Baidu, Inc. has appointed Jixun Foo as a director of the Company. Mr. Foo has served as managing partner at GGV Capital since 2006, focusing on investments in China in the travel, transportation, social media, e-commerce and enterprise services sectors. Prior to joining GGV Capital, Mr. Foo was a director at Draper Fisher Jurvetson ePlanet Ventures, where he led investments in Asia. Mr. Foo also previously led investments under the finance and investment division of the National Science and Technology Board of Singapore and served as an R&D project group leader at Hewlett Packard. Mr. Foo currently serves on the boards of a number of private companies, including XPeng Motors, Hello, Boss Zhipin, Zuiyou, and Tujia. Mr. Foo received a bachelor’s degree in engineering and a master’s degree in the management of technology from the National University of Singapore. Dr. Qi Lu, a current director of the Company, has stepped down from the Company’s board at the expiration of his service contract.