diff --git a/.env.sample b/.env.sample
index cc933d9..2632f05 100644
--- a/.env.sample
+++ b/.env.sample
@@ -36,3 +36,6 @@ XAI_API_KEY=
 
 # Sambanova
 SAMBANOVA_API_KEY=
+
+# TONGYI
+TONGYI_API_KEY=
diff --git a/aisuite/providers/tongyi_provider.py b/aisuite/providers/tongyi_provider.py
index c3e1841..a5949df 100644
--- a/aisuite/providers/tongyi_provider.py
+++ b/aisuite/providers/tongyi_provider.py
@@ -1,37 +1,33 @@
 import os
-import dashscope
-from aisuite.provider import Provider
-from aisuite.framework import ChatCompletionResponse
+import openai
 
+from aisuite.provider import Provider, LLMError
 
-class TongyiProvider(Provider):
-    """TongyiProvider is a class that provides an interface to the Tongyi's model."""
 
+class TongyiProvider(Provider):
     def __init__(self, **config):
-        self.api_key = config.get("api_key") or os.getenv("DASHSCOPE_API_KEY")
-
-        if not self.api_key:
-            raise EnvironmentError(
-                "Dashscope API key is missing. Please provide it in the config or set the DASHSCOPE_API_KEY environment variable."
+        """
+        Initialize the Tongyi provider with the given configuration.
+        Pass the entire configuration dictionary to the Tongyi client constructor.
+        """
+        # Ensure API key is provided either in config or via environment variable
+        config.setdefault("api_key", os.getenv("TONGYI_API_KEY"))
+        config["base_url"] = "https://dashscope.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1"
+
+        if not config["api_key"]:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "Tongyi API key is missing. Please provide it in the config or set the TONGYI_API_KEY environment variable."
             )
 
-    def chat_completions_create(self, model, messages, **kwargs):
-        """Send a chat completion request to the Tongyi's model."""
-
-        response = dashscope.Generation.call(
-            api_key=self.api_key,
-            model=model,
-            messages=messages,
-            result_format="message",
-            **kwargs
-        )
-        return self.normalize_response(response)
-
-    def normalize_response(self, response):
-        """Normalize the response from Dashscope to match OpenAI's response format."""
+        self.client = openai.OpenAI(**config)
 
-        openai_response = ChatCompletionResponse()
-        openai_response.choices[0].message.content = response["output"]["choices"][0][
-            "message"
-        ].get("content")
-        return openai_response
+    def chat_completions_create(self, model, messages, **kwargs):
+        try:
+            response = self.client.chat.completions.create(
+                model=model,
+                messages=messages,
+                **kwargs,  # Pass any additional arguments to the Tongyi API
+            )
+            return response
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise LLMError(f"An error occurred: {e}")
diff --git a/tests/client/test_client.py b/tests/client/test_client.py
index 04d1243..6620dcd 100644
--- a/tests/client/test_client.py
+++ b/tests/client/test_client.py
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ def provider_configs():
         "nebius": {
             "api_key": "nebius-api-key",
         },
+        "tongyi": {
+            "api_key": "tongyi-api-key",
+        },
     }
 
 
@@ -87,6 +90,11 @@ def provider_configs():
             "nebius",
             "nebius-model",
         ),
+        (
+            "aisuite.providers.tongyi_provider.TongyiProvider.chat_completions_create",
+            "tongyi",
+            "tongyi-model",
+        ),
     ],
 )
 def test_client_chat_completions(
diff --git a/tests/client/test_prerelease.py b/tests/client/test_prerelease.py
index bb5f328..46b2261 100644
--- a/tests/client/test_prerelease.py
+++ b/tests/client/test_prerelease.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ def get_test_models() -> List[str]:
         "mistral:open-mistral-7b",
         "openai:gpt-3.5-turbo",
         "cohere:command-r-plus-08-2024",
+        "tongyi:qwen-plus",
     ]
 
 
diff --git a/tests/providers/test_tongyi_provider.py b/tests/providers/test_tongyi_provider.py
index dc1ecca..d88fcd8 100644
--- a/tests/providers/test_tongyi_provider.py
+++ b/tests/providers/test_tongyi_provider.py
@@ -1,32 +1,34 @@
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 import pytest
-import dashscope
+
 from aisuite.providers.tongyi_provider import TongyiProvider
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
 def set_api_key_env_var(monkeypatch):
     """Fixture to set environment variables for tests."""
-    monkeypatch.setenv("DASHSCOPE_API_KEY", "test-api-key")
+    monkeypatch.setenv("TONGYI_API_KEY", "test-api-key")
 
 
-def test_tongyi_provider():
+def test_groq_provider():
     """High-level test that the provider is initialized and chat completions are requested successfully."""
 
     user_greeting = "Hello!"
     message_history = [{"role": "user", "content": user_greeting}]
     selected_model = "qwen-plus"
-    chosen_temperature = 0
+    chosen_temperature = 0.8
     response_text_content = "mocked-text-response-from-model"
 
     provider = TongyiProvider()
     mock_response = MagicMock()
-    mock_response = {
-        "output": {"choices": [{"message": {"content": response_text_content}}]}
-    }
+    mock_response.choices = [MagicMock()]
+    mock_response.choices[0].message = MagicMock()
+    mock_response.choices[0].message.content = response_text_content
 
     with patch.object(
-        dashscope.Generation, "call", return_value=mock_response
+        provider.client.chat.completions,
+        "create",
+        return_value=mock_response,
     ) as mock_create:
         response = provider.chat_completions_create(
             messages=message_history,
@@ -35,11 +37,9 @@ def test_tongyi_provider():
         )
 
         mock_create.assert_called_with(
-            api_key=provider.api_key,
             messages=message_history,
             model=selected_model,
             temperature=chosen_temperature,
-            result_format="message",
         )
 
         assert response.choices[0].message.content == response_text_content