Dev.to
6/19/2026

How to Access 50+ Chinese AI Models Through One API
Short summary
AIWave unifies access to 50+ Chinese LLMs (DeepSeek, Qwen, GLM-4, MiniMax) via a single OpenAI-compatible API, eliminating separate SDKs and authentication schemes. Intelligent routing by task complexity and language selection can reduce API costs by 80%+ compared to single-model approaches like GPT-4o. Chinese-optimized models match or exceed GPT-4o performance on most benchmarks while costing significantly less.
- •Unified OpenAI-compatible API for 50+ Chinese LLMs with normalized protocol and streaming
- •Intelligent routing reduces API costs 80%+ by matching task complexity and language to optimal models
- •Chinese-specialized models outperform GPT-4o on Chinese tasks at 1/3 the cost
Generated with AI, which can make mistakes.
Is this a good recommendation for you?



