--- title: Top 5 Chinese LLMs: The Models Powering China’s AI Surge... description: A roundup of five leading Chinese large language models shaping AI from 2024 into 2026: DeepSeek R1 (671B MoE, MIT-licensed, strong on math/coding), Alibaba... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/top-5-chinese-llms-the-models-powering-china-s-ai-surge-in-2024-25-333vub8d0 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Top 5 Chinese LLMs: The Models Powering China’s AI Surge in 2024–25 | daily.dev og:description: A roundup of five leading Chinese large language models shaping AI from 2024 into 2026: DeepSeek R1 (671B MoE, MIT-licensed, strong on math/coding), Alibaba... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/top-5-chinese-llms-the-models-powering-china-s-ai-surge-in-2024-25-333vub8d0 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/333vUB8D0.png og:image:alt: Top 5 Chinese LLMs: The Models Powering China’s AI Surge in 2024–25 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. # Top 5 Chinese LLMs: The Models Powering China’s AI Surge in 2024–25 **[PromptLayer Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/promptlayer)** · 5 min read · 1 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary A roundup of five leading Chinese large language models shaping AI from 2024 into 2026: DeepSeek R1 (671B MoE, MIT-licensed, strong on math/coding), Alibaba Qwen-3 (235B MoE with hybrid thinking/fast modes), Baidu ERNIE 4.5 and X1 (multimodal and agentic), Huawei PanGu-Σ/5.0 (trillion-parameter industrial suite), and Zhipu GLM-4.5 (agent-native, 355B MoE, #3 globally on benchmarks). Key themes include Mixture-of-Experts efficiency, agentic tool use, open-source licensing, and pricing far below Western equivalents. These models are closing the gap with GPT-4 on reasoning, coding, and multimodality benchmarks. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@phatdangminh** · 0 upvotes > Many thanks! ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Top 5 Chinese LLMs Compared: Technical Innovation and Strategic Advantages](https://daily.dev/posts/top-5-chinese-llms-compared-technical-innovation-and-strategic-advantages-omie73nyl) · PromptLayer Blog · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [The Top 10 Large Language Models \(LLMs\) of 2025: The Age of Cognitive Giants](https://daily.dev/posts/the-top-10-large-language-models-llms-of-2025-the-age-of-cognitive-giants-aobcrkv0h) · C\# Corner · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [2025: The year in LLMs](https://daily.dev/posts/2025-the-year-in-llms-t60jvoyxr) · Simon Willison · 4 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#llm](https://daily.dev/tags/llm), [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#deepseek](https://daily.dev/tags/deepseek), [#mixture-of-experts](https://daily.dev/tags/mixture-of-experts) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/top-5-chinese-llms-the-models-powering-china-s-ai-surge-in-2024-25-333vub8d0) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Top 5 Chinese LLMs: The Models Powering China’s AI Surge in 2024–25","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/top-5-chinese-llms-the-models-powering-china-s-ai-surge-in-2024-25-333vub8d0","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/top-5-chinese-llms-the-models-powering-china-s-ai-surge-in-2024-25-333vub8d0"},"datePublished":"2026-07-06T00:59:52.784Z","dateModified":"2026-07-06T01:00:14.109Z","description":"A roundup of five leading Chinese large language models shaping AI from 2024 into 2026: DeepSeek R1 (671B MoE, MIT-licensed, strong on math/coding), Alibaba...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/1dba426dbb47f077430e1cdc2a4b9492?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/1dba426dbb47f077430e1cdc2a4b9492?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"PromptLayer Blog","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"PromptLayer Blog","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--YNkmMZnf--/f_auto,q_auto/v1780213213/logos/promptlayer?_a=BAMAMiWQ0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/promptlayer"},"commentCount":1,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/top-5-chinese-llms-the-models-powering-china-s-ai-surge-in-2024-25-333vub8d0","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"keywords":"open-source,llm,ai-agents,deepseek,mixture-of-experts","timeRequired":"PT5M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"PromptLayer Blog","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/promptlayer"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Top 5 Chinese LLMs: The Models Powering China’s AI Surge in 2024–25"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/top-5-chinese-llms-the-models-powering-china-s-ai-surge-in-2024-25-333vub8d0","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Many thanks!","datePublished":"2026-07-06T05:54:38.745Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/333vUB8D0#c-KwesmXkyL","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Phat Dang Minh","url":"https://daily.dev/phatdangminh","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--uEe-dzLM--/f_auto/v1747452091/avatars/avatar_U9YNpHvqD7jM3IxMsDTsP?_a=BAMClqUq0"}}]} ```