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Baidu and the Internet in China
Speaker: Robin LI Chief Executive Officer and Chairman Baidu Title: "Baidu and the Internet in China" Date: Thursday, 8 November 2007 Time: 10:30am - 11:30am Venue: Lecture Theatre B (Lam Woo Lecture Theatre, Chia-Wei Woo Academic Concourse) HKUST Abstract: Baidu.com, Inc. is the leading Chinese language Internet search provider. As a technology-based media company, Baidu aims to provide the best way for people to find information. In addition to serving individual Internet search users, Baidu provides an effective platform for businesses to reach potential customers. Baidu's ADSs, each of which represents one Class A ordinary share, currently trade on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol "BIDU". ********************* Biography: Robin Li has served as our chairman of the board since our inception in January 2000 and as our chief executive officer since January 2004. Prior to founding Baidu, Robin Li had accumulated extensive knowledge and practical application experience in search engine technology. Mr Li worked as a staff engineer for Infoseek, a pioneer in the Internet search engine industry, from July 1997 to December 1999 and he was a senior consultant for IDD Information Services from May 1994 to June 1997. Robin Li received a Master of Science Degree in Computer Science from The State University of New York at Buffalo and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Information Management from Peking University