OSChina CEO Xu Yong says MoArk has a team adapting AI models for different types of Chinese chips. The effort is part of a growing landscape of China-based services for open models that includes MoArk and Alibaba’s ModelScope.
What ModelScope and MoArk do
Alibaba launched ModelScope in 2022, while MoArk launched in 2023. Both are China-based AI model platforms. ModelScope offers model testing and customization. MoArk’s service description covers open-source models, datasets, model testing, inference, fine-tuning and AI application development.
Inference means running a model to produce an output; fine-tuning adjusts an existing model for a particular task. The two platforms also offer some free use and charge for extra computing power and advanced features.
Local access and global variety
Domestic platforms can offer faster downloads. But for independent developer Chen Yunfei, Hugging Face and GitHub remain his defaults because they offer a wider selection.
That contrast captures two practical draws: local services can make downloads faster, while international platforms offer the variety Chen values.
MoArk’s work on Chinese chips
Xu Yong said MoArk has a team adapting models to run on different types of Chinese chips. He described the aim as getting mainstream open models to run on that hardware.
What the model counts say
ModelScope reportedly said in March 2026 that it had 170,000 models and 250 million users. Xu Yong said MoArk had more than 20,000 commonly used models. The figures describe different measures: MoArk’s count is specifically for commonly used models, while ModelScope’s is stated as a model total.
A report published September 29, 2026, put Hugging Face’s catalog at more than 3 million open models.
