Autohome Inc. announced the appointment of Mr. Jingyu Zhang, together with the incumbent president Mr. Haifeng Shao, as a co-president of the Company, and the appointment of Mr. Xiao Wang as the chief technology officer of the Company. The appointments took effect on November 22, 2019. Mr. Jingyu Zhang has served as the Company's vice president of commercial products since March 2017 and has about 20 years of experience working in the product development and sales business. He was the officer in charge of product technology in Xuan Yue Xing Electric Automobile Co. Ltd. from December 2015 to June 2016, and was the deputy general manager of the automotive business of Sina Corp. from August 2012 to December 2015. Mr. Xiao Wang has served as the Company's vice president of big data since August 2017. Prior to joining Autohome, Mr. Wang was a senior director of the big data business of JD. com Inc. from May 2010 to June 2017 after serving for about 1 year in Baidu Inc.
Autohome Inc is a holding company mainly provides online destination for automobile consumers. It is engaged in the provision of online advertising and dealer subscription services. It, through its Websites, autohome.com.cn and che168.com, delivers content to automobile buyers and owners. Media services provide with marketing solutions in connection with brand promotion, new model release and sales promotion. Leads generation services enable dealer subscribers to create their own online stores, list pricing and promotional information, provide dealer contact information, place advertisements and manage customer relationships. Online marketplace and others focus on providing facilitation services and other platform-based services for new and used car transactions. It also provides services to its cooperative financial institutions that involve facilitating the sale of their loans and insurance products. The Company mainly conducts its businesses in the China market.