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
- Thinking Machines Inkling 2 Small drops 316 F-bombs across benchmark runsThe Decoder · 7 Nov 2026
- Nvidia's H200 Chips Reached China Through Ghost CompanyThe Tech Buzz · 7 Nov 2026
- Meta secretly built a humanoid robot with a Chinese companyInteresting Engineering · 7 Nov 2026
- The US let Nvidia sell chips to an empty office in ChinaThe Verge AI · 7 Nov 2026
- US approved Nvidia chip sales to China-linked firmsThe Jerusalem Post · 7 Nov 2026
- US intelligence believes Jensen Huang had romantic relationship with Chinese spy in honeypot operation — spy suspect linked to company accused of smuggling $2 billion in AI chipsTom's Hardware · 7 Nov 2026
- China's main intelligence agency reportedly recruited the spy who targeted NVIDIA's CEOEngadget · 7 Nov 2026
- AI tokens a hit on China's Singles' Day as consumers embrace AI boomCGTN · 7 Nov 2026
- Who Owns DeepSeek, The Chinese AI Company?BGR · 7 Nov 2026
- State propaganda in some Chinese AI models is only "a thin layer" that fine-tuning can strip awayThe Decoder · 7 Nov 2026
- Kimi AI Pricing: $1 Top-Up vs $159 Ultra Plan [2026]https://tech-insider.org/ · 7 Nov 2026
- U.S. Cleared Nvidia Chips to Chinese Firms With Empty Offices and Troubling TiesThe New York Times · 7 Nov 2026
- Why does America hate AI?Financial Times · 7 Nov 2026
- Spy targeting Nvidia CEO was alleged China intelligence service recruit: NYTEconomic Times Tech · 7 Nov 2026
- “The AI Gap Between China and the US Has Narrowed to Just Six Months!” Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt Reveals in Latest Interview That Attempts to Invest in DeepSeek Were Unsuccessful富途牛牛 · 7 Nov 2026
- US Believes Woman Close to Nvidia CEO Was a China Spy, NYT SaysBloomberg.com · 7 Nov 2026
- China’s top spy agency recruited woman who targeted Nvidia’s Jensen HuangThe Japan Times · 7 Nov 2026
- Democrats Eye Stronger AI Oversight in 120th CongressMeriTalk · 7 Nov 2026
- Nvidia targets China's AI workarounds by imposing strict limitsTechRadar · 7 Nov 2026
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Gemini 4 Argon vs Haiku 5.5 [2026]tech-insider.org · 7 Nov 2026
- DeepSeek Harness Reaches 1.54 Million Daily Active Users Among Official API UsersTOKENPOST · 7 Nov 2026
- China reportedly recruited AI exec to spy on Jensen HuangThe Verge AI · 7 Nov 2026
- Thinking Machines debuts Inkling 2 Small amid reported $5B fundraising pushSiliconANGLE AI · 7 Nov 2026
- Nvidia Tightens AI Chip Tracking in Southeast Asia as China Smuggling Concerns GrowTechRepublic · 7 Nov 2026
- Open-Weight DeepSeek Nearly Matches Closed AI in Cybersecurity TestsMezha.net · 7 Nov 2026
- Nvidia's Quiet New Ultimatum to Stop China Chip SmugglingTradingView · 7 Nov 2026
- Free Chinese AI Models Are Getting Scary Good at HackingWired AI · 7 Nov 2026
- Ongoing AI dialogue with China is necessary in coming Congress, top tech lawmaker saysNextgov/FCW · 6 Nov 2026
- Chinese media debuts ‘world-first’ bionic humanoid news anchorsInteresting Engineering · 6 Nov 2026
- Ping An stock gains a new AI governance test for investorsad-hoc-news.de · 6 Nov 2026
Top Chinese open models
- Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B♥ 19327
- Qwen/Qwen3.8-Flash-Next♥ 6838
- MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3♥ 6647
- deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017♥ 5382
- baidu/Unlimited-OCR♥ 4888
- deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash♥ 4724
- Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1♥ 3304
- moonshotai/Kimi-K3.1-Pro♥ 1607
- openbmb/MiniCPM-V-4.7-35B-A3B♥ 1071
- Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo♥ 1034
- baidu/Unlimited-OCR-2♥ 644
- MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M3.1-Flash♥ 537
- tencent/Hy-SimulMT-30B-A3B-FP8♥ 458
- openbmb/MiniCPM-OCR-1.0♥ 441
- openbmb/MiniCPM-V-4.7-1B♥ 394
- tencent/Hy-Memory-30B-A3B♥ 313
- baidu/ERNIE-5.5-Flash-Base♥ 219
- 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.