Baidu, the world's largest Chinese search engine and the largest Chinese website, is the world's leading artificial intelligence company. Founded in Zhongguancun in January 1, 2000, Robin Li, the founder of the company, has the "super chain analysis" technology patent, making China the only four independent global search engine core technologies outside the United States, Russia and Korea. Based on the layout and long-term accumulation of artificial intelligence for many years, baidu leads the world in the field of deep learning, and was called one of the four giants of global AI by Fortune magazine in 2016.

Every day, baidu responds to billions of search requests from more than 100 countries and regions. It is the main entrance for Internet users to obtain Chinese information. Baidu takes "making the complex world simpler with technology" as its mission, constantly adheres to technological innovation, and is committed to providing products and services that better understand users. Baidu mobile applications have more than 1.1 billion monthly active devices.

Baidu believes in technology and adheres to long-term and sustained investment in technology research and development and talent introduction. According to the statistics of China Patent Protection Association in 2018, Baidu has become the leader of artificial intelligence patents in China with 2368 applications.