--- title: Apple Intelligence approved for launch in China with... description: Apple Intelligence has received regulatory approval from China's Cyberspace Administration of China to launch in the country. The approval is tied to a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/apple-intelligence-approved-for-launch-in-china-with-alibaba-and-baidu-flvo2isez twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Apple Intelligence approved for launch in China with Alibaba and Baidu | daily.dev og:description: Apple Intelligence has received regulatory approval from China's Cyberspace Administration of China to launch in the country. The approval is tied to a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/apple-intelligence-approved-for-launch-in-china-with-alibaba-and-baidu-flvo2isez og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/flvo2iseZ.png og:image:alt: Apple Intelligence approved for launch in China with Alibaba and Baidu og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Apple Intelligence approved for launch in China with Alibaba and Baidu **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Apple Intelligence has received regulatory approval from China's Cyberspace Administration of China to launch in the country. The approval is tied to a partnership with Alibaba, whose Qwen AI model will be integrated into Apple's operating systems including iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS. Baidu has also confirmed a separate collaboration with Apple on Intelligence features for Chinese iPhone users. The move is significant given Apple's growing China sales — up 28% to $20.5 billion in Q2 — and its recent return to the No. 2 smartphone position in the market. Apple had previously explored integrations with DeepSeek and ByteDance models before settling on Alibaba and Baidu. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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