Model update wall

China AI model release timeline.

A data-driven wall of Chinese AI model releases served by ChinaAPI, plus a small starter set of notable releases not yet on the gateway. 3 estimated dates and 0 unknown dates are flagged in the source data.

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Release wall.

2026-07-06
Tencent hy3 Hunyuan

Tencent Hunyuan 3 gateway model with 256K context and fast, low, and deep thinking modes.

LLM ✓ On ChinaAPI confirmed
2026-06-22

HappyHorse 1.1 text-to-video gateway model with improved semantic understanding and camera control.

Video ✓ On ChinaAPI confirmed
2026-06-22

HappyHorse 1.1 reference-to-video gateway model for multi-reference subject, scene, and style consistency.

Video ✓ On ChinaAPI confirmed
2026-06-22

HappyHorse 1.1 image-to-video gateway model with stronger texture and identity consistency.

Video ✓ On ChinaAPI confirmed
2026-06-12

Coding-focused Kimi gateway model for long-horizon repository work with vision support.

LLM ✓ On ChinaAPI confirmed
2026-06-02

MiMo speech recognition for Chinese-English code-switching, Cantonese, Wu, Minnan and Sichuan dialects, noisy and far-field recordings, overlapping speakers, and lyrics.

Audio ✓ On ChinaAPI confirmed Source · mimo.mi.com
2026-06-01

Multimodal Qwen gateway model for visual analysis, planning, files, and tool use.

LLM ✓ On ChinaAPI confirmed
2026-06-01

Native multimodal M-series model with 1M context, MSA attention, coding, agent, image, and video input support.

LLM ✓ On ChinaAPI confirmed Source · minimax.io
2026-05-28

Fast StepFun gateway model with 256K context, vision input, reasoning, and tool use.

LLM ✓ On ChinaAPI confirmed
2026-05-26
Meituan LongCat-Video-Avatar 1.5 LongCat Video

Audio-driven avatar video technical release focused on lip sync, identity consistency, and long-video generation.

Video Not yet confirmed Source · arxiv.org
2026-05-21

Flagship Qwen gateway model for demanding analysis, coding, and production agent workflows.

LLM ✓ On ChinaAPI confirmed
2026-04-23

MiMo expressive text-to-speech with premium built-in voices and natural-language control over pace, emotion, tone, dialect, and character performance.

Audio ✓ On ChinaAPI confirmed Source · mimo.mi.com
2026-04-03

Wan 2.7 natural-language video editing model for local/global edits and element replacement.

Video ✓ On ChinaAPI confirmed
2026-04-03

Wan 2.7 text-to-video model for prompt-driven video generation.

Video ✓ On ChinaAPI confirmed
2026-04-03

Wan 2.7 reference-to-video model for controlled generation from visual references.

Video ✓ On ChinaAPI confirmed
2026-04-01

Wan 2.7 image model for text-to-image, editing, multi-reference generation, and stronger text rendering.

Image ✓ On ChinaAPI confirmed
2026-02-16
Alibaba Qwen3.5 Qwen

Native multimodal-agent Qwen release that preceded the served Qwen 3.6 and 3.7 gateway models.

LLM Not yet confirmed Source · en.wikipedia.org
2026-02-01
StepFun Step-3.5-Flash Step

Open StepFun flash model with 256K context and tool-use support.

LLM Not yet confirmed Source · huggingface.co
2026-01-28

Seedream 5.0-lite image model with controllable creation, retrieval, and stronger subject consistency.

Image ✓ On ChinaAPI confirmed
2025-12
Meituan LongCat-Image LongCat

Small image-generation model focused on data quality over model size.

Image Not yet confirmed Source · en.wikipedia.org