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Chinese AI courses to compare

A route into our Chinese-language course reviews and comparisons.

Our short answer

For a structured free path in Chinese, Datawhale’s tutorials are the most practical entry. Li Hongyi’s recorded lectures are the strongest theory option. PKU’s AI principles course suits learners who want a university-framed overview. All three are covered in our Chinese-language reviews.

Use the full reviews below to compare fit, workload, and current course details before you choose.

Foundations

Hung-yi Lee's Machine Learning / Generative AI Lectures

National Taiwan University (NTU) — Prof. Hung-yi Lee

4.5 / 5

Best for: Chinese-speaking learners who want the friendliest on-ramp to deep learning and modern LLM concepts, and anyone who prefers 'understand the principles' over 'memorize the tooling'

Completely free; grading and credits are reserved for enrolled NTU students Read review →
Foundations

Principles of Artificial Intelligence (Peking University)

Peking University — Prof. Wang Wenmin (Chinese University MOOC / XuetangX)

4.0 / 5

Best for: Chinese-speaking CS undergrads and self-learners who want a rigorous classical-AI foundation (search, reasoning, planning, learning), and anyone who wants bilingual Chinese-English AI terminology

Free to watch and take quizzes; the verified certificate requires a fee — the price isn't visible without login, so check the course page at enrollment Read review →
Foundations

Datawhale Open-Source AI Tutorials (Pumpkin Book, llm-universe, self-llm, happy-llm)

Datawhale open-source learning community

4.5 / 5

Best for: Chinese-reading students and career changers who want to learn AI/LLMs at zero cost — especially people who want to build an LLM from scratch (happy-llm) or survive the Watermelon Book's math (Pumpkin Book)

All tutorial content is completely free and open source; the Pumpkin Book has a paid print edition (check retailer pricing), and self-llm practice requires renting GPU compute at your own cost Read review →

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Reviews on this page verified 2026-08-22; each links its own dated sources.