Alibaba / Qwen API model

Alibaba: qwen3.8-flash

Alibaba Qwen3.8-Flash — the managed production model based on the open-weight Qwen3.8-Flash-Next architecture, with native multimodal input, 1M context, reasoning, tool use, coding, office work, and image, document, and video understanding. The hosted production model is not represented as byte-identical to the downloadable preview weights.

Specs

Pricing and API details.

Transparent USD pricing. No mainland-China account or phone required. Standard model rates follow providers' international list prices at 100%; some models have a separate Paid rate after the first top-up.

Context window

1M

Modalities

Text, image and video input

Input $/1M

$0.15

Output $/1M

$0.47

Endpoint

OpenAI-compatible /v1/chat/completions

About qwen3.8-flash

Alibaba Qwen3.8-Flash — the managed production model based on the open-weight Qwen3.8-Flash-Next architecture, with native multimodal input, 1M context, reasoning, tool use, coding, office work, and image, document, and video understanding. The hosted production model is not represented as byte-identical to the downloadable preview weights.

Pricing

Transparent USD pricing.

qwen3.8-flash

$0.15/M input, $0.47/M output tokens. Paid in USD. Standard model rates follow providers' international list prices at 100%; some models have a separate Paid rate after the first top-up. View live pricing

Quickstart

Copy-paste API request.

curl -X POST https://api.chinaapi.ai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CHINAAPI_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "qwen3.8-flash",
    "messages": [
      {"role": "user", "content": "Summarize the main tradeoffs for this API workload."}
    ]
  }'

import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key=os.environ["CHINAAPI_API_KEY"],
    base_url="https://api.chinaapi.ai/v1",
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="qwen3.8-flash",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Summarize the main tradeoffs for this API workload."}
    ],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Internal links

Related model pages and guides.

How do I use qwen3.8-flash?

Use qwen3.8-flash through ChinaAPI with an API key and the OpenAI-compatible endpoint shown above.

How much does qwen3.8-flash cost?

qwen3.8-flash is $0.15/M input, $0.47/M output tokens, paid in USD. The live pricing page is authoritative. Standard model rates follow providers' international list prices at 100%; some models have a separate Paid rate after the first top-up.

Does qwen3.8-flash need a Chinese account?

No. ChinaAPI provides access without a mainland-China account or phone number and includes a $2 free trial. Check live pricing for the displayed USD rate.