--- title: "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 source_url: https://blog.promptlayer.com/top-5-chinese-llms-the-models-powering-chinas-ai-surge-in-2024-25 type: article source: "PromptLayer Blog" published: 2026-07-06T00:59:52.784Z updated: 2026-07-06T01:00:14.109Z tags: ["open-source", "llm", "ai-agents", "deepseek", "mixture-of-experts"] reading_time: 5 upvotes: 1 comments: 1 language: 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 --- 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)