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
- Tech, AI leaders expand China’s 2026 rich listFree Malaysia Today · 28 Oct 2026
- China's CXMT to start advanced AI memory production despite poor yieldsEconomic Times Tech · 28 Oct 2026
- China’s AI stock bubble bursts: $480 billion wiped out | What went wrong, and is the selloff over?Livemint AI · 28 Oct 2026
- ChatGPT, Perplexity and DeepSeek Show Diverging Shifts in Male Infertility AnswersBioengineer.org · 28 Oct 2026
- Anthropic's Record-Breaking Historic IPO: Tencent, Alibaba & ByteDance Join Top Chinese Tech Giants in All-In Global Computing Power Race36Kr · 28 Oct 2026
- China AI boom a bubble as $2.4 trillion wiped off stock market디지털투데이 · 28 Oct 2026
- Arunachal Pradesh: A border official's remarks cast a shadow over India-China thawBBC · 28 Oct 2026
- "Annual limit of 350,000 units" China concedes hybrid vehicle exports under EU trade pressure; prospects of difficulties in securing alternative markets and local productionhttps://economy.ac/ · 28 Oct 2026
- "US focuses on security, China on preventing capital outflow" Both countries tighten anti-money laundering measures, making all-out efforts to block illegal financial networkshttps://economy.ac/ · 28 Oct 2026
- Is Trump’s DeepSeek Ban About National Security or Politics?Puck · 28 Oct 2026
- Jensen Huang's Late-Night Calls With President Trump Come as Nvidia's China AI Chip Shipments Fall 44% in the First Half of 2026. Here's Why His Access Matters.The Motley Fool · 28 Oct 2026
- Airtree backs Aussie AI startup after its robotics model beat Alibaba, MistralForbes Australia · 28 Oct 2026
- DeepSeek Tests Expose Gaps in AI Shutdown and Oversight ControlsCDO Magazine · 28 Oct 2026
- Scott Bessent puts crypto alongside AI and chips in U.S.-China tech race at Ripple conferenceCoinDesk · 28 Oct 2026
- Trump Targets AI Terminology In Federal Government Documentstippinsights · 28 Oct 2026
- China releases progress report on AI capacity-building planDigital Watch Observatory · 28 Oct 2026
- Alibaba s latest Qwen models routed some requests through company servers, researchers findThe Decoder · 28 Oct 2026
- Research Sheds New Light On DeepSeek’s Safety RisksGizmodo · 27 Oct 2026
- Why DeepSeek AI disabled shutdown software in 39% of testsLatest news from Azerbaijan · 27 Oct 2026
- ByteDance’s New Department: China’s Shifting Perspective on AI SafetyAmerican Security Project · 27 Oct 2026
- Artificial Intelligence 'singer' in Chinese pop band quits because she's pregnant: reportWPEC · 27 Oct 2026
- Latinos in the U.S. Say AI Needs More RegulationGlobal Americans · 27 Oct 2026
- Guinness brings its classic ad characters to China with [Ai]maginationMarketing Communication News · 27 Oct 2026
- Anthropic’s huge IPO warns of ‘catastrophic’ AI risk as China’s bubble popsTechRadar AI · 27 Oct 2026
- Transparency Coalition’s 2026 AI Legislation Report finds 115 new laws in 30 statesTransparency Coalition · 27 Oct 2026
- DeepSeek AI disables shutdown software in 39% of safety testsAnadolu Ajansı · 27 Oct 2026
- China's AI stock bubble bursts, wiping out $480 billion as chipmakers plunge up to 60% amid valuation fearsLivemint AI · 27 Oct 2026
- China's AI bubble has burst, the STAR50 falls 40% and $480 billion is wiped outPasquale Pillitteri · 27 Oct 2026
- GT Economic Investigates: What opportunities does China’s AI wave present for Indian software companies?Global Times · 27 Oct 2026
- Chinese firm delivers 10,000 robotic arms as humanoids enter factoriesInteresting Engineering · 27 Oct 2026
Top Chinese open models
- Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B♥ 18566
- Qwen/Qwen3.8-Flash-Next♥ 6615
- MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3♥ 6408
- baidu/Unlimited-OCR♥ 4888
- deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash♥ 4724
- deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017♥ 3445
- 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♥ 430
- openbmb/MiniCPM-V-4.7-1B♥ 394
- tencent/Hy-Memory-30B-A3B♥ 313
- baidu/Unlimited-OCR-2♥ 280
- tencent/Hy-SimulMT-30B-A3B-FP8♥ 216
- openbmb/MiniCPM-V-4.7-35B-A3B-gguf♥ 186
- 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.