One of the seven AI answer engines Cituna tracks is on its maker’s own list of supported countries for China, checked September 23, 2026. Gemini (Workspace only) is listed with a limit. ChatGPT, Claude, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode are not on the list for China. Perplexity and Grok publish no country list. Baidu handles 59.1% of searches in China, Bing 19% (StatCounter, August 2026). Those are the answers a brand can win or lose in China, so they are the ones to track.
Which AI engines are available in China
| Engine | Status in China | Source |
|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | Not on the maker’s list | OpenAI, ChatGPT supported countries |
| Perplexity | No country list published | Perplexity Terms of Service (no country list) |
| Gemini | Listed with a limit: Workspace only | Google, where you can use the Gemini web app |
| Claude | Not supported, per the maker | Anthropic, supported countries and regions |
| Grok | No country list published | xAI Terms of Service (no country list) |
| Google AI Overviews | Not on the maker’s list | Google, AI Overviews availability |
| Google AI Mode | Not on the maker’s list | Google, AI Mode availability |
Each row is what the maker’s own page said on September 23, 2026. Lists change, so follow the source before you rely on one.
OpenAI says that using ChatGPT from outside its listed countries and territories may get an account blocked or suspended.
Search engines in China
Baidu handles 59.1% of searches in China and Bing 19%, and Google AI Overviews and AI Mode appear inside Google Search.
| Search engine | Share of searches |
|---|---|
| Baidu | 59.1% |
| Bing | 19% |
| Yandex | 11.4% |
| Haosou | 6.52% |
StatCounter Global Stats, all devices, August 2026.
Languages in China
Buyers in China search in Chinese (Simplified). Google’s AI Overviews list covers Chinese (Simplified), and AI Mode’s list matches it.
AI models and assistants built in China include Baidu Ernie, DeepSeek, Alibaba Qwen (Tongyi), ByteDance Doubao and Moonshot Kimi; Cituna does not track them.
How China differs from most markets
84 of the 89 countries we check share one picture: ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode are on their makers’ lists, and Perplexity and Grok have no published country list. What sets China apart:
- Its engine picture, from each maker’s own list as checked on September 23, 2026: ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode are not on their makers’ lists for China. Anthropic names China as unsupported for Claude. Gemini is listed with a limit (“Workspace only”).
- Home-grown AI: Baidu Ernie, DeepSeek, Alibaba Qwen (Tongyi), ByteDance Doubao and Moonshot Kimi, built in China. Cituna does not track them.
- Its leading search engine is Baidu, not Google, with 59.1% of searches (StatCounter, August 2026).
Our table of AI engines by country sets all 89 countries side by side, and our pages for South Korea and India cover two more markets with a picture of their own.
How to track AI visibility in China
Track the engines available in China on a schedule, not once; our trackers for Perplexity, Gemini and Grok show what each answer contains.
Cituna tracks all seven engines, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Grok, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode, from the $39 Starter, and joins the result to Google Search Console so a movement in China can be checked against real clicks. Then it does the work: it generates the fix for each gap, its AutoSEO writes and publishes the articles that answer the questions you are missing, and Claude or any other AI agent can work through the results over MCP. The most useful output is usually not the score but the competitor list, because it tells you which brands are being named in your place in this market.
Drafted with AI assistance from our own research and Search Console data, and reviewed by Rahul A before publishing. Rules and prices change; check the linked official source before you act.