Zhang Yaqin joined Baidu in September 2014 as president. Before joining Baidu, Zhang Yaqin served as global senior vice president of Microsoft Corporation and chairman of Microsoft Asia Pacific R&D Group. He was one of the founders of Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA). He served as president and chief scientist of Microsoft Research Asia, global vice president of Microsoft, Chairman of Microsoft China. He founded Microsoft Asia Engineering Academy (ATC) in 2003. In 2004, he was promoted to global vice president of Microsoft Corporation. In 2006, he founded Microsoft Asia Pacific R&D Group. Before joining Microsoft, he worked at Sarnoff Company in the United States and was responsible for the research and development of digital imaging and multimedia information systems. Before joining Sarnoff, he worked as a senior researcher at GTE Laboratory in the United States. In 1997, he was awarded the title of Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE Fellow), becoming the youngest scientist to receive this honor in the 100-year history of the association. He holds more than 60 U.S. patents, more than 500 academic papers and 11 monographs. Dr. Zhang has received many professional awards and honors internationally, including the "Best Research Engineer of the Year Award" in 1997, the "Outstanding Young Electronic Engineer Award" in 1998, the IEEE "Industry Pioneer Award" in 2004, and the IEEE Transactions Best Paper Award. , Honorary Fellow of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Academician of the Eurasian Academy of Sciences, "2005 American Chinese Engineer Award" and "2006 American Asian Engineer Award". He also serves as a government consultant for many provinces and cities and a school director or honorary professor of 20 universities, an overseas representative at the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the vice president of the "Church of 100", an outstanding Chinese organization in the United States, and the Malaysian Government Multimedia Corridor International Advisory Group. (IAP) member, Information and Communications Technology Australia (NICTA) consultant. Zhang Yaqin studied at the University of Science and Technology of China, receiving bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering, and later received a doctorate in electrical engineering from George Washington University in the United States.