China AI Wiki
English reference for Chinese large models: who makes them, how overseas teams call the APIs, what open weights exist, and what official docs say about price — with sources and dates.
Editorial as-of: 2026-11-04 (Asia/Shanghai). Not affiliated with providers.
Browse models
DeepSeek Open weights
Open-weight reasoning and chat models with MIT-licensed V4 weights and a public API.
Qwen Open weights
Alibaba’s Qwen family: Model Studio APIs internationally and broad open-weight releases.
GLM (Zhipu / Z.AI) Open weights
GLM chat and reasoning APIs via Z.AI for international users, plus open GLM weights.
Kimi (Moonshot)
Long-context Kimi models and Moonshot API for chat and agents.
MiniMax
Text, speech, video, and music models via MiniMax IO for international developers.
Doubao / Seed (ByteDance)
ByteDance Doubao/Seed models for overseas teams through BytePlus ModelArk.
ERNIE (Baidu)
Baidu ERNIE models; overseas access via Qianfan international documentation.
Hunyuan (Tencent)
Tencent Hunyuan models via Tencent Cloud TokenHub / international cloud docs.
StepFun (Step)
Step multimodal and reasoning models with published international USD pricing.
Popular comparisons
DeepSeek vs Qwen
Open weights, APIs, and pricing posture.
Chinese LLM API pricing
Side-by-side pointers to official USD tables.
Open-weight Chinese LLMs
MIT / Apache and license caveats.
International API access
Which vendor surface to use outside China.
FAQ
What is China AI Wiki?
An English-language static reference for Chinese AI models, APIs, open weights, and pricing aimed at overseas developers and researchers. Every price cites a source and as-of date.
Which Chinese AI models matter for overseas teams in 2026?
Commonly compared families include DeepSeek, Qwen (Alibaba), GLM (Zhipu/Z.AI), Kimi (Moonshot), MiniMax, Doubao/Seed via BytePlus, ERNIE (Baidu), Hunyuan (Tencent), and StepFun.
How should I read prices on this site?
Use the linked official pricing page as source of truth. This wiki stamps an as-of date and omits figures it cannot verify from primary docs.