Chinese alternatives to Gemini
4 China-built Google's models options.
Qwen 通义千问
alternative to GPT / Gemini / Llama
Alibaba's open-weight model family (text, multimodal, coding).
AI & open US-listed Open source
Foreign-investable
#2 open weights Apache 2.0 256K ctx
ERNIE 文心一言
alternative to GPT / Gemini
Baidu's ERNIE model family; open-weight (4.5) and API.
AI & open US-listed Open source
Foreign-investable
#6 open weights Apache 2.0
Hunyuan 混元
alternative to GPT / Gemini
Tencent's Hunyuan models (text, image, 3D); some open weights.
AI & open HK-listed Partly open
Foreign-investable
#7 open weights Custom
Doubao 豆包
alternative to ChatGPT / Gemini
ByteDance's model family and consumer assistant; API via Volcano Engine.
AI & open Private Closed
#8 api