Secretary General LI Baodong Meets with ZHANG Yaqin, President of Baidu Inc

On July 20, 2018, Secretary General LI Baodong met with ZHANG Yaqin, President of Baidu Inc, at the Secretariat of the BFA.

LI expressed thanks to Baidu Inc and ZHANG Yaqin for their long-term care and support to the BFA. LI pointed out that with a focus on Asia and having a global perspective, BFA will focus on leading discussions in frontier areas such as science and technology innovation, education, culture, health and media; promote Asia's deeper involvement in global governance; and work with all parties to spread the voice of Asia.

ZHANG briefly introduced Baidu's latest technologies and products, including AI technology layout, release of Baidu Brain 3.0, Apollo 3.0, and DuerOS3.0. The BFA has become an important global platform of exchange for political and business circles, and Baidu would continue to work closely with the BFA in the future, said ZHANG.