Beijing vs China
China has 1.8× more AI funding than Beijing. Across 4 dimensions — funding, models, compute, orgs — one country pulls the AI race forward; the other chases.
LIVE
#1 = China RATIO 1.8× SHARE OF WORLD · 9/100 UPDATED 2026-05-08
Beijing 3/100 China 6/100 rest of world 91/100
Together =
9%
of all AI funding tracked worldwide.
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🇨🇳 Beijing
3/100
$13.2B · #2 of 12
🇨🇳 China
6/100
$23.5B · #2 of 40
SRC: epoch · forbes · cbi · manual-gaps 1 SQUARE = 1% OF WORLD AI FUNDING
🇨🇳 Beijing
#2 of 12 · hub
━━ vs ━━
China 🇨🇳
#2 of 40 · country
BARS NORMALIZED PER-ROW TO MAX(L,R) PINK = Beijing · BLUE = China
note — China runs 1.8× more AI capital than Beijing. Whether that translates to frontier compute is what the next chart shows.
— ai-race-map · methodology @ /m
┌─ tile area ≈ funding · column width ≈ side total · all orgs shown ──────────────────────────── ┐
🇨🇳 Beijing 11/19 · $13.2B
🇨🇳 China 23/38 · $23.5B
CLICK A TILE → ORG PROFILE CHINA RUNS 1.8× BEIJING