Baidu

Baidu, Inc. (/ˈbaɪduː/ BY-doo; Chinese: 百 度; pinyin: Bǎidù, meaning "hundred times") is a Chinese technology company. They offer services like their Internet search engine, which is similar to that of Google, maps, anti-virus softwares, and an online encyclopedia.^[2]

Baidu, Inc.

Corporate headquarters
Company type	Public
Traded as	NASDAQ: BIDU SEHK: 9888
Industry	Internet Artificial intelligence Cloud computing
Founded	January 18, 2000; 25 years ago (2000-01-18)
Founder	Robin Li Eric Xu
Headquarters	Beijing , China
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Robin Li (co-founder & CEO)[1]
Products	Search engine Baidu Maps Baidu Baike Baidu Wangpan Baidu Tieba
Revenue	17,931,000,000 United States dollar (2022)
Operating income	2,307,000,000 United States dollar (2022)
Net income	1,096,000,000 United States dollar (2022)
Number of employees	31,000 (2024)
Website	www.baidu.com

Since Google is not available in China because of Chinese regulations, Baidu's search engine became popular among Chinese Internet users. Google is only available in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau.^[2]

Baidu's competitors are Google Hong Kong, Yahoo! China, Microsoft Bing, and other local search engines.^[2]

Name

The name Baidu comes from Mandarin 百 (which means "100") and 度 (which means "times"). The literal meaning is 100 times.^[3]

History

Baidu was made in 2000 by Robert Li and Eric Xu. It is headquartered in Beijing. It was the first Chinese company to be in the Nasdaq-100 index in 2007.^[3][2]