--- title: Manus has kick-started an AI agent boom in China | daily.dev description: China is experiencing a surge in AI agent development following Manus's successful launch, with startups like Genspark and Flowith creating autonomous systems... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/manus-has-kick-started-an-ai-agent-boom-in-china-b3bcrk94q twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Manus has kick-started an AI agent boom in China | daily.dev og:description: China is experiencing a surge in AI agent development following Manus's successful launch, with startups like Genspark and Flowith creating autonomous systems... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/manus-has-kick-started-an-ai-agent-boom-in-china-b3bcrk94q og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/b3BcRK94Q.png og:image:alt: Manus has kick-started an AI agent boom in China 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. # Manus has kick-started an AI agent boom in China **[MIT Technology Review](https://daily.dev/sources/technologyreview)** · 11 min read · 3 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary China is experiencing a surge in AI agent development following Manus's successful launch, with startups like Genspark and Flowith creating autonomous systems that can handle complex tasks like trip planning and web browsing. These Chinese companies are primarily targeting global markets due to restrictions on Western AI models within China's firewall, while tech giants like ByteDance and Tencent are developing their own agents integrated into super-apps like WeChat. The competition highlights China's potential advantage in consumer AI products, though technical limitations with domestic models currently constrain local deployment. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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