2000
In January 2000, Robin Li returned to China from Silicon Valley and founded Baidu in Zhongguancun.
In June 2000, Baidu officially launched the world's largest, fastest and most updated Chinese search engine, and announced its full entry into China's Internet technology field.
In August 2000, Baidu began to provide services for Sohu.
In September 2000, internationally renowned venture capital companies such as dfj and idg invested huge sums of money in Baidu.
In October 2000, Baidu began to provide services to Sina.
On October 26, 2000, Baidu Network Technology Co., Ltd. announced the completion of the second phase of financing.
On November 16, 2000, Baidu announced that it would officially provide Chinese network information retrieval services to Sina (Nasdaq: SINA), one of China's three major portals, to support the comprehensive launch of its comprehensive search engine.
2001
In January 2001, Baidu provided comprehensive search services for 263.
In February 2001, Baidu provided comprehensive search services for Tom.
In August 2001, Baidu search engine Beta version was released, shifting from back-end services to independently providing search services, and pioneered the bidding ranking business model in China.
In September 2001, Baidu search bidding ranking surfaced.
On October 22, 2001, Baidu search engine was officially released.
In October 2001, Baidu provided a global Chinese web search system for Shanghai Hotline.
In October 2001, the Financial Information Management Center of the People's Bank of China used Baidu's "Netizen Database Search" software.
2002
In January 2002, CCTV International introduced Baidu "Netizen" information retrieval software.
In March 2002, Baidu President Robin Li won the title of "China's Top Ten New Entrepreneurs".
In June 2002, Baidu officially launched IE Search Companion.
In November 2002, Baidu launched mp3 search.
In November 2002, the Search Monopoly game was launched.
In November 2002, NetEase launched NetEase Search.
In December 2002, China Mobile signed a contract with Baidu Enterprise Competitive Intelligence System.
In December 2002, internationally renowned companies such as Konka, Lenovo, and Coca-Cola became Baidu's bidding ranking customers.
2003
In January 2003, Baidu President Robin Li was awarded the title of China's Top Ten IT Leaders.
In February 2003, Baidu launched a common search function, integrating common and practical functions to facilitate users;
In March 2003, Baidu held a search function at the Century Theater in Beijing held a large-scale event with the theme of "Life Search, Change Life-Baidu Search Passion Night".
In June 2003, the results of the "Ten Thousand People Public Comment" sponsored by the third-party CCID Group's "China Computer Education News" were announced. Baidu surpassed Google and became the preferred search engine for Chinese netizens.
In June 2003, Baidu launched the Chinese search ranking list.
In July 2003, Baidu launched two technical search engines, news and pictures.
In September 2003, TOM announced its cooperation with Baidu, with Baidu providing search technology.
In October 2003, Baidu President Robin Li won the title of "The Second Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park Outstanding Entrepreneur".
In November 2003, Baidu launched news image search.
In December 2003, Baidu launched epoch-making functions such as regional search and "Tieba", bringing the search engine into the community era; it also launched advanced search, time search, news reminder and other functions.
2004
In January 2004, Baidu and Hurun jointly launched the "2003 China Rich List".
In January 2004, Baidu President Robin Li was once again honored as one of the "Top Ten IT Figures".
In January 2004, Baidu President Robin Li was named one of the "Thirteen Rookies of Beijing".
In February 2004, Enlight Media and Baidu jointly created the "Global Chinese Celebrity Popularity List".
In March 2004, in a Chinese search engine survey, Baidu monopolized the Chinese search market.
In April 2004, Baidu further expanded its scale and settled in the Ideal International Building.
In April 2004, Baidu launched "Xiaba".
In May 2004, according to statistics from Alexa, Baidu became the fourth largest website in the world.
In June 2004, Baidu successfully raised funds.
In June 2004, Baidu Tieba launched the WAP version to facilitate users to access Tieba through mobile phones.
In July 2004, Baidu launched a nationwide lecture tour on "The Way of Internet Marketing".
In August 2004, Baidu launched its super search engine.
In August 2004, Baidu acquired 123.com.
In September 2004, Baidu ads were sold for thousands of yuan per word per day, setting a record for online advertising in China.
In September 2004, document search was launched, allowing users to search for rich Chinese document resources in Baidu through advanced syntax.
In September 2004, China’s first search book, Using Baidu, was published.
In October 2004, Robin Li represented the Chinese Internet community at the Singapore Industrial Leaders Conference.
In October 2004, Baidu established the "Apple Award" to solicit search ideas from around the world.
In November 2004, Baidu launched the world's first WAP/PDA Chinese search engine.
In December 2004, iResearch released the "2004 China Search Engine Research Report", emphasizing Baidu's dominant position.
In December 2004, Baidu released the "2004 China Internet Keyword Ranking".
2005
In January 2005, Baidu opened its homepage for a week to help tsunami victims.
In January 2005, Baidu President Robin Li won the title of "Top Ten IT Figures" for three consecutive years.
In February 2005, Baidu released the world's first hard drive search tool that supports Chinese and English.
On March 24, 2005, Shanda Interactive Entertainment Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: SNDA) and Baidu Online Network Technology Co., Ltd. formed a strategic partnership.
On May 17, 2005, Baidu and China Telecom jointly launched the Baidu Yellow Pages search beta version, officially entering the local search business, and at the same time introducing Yellow Pages data resources into Baidu's existing PDA and WAP mobile search services.
In May 2005, Baidu was named one of the "21 companies with the highest growth rate in 2005".
On June 23, 2005, Baidu launched the online question and answer service "Baidu Knows" and entered the field of "knowledge search".
In June 2005, Baidu launched the beta version of Baidu Encyclopedia.
On August 5, 2005, Baidu was successfully listed on Nasdaq.
On August 5, 2005, Baidu was successfully listed on Nasdaq, and at the same time surpassed Sina in the Alexa ranking and became the first Chinese website.
On August 11, 2005, Baidu launched the "Baidu Emotion" service, providing users with the ability to search and send emotional messages based on their names.
On August 23, 2005, at the ASEAN Youth Festival held in Semarang, Indonesia, Robin Li, President of Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd., won the 12th ASEAN Youth Award.
In October 2005, Baidu cooperated with Peking University to establish the Chinese Search Behavior Research Laboratory.
On November 8, 2005, the large-scale interactive question and answer platform "Baidu Knows" was officially launched.
On November 8, 2005, the official version of Baidu Encyclopedia was launched.
In December 2005, Baidu won the title of "China's No. 1 Search Brand" in the China Internet Brand Survey.
In December 2005, Baidu Robin Li won the title of 2005 China Economic Person of the Year.
In December 2005, Baidu won the title of "2005 CCTV China's Best Employer of the Year".
2006
In January 2006, Baidu launched the Chinese Studies Education Channel. Chinese traditional culture education, Baidu for thousands of years.
In March 2006, Baidu Chief Financial Officer Wang Zhansheng was elected as China’s first Outstanding Chief Financial Officer.
In March 2006, Baidu joined hands with Nokia, the world's leading mobile communications manufacturer, to integrate Chinese mobile search services into Nokia mobile phones.
In March 2006, "Computer News" announced the results of a survey on readers' preferred search engine brands in 2005. 62.29% of readers preferred Baidu.
On March 15, 2006, Baidu Personal Center backend system Passport was officially launched.
On March 22, 2006, "Government Website Search" was officially launched.
In April 2006, following "Baidu Tieba" and "Baidu Knows", Baidu launched its third community search product - "Baidu Encyclopedia". "Baidu Encyclopedia" is the third community search product launched by Baidu.
In April 2006, Baidu donated 1 million yuan to support the construction of ecological civilization villages in Hebei Province.
In April 2006, Baidu and IBM launched a comprehensive cooperation.
In May 2006, Baidu successfully held the 2006 Baidu Marketing Top 100 National Summit with the theme of "Corporate Marketing, Effect is King" in 33 cities across the country.
In June 2006, Baidu bidding ranking adjusted the original unified starting price rules, and the "smart starting price" system was officially launched.
In June 2006, the Ministry of Personnel granted Baidu the qualification of a postdoctoral research station, making Baidu the only company in China's Internet industry to have a postdoctoral research station.
In July 2006, the Baidu Index was upgraded, and personalized keyword monitoring was newly launched.
In July 2006, Baidu launched a disruptive advertising model - precision advertising.
In July 2006, Baidu officially launched a new product "Baidu Space".
In July 2006, Baidu held the first Baidu World Conference.
In July 2006, Baidu successfully signed a contract with the Library of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
In August 2006, Baidu and Smile Library donated books to impoverished primary schools in Gansu.
In August 2006, Baidu cooperated with Peking University to launch an authoritative legal search.
In August 2006, Baidu's "News Password Free" was officially launched.
In September 2006, CNNIC and CIC search engine market reports showed that Baidu leads the market share.
In September 2006, Baidu began to hold the "2006 Baidu PPC Golden Autumn Marketing Ceremony" in 56 cities across the country.
In September 2006, Baidu China search engine was selected as one of China's top ten innovative software products.
In September 2006, Baidu PPC launched the intelligent ranking function, using the "comprehensive ranking index" as the ranking standard.
In September 2006, iResearch, a well-known domestic market consulting company, reached an agreement with Baidu. Baidu's bidding ranking will provide data support for iResearch's online advertising monthly report.
In October 2006, Baidu's "Understand Chinese People Better" series of marketing plans won the "Effie Award" gold medal.
In October 2006, Baidu was listed on China's first "Sunshine Wealth List".
In October 2006, Baidu launched a strategic cooperation with MTV, the global traditional entertainment giant, to jointly explore the development model of digital music in China.
In November 2006, Baidu launched a new product "SouSou Collection".
In November 2006, Baidu won the MP3 search case.
In November 2006, Baidu cooperated with 7 well-known network security manufacturers to launch an anti-virus channel.
In November 2006, Baidu announced a strategic cooperation with eBay. The cooperation includes text advertising, online payment, promotion of co-branded toolbars, etc.
In December 2006, Baidu launched a new product "Blog Search".
In December 2006, the number of Baidu Q&A questions exceeded 10 million.
In December 2006, Thumb Sky cooperated with Baidu to provide mobile search services.
2007
In January 2007, Baidu reached a strategic cooperation with security manufacturer Symantec.
In February 2007, Baidu video search was released.
On February 7, 2007, Baidu Boiling Point was held for the first time.
On March 20, 2007, the beta version of Baidu’s Japanese website homepage was launched. There are two products, web pages and pictures, and the results can be retrieved. This shows that Baidu's international strategic concept has taken a substantial first step.
On April 20, 2007, Baidu Book Search was officially launched.
On April 25, 2007, Baidu Blind Road was released. Baidu Blind Channel includes blind channel versions of seven major Baidu search services: Baidu News Search, Baidu Web Search, Baidu MP3 Search, Baidu Tieba, Baidu Zhiba, Baidu Encyclopedia, and Hao123 Website Navigation.
On May 29, 2007, Baidu and Hunan Satellite TV officially announced that the two parties will develop in-depth cross-media platforms and content, products and brands, public welfare and activities, and interactive TV production based on Baidu search community. strategic cooperation.
On June 7, 2007, Youku announced a strategic partnership with Baidu, and the two parties will launch business cooperation in the search field.
On July 3, 2007, Rolling Stone Records and Baidu jointly announced today that the two parties have reached a comprehensive strategic cooperation to jointly expand China's digital music market and provide Chinese music online services to China's 144 million Internet users.
On July 4, 2007, Rolling Stone Records and Baidu jointly announced today that the two parties have reached a comprehensive strategic cooperation to jointly expand China's digital music market and provide Chinese music online services to China's 144 million Internet users.
On August 9, 2007, the "Baidu World" conference was held grandly. The "Baidu World" conference is an annual industry event held by Baidu for users, customers and partners. As the world's largest Chinese website, Baidu is changing the way people obtain information, thereby changing people's lifestyles.
On September 19, 2007, Baidu officially announced the launch of a game channel.
On September 21, 2007, Baidu announced the launch of the Olympic interactive platform "Baidu 2008".
On October 17, 2007, Ctrip announced today that it has joined hands with Baidu, the world's largest Chinese search engine, to launch a comprehensive hotel search cooperation.
October 18, 2007 - Search engine company Baidu announced that it will enter the e-commerce market and establish a C2C platform, which is expected to be launched in early 2008.
On November 1, 2007, the beta version of Baidu Statistics System was officially launched.
In November 2007, Baidu Film and Television joined hands with United Network Television to launch Baidu Film and Television Interactive TV.
On November 9, 2007, the beta version of Baidu Finance Channel was launched.
In December 2007, the online video company PPLive joined hands with Baidu to conduct strategic cooperation in the form of complementary advantages and achieve a strong cross-field alliance.
On December 21, 2007, Baidu patent search was officially launched.
In December 2007, Beijing Mouzhi Network Technology Co., Ltd. established a partnership with Baidu.
In December 2007, Baidu cooperated with Disney to launch the official website of "High School Musical".
2008
On January 12, 2008, Baidu Entertainment was officially launched.
On February 27, 2008, Baidu Security Center, which has functions such as free virus scanning, system security detection, system vulnerability repair, and malware cleaning, was officially launched.
On February 29, 2008, Baidu instant messaging software "Baidu HI" was officially launched.
On March 5, 2008, Baidu officially announced that its voice search service has entered the testing phase. Users call Baidu voice search service hotline 400-666-8585, get in touch with Baidu service engineers, and propose their own search keywords. Baidu service engineers will search according to the user's requirements and provide relevant search results to the user.
On March 25, 2008, after nearly a month of internal testing at Baidu, Baidu Hi entered the public invitation testing phase.
On March 28, 2008, Baidu launched the Haier Baidu streaming channel specifically for streaming TV users.
In March 2008, Baidu and China Netcom jointly launched the "Lingtong Zhi" SMS search service.
In March 2008, Baidu cooperated with 15 radio stations across the country including China Radio International to officially launch the free "Radio Alliance" online listening service.
In April 2008, Baidu signed a cooperation agreement with China Netcom Group to launch search services.
In April 2008, Baidu was recognized as a "well-known trademark in China" by the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce.
On April 21, 2008, the official version of Baidu Encyclopedia was released.
On June 5, 2008, Baidu instant messaging product HI was officially released at the Baidu World Conference.
On September 10, 2008, Baidu announced today that it would name its C2C payment platform "BaiFubao". BaiFubao will be released at the same time as Baidu C2C platform.
At 8:00 last night on September 26, 2008, the first batch of 10,000 users who were allowed to enter the Baidu online trading platform officially enjoyed Baidu C2C services. This marks the official launch of Baidu’s C2C platform, which has been brewing for a year.
In September 2008, Baidu acquired United Network TV for 100 million yuan in cash and 8.3% of shares.
On October 8, 2008, Baidu’s online trading platform was officially named "Youah".
In October 2008, Baidu announced an alliance with Hexun.com to jointly build Baidu Finance Channel.
On December 12, 2008, Baidu announced that domestic download service provider Xunlei would join the Baidu Alliance.
On December 17, 2008, Baidu announced a comprehensive cooperation with Phoenix.com.
On December 18, 2008, Baidu Shanghai R&D Center was established, and Baidu announced the implementation of the "Aladdin Platform Plan".
2009
On January 5, 2009, Baidu received 1 million yuan from the "China Famous Trademark" government award fund.
On January 5, 2009, Baidu cooperated with Amazon Prime to launch the "Little Orange Lamp" online book donation platform.
On January 8, 2009, Baidu and Hunan Satellite TV officially launched the entertainment hot spot.
In January 2009, Baidu Japan Branch launched a mobile phone rental service in Japan.
In February 2009, Baidu Japan launched Baidu Japan Window to jointly expand the B2C market with Japanese companies.
On March 10, 2009, Baidu announced in Beijing that it had signed a cultural brand building and promotion cooperation agreement with Shanxi Province. Baidu will build a cultural brand zone for Shanxi and help the development of Shanxi's cultural industry.
On March 10, 2009, Baidu Japan changed the abbreviation of the company name from Inc to Baidu Japan to be closer to the Japanese people.
On April 20, 2009, Baidu Search Promotion Professional Edition was fully launched.
On June 25, 2009, the "e-Village-National College Student Rural Informatization Innovation Competition" hosted by Baidu officially kicked off at Peking University.
In June 2009, Baidu won the "China Corporate Social Responsibility Innovation Pioneer Enterprise" award.
On June 30, 2009, Baidu signed an agreement with the China Association for Poverty Alleviation to join the China Green Computer Poverty Alleviation Action.
In July 2009, Beijing Telecom and Baidu's online shopping platform "Youhao.com" joined forces to launch the "Beijing Telecom Official Flagship Store" on the "Youhao.com" platform, mainly selling 3G related products. The official flagship store of Beijing Telecom was officially launched on the "Youhao.com" platform, mainly selling 3G related products.
In July 2009, Suning signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Baidu to enter the home appliance B2C market.
On August 10, 2009, Baidu established the Tieba Division, with Shu Xun, the corporate marketing director, as the general manager.
In October 2009, Baidu strategically cooperated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences to jointly develop "box computing".
In September 2009, the Baidu search box building was completed.
On October 19, 2009, Baidu and China Unicom announced the signing of a search strategic cooperation agreement.
In November 2009, Baidu reached a cooperation with Qtrax, a music download service provider.
On November 12, 2009, the beta version of Baidu document sharing platform was released.
On December 8, 2009, Baidu Zhidao changed its name to Baidu Encyclopedia and upgraded some functions.
On November 17, 2009, Baidu held a grand moving ceremony to celebrate the company's move into the new office and R&D building - Baidu Building, located in Shangdi Information Industry Base.
On November 18, 2009, "Baidu Japan Window" was upgraded to "Baidu World Window", and "Korea Window" was added.
In November 2009, Baidu won the "2009 China Internet Innovation Enterprise Award" at the "2009 China IT Conference".
On December 1, 2009, Baidu launched the professional version of search marketing (ie Fengchao system).
On December 1, 2009, Baidu released the 2009 Search Ranking.
On December 28, 2009, Baidu Tieba officially announced that the number of users of my Tieba exceeded 12 million only one month after it was officially launched.
On December 28, 2009, Baidu won the 2009 Elite Brand Award.
2010
In January 2010, "Baidu Box Computing Research and Development" won the "2009 Influential Fashion Event Award".
On January 12, 2010, because Baidu domain name resolution was illegally tampered with by a US domain name registrar, global users were unable to access Baidu normally.
On January 18, 2010, Baidu's homepage was revised, adding "map" and "encyclopedia" links.
On September 17, 2010, Baidu input method was officially launched.
On November 8, 2010, Baidu launched a public beta test.
On November 17, 2010, "Baidu Around" was officially launched.
2011
On the evening of January 7, 2011, Baidu officially released the "2010 Baidu Search Ranking".
On March 31, 2011, Baidu's "Youah" mall was officially closed.
In April 2011, Baidu Encyclopedia officially launched its fifth anniversary.
On April 26, 2011, Baidu won the title of "Top Ten Charitable Enterprises of the Year".
On April 28, 2011, Baidu Travel was officially launched.
In June 2011, Baidu Music was officially launched.
On August 16, 2011, the official website of Baidu World 2011 was launched, and the homepage picture left a suspenseful tone.
In September 2011, Robin Li became the most influential Chinese entrepreneur.
2012
2012-1-16 Baidu International Building laid the foundation in Shenzhen
2012-03-23 ??Baidu held a developer conference and officially released Baidu Cloud Strategy
2012-05 Baidu was named one of the world's 100 most valuable brands and No. 1 in Asia's technology
2012-05 Baidu was named "China's Best" by "Global Entrepreneur" for 2011-2012 Ranked No. 1 in the "Best Profit Growth List" of Performance Enterprises
2012-06-01 Baidu created the largest public service advertisement in the history of China's Internet "Baidu - Free Lunch for One Hour"
2012-06 Baidu Library contains more than 330,000 genuine documents
2012-07 Baidu knows that it has solved 200 million problems on its 7th anniversary
2012-08-17 Baidu surpassed Google for the first time and won the "2012 -09-02, 2012 Baidu World Conference Baidu officially launched personal cloud service
2012-10-17 Baidu established LBS Division
2012-11-17 Baidu won the World Environmental Protection Conference" Carbon Gold Innovation Value Award"
2012-11-26 Baidu Personal Cloud Service users reached 20 million and the total number of cloud storage files exceeded 1 billion
2012-0212-02 Baidu Music 10th Anniversary Baidu MP3 officially changed its name to Baidu Music
2012-12-25 Baidu Voice Assistant Android version-12-25 Baidu Voice Assistant Android version officially released
2012-12-31 Baidu Literacy Search Launched the world's first image-based face search on the entire network
2013
2013-5-7 Baidu acquired the PPS video business and merged the PPS video business with iQiyi. PPS will operate as a sub-brand of iQiyi.
On May 7, 2013, Baidu successively introduced the State Food and Drug Administration, China Home Appliance Maintenance Association, China Aviation Association, China Banking Association, and Beijing Health. After collecting the core data from authoritative organizations such as the Bureau of Statistics, the National Code Center data was introduced, and netizens can query the organization's "ID card"
On August 14, 2013, Baidu Company announced that Baidu Company will Officially established on August 14, 2013. Baidu announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Baidu (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. has signed a final merger agreement to acquire 91 Wireless Network Co., Ltd. (91 Wireless) 100 from NetDragon and other shareholders. Equity.
On April 3, 2014, Baidu announced that it had obtained a fund sales and payment license and would officially provide fund third-party payment and settlement services to fund companies and investors. In the future, Baidu's financial business can use existing Internet channels to get involved in Internet fund sales business, providing users with more convenient and faster fund purchase services.
On July 17, 2014, Baidu Portuguese version of search was officially launched in Brazil to provide services, becoming an important symbol of China and Brazil strengthening cooperation in the field of scientific and technological innovation.
In August 2014, Baidu sued 360 for violating the robot agreement. Baidu filed a lawsuit in court in 2013.
Baidu believes that 360 blatantly violated the "Robots Agreement" and arbitrarily crawled and copied the content of its website for its own use, which seriously infringed on the rights and interests of Baidu and harmed the interests of Baidu and the majority of Internet users. It constituted unfair competition and claimed compensation from it1 In a case involving unfair competition disputes involving RMB 100 million and whether the 360 ??search engine violated the Robots Agreement (also known as the Crawler Agreement, Robot Agreement, etc.), the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court made a first-instance judgment today and found the defendant Beijing Qihoo Technology Co., Ltd.'s behavior violated the "Robots Agreement" (also known as the crawler agreement, robot agreement, etc.) and constituted unfair competition. It demanded a compensation of 1 million yuan from it. The defendant Beijing Qihu Technology Co., Ltd.'s behavior violated the "Anti-Unfair Competition Law" "Relevant provisions of "Beijing Baidu Netcom Technology Co., Ltd. and Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. should be compensated for economic losses and reasonable expenses*** totaling 700,000 yuan, and Baidu's other claims were dismissed.
On October 9, 2014, Baidu and Peixe Urbano, Brazil’s largest group buying website, issued a joint statement stating that Baidu had obtained a controlling stake in Peixe. Under the terms of the deal, Baidu will allow Peixe Urbano's existing management team to operate autonomously within Baidu's corporate structure.
On December 15, 2014, the list of the world's top 500 brands was announced in New York, USA. Baidu was on the list for the first time.
On December 16, 2014, Baidu and Alibaba Group’s share of the global digital advertising net revenue market will exceed that of most of their American counterparts and overtake Google and Facebook.
On December 17, 2014, Baidu announced that it had signed a cooperation agreement with the Silicon Valley startup Uber and made strategic investment.
2015
On February 2, 2015, Baidu announced that it would integrate Baidu’s existing business groups and departments into three major business groups: mobile services group, emerging Business business group, search business group. Among them, the Mobile Cloud Business Group and LBS Business Group were merged into the Mobile Services Business Group; the New Business Business Group, the User Consumption Business Group and the Internationalization Business Group were merged into the Emerging Business Group; the Mobile Cloud Business Group The search underlying technology department and mobile search alliance business were merged into the search business group. Through restructuring, Baidu's business will be further focused, the company's efficiency will be greatly improved, and better services will be provided to netizens in the mobile Internet era.
On September 24, 2015, Baidu and Microsoft announced a strategic cooperation. Baidu will become the default homepage and search engine of the Windows 10 Microsoft Edge browser in the Chinese market.
On October 26, 2015, Baidu and Ctrip, China’s leading online travel service provider, officially reached a share exchange transaction. After the transaction is completed, Baidu will hold approximately 25% of Ctrip's total voting rights and become Ctrip's largest shareholder, while Ctrip will hold approximately 45% of Qunar's total voting rights and become Qunar's largest shareholder.
This is another major layout for Baidu in China’s online travel market after Baidu invested US$306 million in June 2011 to strategically invest in Qunar.com, another giant in China’s online travel field.
On November 17, 2015, China CITIC Bank announced that it would cooperate with Baidu to establish Baixin Bank Co., Ltd., with CITIC Bank and Fujian Baidu Borui Network Technology Co., Ltd. as investors, and the registered capital is temporarily It is set at 2 billion yuan and will be absolutely controlled by China CITIC Bank. The specific capital contribution ratio is to be determined.
On November 18, 2015, Baidu and CITIC Group jointly announced at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse that the two parties had reached a strategic cooperation. Baidu and CITIC Bank, a subsidiary of CITIC Group, initiated the establishment of Baixin Bank. This is China's first direct bank launched by an in-depth cooperation between an Internet company and a traditional bank. It marks an important milestone for Baidu in the financial vertical service field with the largest capacity and the most development potential. The establishment of Baidu Bank is also a milestone in the development of China's banking industry, creating a new model of "Internet Finance".
Since November 18, 2015, Baidu Wallet has officially launched the "Year-round Cash Back Plan". Consumers use Baidu Wallet to pay on Baidu Nuomi, Baidu Waimai, Baidu Maps, Uber, COFCO, You can enjoy "single cash rebate" when making purchases at Yibao Car Wash, Burger King and many other merchants. "Baidu Wallet" provides a cash back plan starting from 1 for each purchase, with a maximum of one free purchase. The cash back program is unrestricted and consumers can accumulate cash rebates over time.
In December 2015, Baidu announced the formal establishment of its autonomous driving division.
In December 2015, Baidu announced the establishment of the Financial Services Group (FSG), which consists of consumer finance business, wallet payment business, and Internet securities business. Baidu Vice President Zhu Guang was appointed as the Financial Services Group Group General Manager.