Robin Li Robin Li graduated from Peking University in 1991 with a major in information management, and then went to the State University of New York at Buffalo to complete a master's degree in computer science. After graduation, Robin Li served as a senior consultant at Dow Jones, a designer of the real-time financial information system for the online version of the Wall Street Journal, and a senior engineer at INFOSEEK. In 1996, he was awarded a patent in the United States for his invention of "Hyperlink Analysis," the core technology of the world's second-generation search engine. In 1998, he published the book "Silicon Valley Business War" based on his work and life experience in Silicon Valley. In early 2000, he returned to China with venture capital and co-founded Baidu Network Technology Co., Ltd. with his friend Xu Yong***. In 2001, he was selected as one of the "Top Ten Young Entrepreneurs in China"; in 2002, he was awarded the title of the first "Top Ten IT Figures"; in 2003, he was awarded the title of "The Top Ten IT Figures" again; on January 15, 2004, he was elected to The second session of "Beijing's Thirteen New Talents"; in April 2004, he was elected the second session of "Top Ten Outstanding Young People in Chinese Software". Baidu, founded in early 2000, began to provide search technology services for various domestic websites; in 2001, it launched a new business model - search engine ranking (for enterprises, charging a fee to prioritize possible search pages, thereby improving the ability to win new customers possibility), the company has begun to gradually make profits; according to recent statistics from Alexa, a US survey agency, Baidu has become the second largest independent search engine provider in the world and ranks first among Chinese search engines.