diff --git a/apps/web/app/api/explorer/ask/route.ts b/apps/web/app/api/explorer/ask/route.ts
index 64de2cf4b3..b998b91adc 100644
--- a/apps/web/app/api/explorer/ask/route.ts
+++ b/apps/web/app/api/explorer/ask/route.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { normalizeExplorerChart, inferExplorerFields } from "@/lib/explorer/char
 import { explorerChartKinds, type ExplorerAnswer } from "@/lib/explorer/contracts";
 import { buildExplorerPlanningPrompt } from "@/lib/explorer/prompt";
 import { executeExplorerRows, explainExplorerRows } from "@/lib/explorer/query";
+import { createMinimaxModel, readMinimaxConfig } from "@/lib/explorer/provider";
 
 export const runtime = "edge";
 export const maxDuration = 30;
@@ -53,6 +54,24 @@ const openai = createOpenAI({
   apiKey: openaiApiKey,
 });
 
+const minimaxConfig = readMinimaxConfig();
+
+function resolveExplorerModel() {
+  if (minimaxConfig) {
+    return createMinimaxModel(minimaxConfig);
+  }
+  return openai("gpt-5.2");
+}
+
+const explorerProviderOptions = minimaxConfig
+  ? undefined
+  : {
+      openai: {
+        reasoningEffort: "low" as const,
+        textVerbosity: "low" as const,
+      },
+    };
+
 export async function POST(request: Request) {
   if (isExplorerUnderMaintenance()) {
     return Response.json(maintenanceResponse, {
@@ -90,7 +109,7 @@ export async function POST(request: Request) {
   try {
     const body = requestSchema.parse(await request.json());
 
-    if (!openaiApiKey) {
+    if (!minimaxConfig && !openaiApiKey) {
       return Response.json(
         { error: "Missing OPENAI_API_TOKEN (or OPENAI_API_KEY) for Data Explorer." },
         { status: 500, headers: { "Cache-Control": "no-store" } },
@@ -125,18 +144,13 @@ export async function POST(request: Request) {
 
 async function generateExplorerPlan(question: string) {
   const { object: plan } = await generateObject({
-    model: openai("gpt-5.2"),
+    model: resolveExplorerModel(),
     schemaName: "ExplorerPlan",
     schemaDescription:
       "A safe readonly SQL plan and chart plan for OSSInsight Data Explorer.",
     schema: planSchema,
     prompt: buildExplorerPlanningPrompt(question),
-    providerOptions: {
-      openai: {
-        reasoningEffort: "low",
-        textVerbosity: "low",
-      },
-    },
+    providerOptions: explorerProviderOptions,
   });
 
   return plan;
@@ -201,18 +215,13 @@ function streamExplorerAnswer(question: string, startedAt: number) {
           send({ type: "phase", phase: "generating" });
 
           const result = streamObject({
-            model: openai("gpt-5.2"),
+            model: resolveExplorerModel(),
             schemaName: "ExplorerPlan",
             schemaDescription:
               "A safe readonly SQL plan and chart plan for OSSInsight Data Explorer.",
             schema: planSchema,
             prompt: buildExplorerPlanningPrompt(question),
-            providerOptions: {
-              openai: {
-                reasoningEffort: "low",
-                textVerbosity: "low",
-              },
-            },
+            providerOptions: explorerProviderOptions,
           });
 
           let lastPreview = "";
diff --git a/apps/web/lib/explorer/provider.ts b/apps/web/lib/explorer/provider.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a5a6dc5d21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/lib/explorer/provider.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+import { createOpenAI } from "@ai-sdk/openai";
+
+// Regional base URLs for the MiniMax OpenAI-compatible chat API. The Data
+// Explorer can be pointed at either the global endpoint or the mainland-China
+// endpoint through the MINIMAX_API_REGION environment variable.
+export const MINIMAX_REGION_BASE_URLS = {
+  global_en: "https://api.minimax.io/v1",
+  cn_zh: "https://api.minimaxi.com/v1",
+} as const;
+
+export type MinimaxRegion = keyof typeof MINIMAX_REGION_BASE_URLS;
+
+export const MINIMAX_DEFAULT_REGION: MinimaxRegion = "global_en";
+
+// Supported MiniMax text models and their context windows (in tokens).
+export const MINIMAX_MODELS = {
+  "MiniMax-M3": { contextWindow: 1_000_000 },
+  "MiniMax-M2.7": { contextWindow: 204_800 },
+} as const;
+
+export type MinimaxModelId = keyof typeof MINIMAX_MODELS;
+
+export const MINIMAX_DEFAULT_MODEL: MinimaxModelId = "MiniMax-M3";
+
+export function resolveMinimaxRegion(
+  value: string | undefined,
+): MinimaxRegion {
+  return value && value in MINIMAX_REGION_BASE_URLS
+    ? (value as MinimaxRegion)
+    : MINIMAX_DEFAULT_REGION;
+}
+
+export function resolveMinimaxModel(
+  value: string | undefined,
+): MinimaxModelId {
+  return value && value in MINIMAX_MODELS
+    ? (value as MinimaxModelId)
+    : MINIMAX_DEFAULT_MODEL;
+}
+
+export function resolveMinimaxBaseUrl(
+  region: MinimaxRegion,
+  override: string | undefined,
+): string {
+  const url = override?.trim() || MINIMAX_REGION_BASE_URLS[region];
+  return url.replace(/\/+$/, "");
+}
+
+export interface MinimaxConfig {
+  apiKey: string;
+  region: MinimaxRegion;
+  baseURL: string;
+  modelId: MinimaxModelId;
+}
+
+// Read the MiniMax configuration from the environment. Returns null when no
+// MiniMax API key is configured, so callers can keep their existing default
+// provider behaviour untouched.
+export function readMinimaxConfig(
+  env: Record<string, string | undefined> = process.env,
+): MinimaxConfig | null {
+  const apiKey = env.MINIMAX_API_KEY?.trim();
+  if (!apiKey) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const region = resolveMinimaxRegion(env.MINIMAX_API_REGION);
+  return {
+    apiKey,
+    region,
+    baseURL: resolveMinimaxBaseUrl(region, env.MINIMAX_API_BASE_URL),
+    modelId: resolveMinimaxModel(env.MINIMAX_MODEL),
+  };
+}
+
+// Build a language model bound to the MiniMax OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
+export function createMinimaxModel(config: MinimaxConfig) {
+  const provider = createOpenAI({
+    name: "minimax",
+    apiKey: config.apiKey,
+    baseURL: config.baseURL,
+  });
+  return provider.chat(config.modelId);
+}