CNOrigin: CNChat & API models
Qwen (Alibaba)
Alibaba’s Qwen family—chat, code, and open weights.
Best for
Trying a non-US family locally or via cloud, especially if you care about open weights.
Tip for students
If you run Qwen via Ollama, note the exact tag you used in your project README so results are reproducible.
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What it is
Qwen is a major Chinese model family spanning chat and coder variants. Some weights are openly downloadable (often via Hugging Face / Ollama community tags). Good way to learn that “Chinese models” are not one product—they’re a whole stack.
New to the vocabulary? Start with Learn, compare options in Comparisons, or return to the tools index.
qwen · china · open-weights