On the morning of March 4, 2026, Lin Junyang, the technical lead for Ali's Qwen large model, announced his resignation via a social media post, stating, "I'm stepping down. Farewell, my beloved Qwen." As the key technical figure behind the Qwen large model, Lin Junyang's departure from the Qwen team is imminent, and it remains uncertain whether he will also leave Alibaba. When reporters reached out to Alibaba for confirmation on this matter, no response had been received by the time of publication. Previously, on the evening of March 2, Alibaba open-sourced four small-sized models within the Qwen3.5 series.
