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’s AI Agents Are TrappedBloomberg.com · 5 Nov 2026
- Baidu releases ERNIE 5.5 Flash Base with 280 billion parameters as an open-source foundation modelThe Decoder · 5 Nov 2026
- Nearly 600,000 Nvidia H200 chips pile up in Hong Kong as Beijing delays import approval: ReportFirstpost · 5 Nov 2026
- Nvidia's 600,000 AI Chips Remain Stuck in Hong Kong as China Delays Import ApprovalCoinpaper · 5 Nov 2026
- Chinese AI video generation startup Sand.ai enters unicorn club after $200m roundDealStreetAsia · 5 Nov 2026
- Chinese AI lab Moonshot reportedly looked at European data centers to access Nvidia chips, report claims — Kimi-maker primarily interested in inferencing capacity, but also asked about training clustersTom's Hardware · 5 Nov 2026
- Moonshot AI tried to tap Nvidia Blackwell chips via Europe, sources sayBriefs Finance · 5 Nov 2026
- Nvidia Faces 600,000-Chip China BottleneckTradingView · 5 Nov 2026
- Nvidia stock faces fresh China chip delivery squeezead-hoc-news.de · 5 Nov 2026
- 600,000 NVIDIA H200 Chips Wait in Hong Kong as China Holds Back ApprovalAnalytics Insight · 5 Nov 2026
- Tencent releases Hy4 with vision and computer use, claims second place among Chinese AI modelsThe Decoder · 5 Nov 2026
- Hackers used China-linked AI tools to steal from Indian financial firmsThe Hindu · 5 Nov 2026
- Tencent Open-Sources Hy4 AI Model to Transform Complex Financial WorkflowsFF News · 5 Nov 2026
- Finland’s Landmine U-Turn Raises Questions About Its Global AI Control PushMorocco World News · 5 Nov 2026
- Oracle Just Walked Away From a $7 Billion Tencent AI Deal24/7 Wall St. · 5 Nov 2026
- India flags China-linked AI tools in financial hackingTechGig · 5 Nov 2026
- Moonshot AI Discussed European Blackwell Leases Amid U.S. Chip CurbsUnite.AI · 5 Nov 2026
- Moonshot AI Bypasses U.S. Chip Curbs Via Europe Neocloud DealThe Tech Buzz · 5 Nov 2026
- Moonshot AI seeks Nvidia chip access in Europe as U.S. curbs tightenTraders Union · 5 Nov 2026
- Moonshot AI sought access to Nvidia Blackwell chips in Europe — CNBCUA.NEWS · 5 Nov 2026
- TackleAI Launches Milo, the #1 Frontier AI for Medical Records, Outranking OpenAI, Anthropic, and Zhipu ModelsPR Newswire · 5 Nov 2026
- Kimi Formally Launches Hosted Agents for Enterprise AI WorkloadsUnite.AI · 5 Nov 2026
- Chinese AI lab Moonshot turned to Europe for Nvidia Blackwell access amid U.S. China curbs, sources tell CNBCCNBC Tech · 5 Nov 2026
- Nvidia stock trades 2.96% lower as China chip supply tightensad-hoc-news.de · 5 Nov 2026
- Nvidia Stock (NVDA) Falls as Report of Stranded AI Chips Revives China ConcernsTipRanks · 5 Nov 2026
- ABB Says China Barred SoftBank’s Purchase of ABB Robotics in ChinaUnite.AI · 5 Nov 2026
- Nvidia chips pile up in Hong Kong as China withholds import approvalThe Economic Times · 5 Nov 2026
- AI hackers target India's financial sector: CERT-In identifies 4 tools, flags China linksBusiness Upturn · 5 Nov 2026
- Nvidia chips stockpile in Hong Kong awaits China import approval - reportInvesting.com · 5 Nov 2026
- Exclusive-Nvidia chips pile up in Hong Kong as China withholds import approvalYahoo! Finance Canada · 5 Nov 2026
Top Chinese open models
- Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B♥ 19200
- Qwen/Qwen3.8-Flash-Next♥ 6802
- MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3♥ 6607
- deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017♥ 5325
- baidu/Unlimited-OCR♥ 4888
- 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
- moonshotai/Kimi-K3.1-Pro♥ 845
- baidu/Unlimited-OCR-2♥ 619
- 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
- openbmb/MiniCPM-V-4.7-35B-A3B-gguf♥ 186
- baidu/ERNIE-5.5-Flash-Base♥ 173
- 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.