<p>Alibaba (9988) founder Jack Ma, along with several senior executives from Alibaba and Ant Group, gathered at YunGu School in Hangzhou to discuss the challenges and opportunities brought by AI, stating that &#34;the era of artificial intelligence has rapidly arrived.&#34; However, Lin Junyang, the core person responsible for the Qwen large model and the youngest P10 technical executive at Alibaba, suddenly announced his resignation on social media, writing &#34;me stepping down. bye my beloved qwen,&#34; without disclosing his future plans, and there are indications that it was not a voluntary resignation.</p>
<h2>Alibaba has not announced a successor</h2>
<p>According to domestic media reports, Alibaba just officially open-sourced four small-sized models (0.8B/2B/4B/9B) from the Qwen3.5 series on Monday night (the 2nd), which received public praise from Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who stated that it has reached &#34;an astonishing level of intelligence.&#34; However, Lin Junyang immediately announced his resignation, and Alibaba has not yet announced a successor for Lin, reflecting the suddenness of the incident.</p>
<h2>Yu Bowen and others also revealed to have resigned</h2>
<p>Other reports indicate that Lin Junyang's departure may be directly related to adjustments in the Qwen team structure. A post from the Qwen team by Chen Cheng also revealed, &#34;I know leaving is not your choice.&#34; At the same time, Yu Bowen, the person responsible for Qwen's post-training, was also revealed to have officially resigned.</p>
<p>In addition to Lin Junyang and Yu Bowen, it has been reported that several key members of the Qwen team have left in recent months, including Hui Bin, who was responsible for the Qwen team, and Li Kaixin, a core contributor to the Qwen3.5 series, Qwen VL, and Coder series, all of whom mentioned that their departures were due to Lin Junyang leaving.</p>
<h2>Alibaba's youngest P10 technical executive</h2>
<p>According to public information, Lin Junyang was born in 1993 and is currently 32 years old. He holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from Peking University and a master's degree in linguistics. He is the youngest P10 technical executive at Alibaba, primarily responsible for the Tongyi Qwen open-source large model series, promoting Alibaba's AI ecosystem, with over 42,000 academic citations.</p>
<p>After graduating in 2019, he directly joined Alibaba's DAMO Academy Intelligent Computing Laboratory, starting as a senior algorithm engineer; he was officially promoted to technical leader in 2022; in 2023, he promoted the release of the Qwen large model; in 2024, he led the team to open-source the Qwen series; last year, he announced the formation of a robotics and embodied intelligence team, attempting to bring the model out of the screen.</p>
<p>On the other hand, Jack Ma and the core management team of Alibaba and Ant Group visited YunGu School yesterday (the 3rd) to discuss the challenges and opportunities brought by AI with the principal and teachers, which has been interpreted by the outside world as Alibaba placing AI at the core of its development during a phase of intensified competition in AI, and placing great importance on talent cultivation and educational foundations in the AI era</p>

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<p>Lin Junyang, the core person in charge of the Qianwen large model under Alibaba, suddenly announced his resignation without revealing his next destination, and there are rumors that it was not a voluntary resignation. At this time, Alibaba has just open-sourced the Qwen 3.5 series models, and Lin Junyang's departure has attracted attention, with several team members also leaving one after another. Lin Junyang is Alibaba's youngest P10 technical executive and has promoted the construction of Alibaba's AI ecosystem</p>

- Alibaba founder Jack Ma and executives from Alibaba and Ant Group discussed the challenges and opportunities brought by AI, declaring that the "era of artificial intelligence has arrived rapidly."  
- Meanwhile, Lin Junyang, the core leader of Alibaba's Qwen model and its youngest P10 technical executive, announced his resignation on social media, stating "me stepping down. bye my beloved qwen," without revealing his future plans.  
- His departure is linked to recent team restructuring and coincides with Alibaba's recent release of the Qwen 3.5 model series, which received high praise from Elon Musk, further indicating unexpected shifts within the company.

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Lin Junyang, the 32-year-old legend of Qianwen under Alibaba, has resigned, reportedly not voluntarily, with multiple team members leaving as well