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A decision map of China's major model vendors, product lines and international-readiness signals across consumer assistants, developer APIs, video, agents and enterprise platforms.
For global users, QwenChat, Dola and Hailuo cover consumer access; DeepSeek, Hunyuan and Kimi cover developer APIs; Pangu and SparkDesk fit better when enterprise, industry or speech-heavy requirements justify higher onboarding friction.
Based on the supplied May 16, 2026 vendor matrix and international edition reports, converted into product-directory guidance for overseas users.
The reports separate vendors by strategic posture: consumer scale, open-source ecosystem, API economics, industry deployment and overseas product readiness.
ByteDance, Alibaba, DeepSeek, Zhipu AI and StepFun are framed by the supplied material as especially active Chinese model vendors for 2026.
Baidu, Tencent, Huawei and iFlytek remain important when cloud accounts, private deployment, industry AI or speech workflows matter.
QwenChat, Dola, Hailuo AI and Tencent Hunyuan show more direct overseas onboarding signals than China-first products such as ERNIE Bot, SparkDesk or Pangu.
Use the matrix by task rather than by brand. A single vendor can have a consumer assistant, coding product, agent platform, video tool and cloud API.
Doubao, ERNIE Bot, QwenChat, Kimi, DeepSeek, Yuanbao, ChatGLM, SparkDesk, Hailuo and Dola serve different levels of overseas friction.
DeepSeek, Tencent Hunyuan and Kimi are OpenAI-compatible overseas API checks; Qwen, GLM, MiniMax and Qianfan remain important by ecosystem.
Pangu and SparkDesk fit industry, speech, education, healthcare and private or managed deployment better than frictionless consumer use.
The international report shows a large gap between products that feel global and products that only expose limited overseas access.
QwenChat, Dola, Hailuo and Hunyuan are reasonable first checks for overseas users, subject to region and billing verification.
DeepSeek and Kimi are strong API options, but billing and regional details still need hands-on checks.
Pangu, ERNIE/Qianfan and SparkDesk are better evaluated through enterprise or cloud-platform requirements.