-China standoffs? No, AI-manipulated video is viralNewsMeter · 2 Nov 2026
- Startups recalibrate Chinese AI for the WestRest of World · 2 Nov 2026
- Nvidia stock faces China setback as Huawei reaches 28% sharead-hoc-news.de · 2 Nov 2026
- AI and Tourism : is the Chinese bubble about to burst ?LaQuotidienne.fr · 2 Nov 2026
- DeepSeek Releases Open-source Dsh-superagent Coding AgentDataconomy · 2 Nov 2026
- DeepSeek Super-Agent is an open-source alternative to Claude CodeTechzine Global · 2 Nov 2026
- Meta Humanoid Robot Prototype is Built With China’s Fourier, Report SaysTechnology Org · 2 Nov 2026
- Will Chinese AI build a global advantage?The Japan Times · 2 Nov 2026
- DeepSeek Super-Agent Is MIT Open Source: $0 to Use [2026]tech-insider.org · 2 Nov 2026
- DeepSeek aims to rival Anthropic with new coding agentSilicon Republic · 2 Nov 2026
- Teachers’ attitudes and behavioural intentions towards AI integration in Chinese higher education: a qualitative interview studyFrontiers · 2 Nov 2026
- ‘Coming for the King’ in AI. OpenAI, DeepSeek & Samsung. ARD #197AI: Reset to Zero · 2 Nov 2026
- Tackling AI’s Labor ParadoxGlobal Finance Magazine · 2 Nov 2026
- Meta puts its AI on two legs – with help from ChinaNotebookcheck · 2 Nov 2026
- Meet qwenGPU: Qwen3.5-2B With 45 Compiled GPU Layers That Run CUDAMarkTechPost · 2 Nov 2026
- China's First Frontier AI Export Controls: Mofcom Announcement No. 48Hacker News (AI, 100+ points) · 2 Nov 2026
- DeepSeek open-sources Super-Agent, a coding agent that watches team chats for workHelp Net Security · 2 Nov 2026
- China’s AI milestone: models generate more tokens than used in trainingSouth China Morning Post · 2 Nov 2026
- DeepSeek Proposes Super-Agent Architecture to Automate AI Coding WorkflowsAnalytics India Magazine · 2 Nov 2026
- U.S. Midterm Elections: Market Focus on AI Regulation and Prospects for Divided Government; Major Financial Institutions See Limited ImpactBigGo Finance · 2 Nov 2026
- China’s Robotics Industry Shifts Focus from Humanoid Stunts to AI IntelligenceCXO Digitalpulse · 2 Nov 2026
- DeepSeek Unveils Autonomous Coding Agent PrototypeThe Information · 2 Nov 2026
- China’s robot makers have mastered backflips: Now they want robots to think like humansWION · 2 Nov 2026
- China’s AI Bubble Rapidly Loses AirThe Daily Upside · 2 Nov 2026
- Meta builds humanoid robot with Chinese startup Fourier: ReportThe Hindu Technology · 2 Nov 2026
Top Chinese open models
- Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B♥ 18981
- Qwen/Qwen3.8-Flash-Next♥ 6709
- MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3♥ 6512
- baidu/Unlimited-OCR♥ 4888
- deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash♥ 4724
- deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017♥ 4643
- 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♥ 550
- MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M3.1-Flash♥ 531
- 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.