Chinese AI Startup H1 2026 Financing Surges Past 300B Yuan

H1 2026 AI funding exceeds 300B yuan, surpassing full-year 2025 totals. VC activity recovers with hard tech focus, driving valuation spikes and allocation competition.

Woofun AI data shows that total financing for Chinese AI startups exceeded 300 billion yuan in the first half of 2026, a figure that already surpasses the full-year total for 2025. High-tech industry investment grew by 4.6% year-on-year during this period, reflecting a steady recovery in venture capital activity driven by AI, quantum technology, and computing power sectors. The rapid capital influx has triggered a sharp rise in valuations, making "grabbing allocation" a dominant theme in the primary market.