In the early hours of March 4, 2026, Junyang Lin suddenly posted on the X platform, "me stepping down. bye my beloved qwen," officially announcing his resignation from his roles related to Qwen (千问).
Following Lin's announcement, several core members of Qwen successively announced their departures. Core leader Binyuan Hui posted, "bye qwen, me too." Kaixin Li, a core contributor to Qwen3.5, Qwen VL, and Qwen Coder, also published a farewell post, stating, "It is an honor to have the opportunity to work with outstanding talents, and I am proud of the team's achievements." Bowen Yu (郁博文), the head of post-training for Qwen, also officially resigned on the same day.