If you purchased any digital product, from iPhone to drill, look at the back of the packaging: You can probably notice the small letters in the production country. You guessed it: China. In recent years, it has become an unlimited technological power, and one of the most prominent areas it has recently concentrated on is the field of artificial intelligence. The Chinese government, which began to realize that the future lies in advanced technologies, decided to invest billions of dollars in developing advanced AI models. The goal was not only to compete in the West – but also to create a strategic advantage that would strengthen the country’s global status.
The Chinese Artificial Intelligence Significant has been significantly offended mainly because of the growing tensions with the United States, which reached new highs during the tenure of Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden. During the Trump administration, clear efforts began to limit Chinese technology penetration into the US market, with the prominent example of this being the sharp threat to the Tickettok app. Trump claimed that the Chinese company Bytedance, the owner of Tiktok, is a security threat due to the possibility of transferring data on American citizens to China authorities. When President Biden took office, tensions continued and even acute with other restrictions on Chinese companies such as Huawei, ZTE and others. The Biden administration even deepened the fight with prohibition and other restrictions on advanced chip exporters to China – a move that significantly impaired Chinese technology companies.
This situation led to a natural response from China – focusing on the production and development of completely local advanced AI technologies. The Chinese goal was to stop being dependent on the West, and especially in the United States, and to allow it full technological independence. The Chinese effort has so far produced significant success and has produced a host of advanced artificial intelligence technologies that are already starting to flood the global market.
“For historical reasons, China missed opportunities in previous industrial revolutions and realized after China’s reform and opening in 1978 that science and technology are the engine of the economy” explains to “Maariv Business” Shai Shahi, which is more familiar to us as “Sinai”, from the Hebrew department on China’s international radio, ” Nausea and the current revolution in which artificial intelligence leads, even Chinese understand that it is worth investing.
According to Itzik Chinese, the Chinese government itself attaches great importance to artificial intelligence, which also led, among other things, to encourage the investment in the “ruling” that is nourished by the Western artificial among. Is it also a clash with Trump or just a desire to take over the world of technology? “It is impossible to ignore Trump in the previous term began the trade war against China,” the Chinese Itzik states. What Chinese technologies are already taking over the digital market? Here are some of the most prominent:
Deepseek: Low -cost big promise
One of the biggest surprises in the AI market came from the Chinese startup company Deepseek. The company, founded in May 2023 by Liang Wonpang, director of the Chinese High-Flyer Quant, surprised the world when a advanced AI model with a relatively minimal investment of less than $ 6 million. Deepseek introduced a model called V3, released for public use with open source license, and offers top notch performance. The model is particularly outstanding in code writing, solving complex mathematical problems and advanced reasoning and heating ability, and even managed to bypass many competitors from the creator of Western giants. The big advantage of Deepseek is the fact that the model does not require particularly expensive computing resources, making it more accessible to developers around the world, but there are still certain limitations in the ability to process the languages and cultures of Western, a matter that is currently in development.
Alibaba: Technology Monster with global aspirations
Ali Baba, one of the world’s largest technology companies, was not left behind. You know it mainly from Ali Express shopping site, but it is a digital power that recently introduced its artificial intelligence model called QWEN 2.5 72B. The model is designed for diverse uses that include natural language processing, advanced data analysis, identification and image creation, and even a combination of online trading systems itself. The main advantage of the Alibaba model is its ability to perform a large number of operations at a very high speed. However, this model requires more significant computing resources, which can be a disadvantage for smaller companies. Alibaba released the public at the end of 2023, and is expected to significantly expand its distribution over the coming year.
Manus: business insights in one click
The Chinese Manus, which was established in 2022, introduced an advanced model for data analysis called Manus Insight. The model offers impressive capabilities in analyzing complex texts, locating market trends, and producing accurate business recommendations in real time. Manus focuses primarily on the Chinese market and offers a convenient and clear user interface, but one of the most prominent disadvantages is a certain difficulty in understanding Western languages versus excellent performance in Chinese. The company is planning an international launch of a more advanced model by the end of 2025, with the aim of correcting the linguistic gap and expanding global use of its technology.
BAIDU: leads the natural language field in China
BAIDU, the popular Internet giant and engine in China, has invested tremendous resources in recent years under the development of AI models. The latest model, Ernie 4.0, presents particularly advanced capabilities in the field of natural language processing, including real -time translation, accurate identification of entities and text summary in a particularly effective way. The model is already available to the Chinese public and has even gained tremendous popularity, but, like other Chinese models, suffering from the problem of Western languages, a matter that the company is currently working on to present an international version of the next year.
Tencent: Artificial Intelligence Integrated to the Medical World
Tencent, the company behind the Wechat app, did not stay outside the race and set up Medbot Medical Model. The platform helps doctors in Chinese hospitals to make initial diagnoses, offer treatment programs and track patients’ condition in real time. The big advantage is expensive time savings for doctors, but on the other hand, there are restrictions that result from aggravating regulatory requirements that make international use of a model very limited at the present time.
HUAAWEI: AI Model Advanced to the Automotive Industry
HUAWEI launched the HIAI model, which is integrated into Chinese car manufacturers and offers advanced autonomous driving capabilities, obstacle identification and smart management of the vehicle. At the moment, the model is only for the local market, but Huawei plans to launch it outside China towards the end of 2025.
In the meantime, China continues to push forward, investing in huge sums, the new models have already begun to invade the global market – and the question that remains is how much China’s artificial intelligence will change the balance of global forces in the coming decades.