Artificial Analysis – State of AI: China, 2Q 2025

The main theme of the report is the analysis of the state of artificial intelligence in China compared to the USA.

Key findings include: Chinese AI labs have closed the gap with US leaders, reducing the lag from over a year to less than three months. The performance gap between leading models from the US and China remains but has become minimal. The DeepSeek R1 model (May 2025) leads among Chinese AI labs, while OpenAI o3 leads among models released by American AI labs. Chinese labs, such as DeepSeek and Alibaba, contribute significantly to AI development in China. Chinese labs often publish their model weights, unlike American labs, which do not.