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Chinese AI Models Surge, Alibaba Qwen Gains 140 Million Users
4/24/2026
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- Chinese AI models held four of the top ten token-consuming models on OpenRouter in March-April 2026.
- Daily token use in China topped 140 trillion in March 2026, a thousand-fold rise since early 2024.
- Alibaba’s Qwen app now lets users book China Eastern Airlines flights via a natural-language chat interface.
- Alibaba said its AI-driven shopping features had attracted over 140 million users by February 2026.
