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Jixun Foo has served as our independent director since July 2019. Mr. Foo is also a member of our audit committee and the chairperson of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and the chairperson of the Compensation Committee. Mr. Foo currently serves as a Senior Managing Partner at Granite Asia (formerly known as GGV Capital) and leads the firm's overall investment strategy and portfolio management. Mr. Foo joined Granite Asia in 2006 and has spent the last 20 years working with entrepreneurs in the mobility, transportation and enterprise services sectors in Asia. Prior to joining Granite Asia, 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 XPeng Inc. (NYSE: XPEV) and a number of private companies, including Hello. Mr. Foo graduated from the National University of Singapore with a First-Class Honors degree in Engineering, and received an M.Sc. in Management of Technology from the National University of Singapore's Graduate School of Business.

Haijian He has served as our chief financial officer since July 2025. Mr. He joined Baidu from Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Limited, where he served as executive director and chief financial officer since January 2020. Prior to joining Kingsoft Cloud, Mr. He served as an executive director of the TMT (telecommunications, media and technology) group and the mergers and acquisitions group sequentially at Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. from September 2015 to January 2020. Prior to that, Mr. He worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. successively from 2010 to 2015. Mr. He currently serves as the chairman of the board of directors of iQIYI, Inc. and an independent non-executive director of Sipai Health Technology Co., Ltd. and Sunwoda EVB Co., Ltd. Mr. He received his bachelor's degree and master's degree in electronic engineering from Southeast University and an MBA from University of Chicago, and completed Advanced Management Program (AMP) at Harvard Business School. Mr. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst charter holder.

Xiaodan Liu has served as our independent director and chair of the audit committee of the Board since February 2025. Ms. Liu currently serves as the Managing Partner of FirstLight Capital, a leading private equity firm in China. Prior to founding FirstLight Capital, Ms. Liu has over two decades of experiences in financial markets and was the CEO and Chairperson of Huatai United Securities from July 2012 to January 2017 and from January 2017 to September 2019 respectively, where she led the firm to become a top investment bank in China. Additionally, she served as Chairperson of the Board of AssetMark Financial Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AMK) from 2016 to 2020, and served as an independent director of the Board for China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co., Ltd. (SSE: 601601, HKEX: 02601) from January 2021 to April 2025. In addition, Ms. Liu actively participate in advising on capital markets policymaking and served as a member of the M&A and Restructuring Committee of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) from June 2012 to June 2016. Ms. Liu holds a bachelor's degree in political science and a master's degree in law from Peking University.

Sandy Ran Xu has served as our independent director since January 2024. Ms. Xu has served as chief executive officer and executive director of JD.com since May 2023. Prior to her current role, Ms. Xu served as chief financial officer of JD.com from June 2020 to May 2023. Prior to joining JD.com, Ms. Xu was an audit partner and spent nearly 20 years with PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP, Beijing office and PricewaterhouseCoopers, San Jose office. Ms. Xu was a Certified Public Accountant in both China and the United States. Ms. Xu received her bachelor's degree with a double major in information science and economics from Peking University.

Yuanqing Yang has served as our independent director since October 2015. Mr. Yang is also a member of our compensation committee and corporate governance and nominating committee. Mr. Yang is currently the chairman and chief executive officer of Lenovo Group Limited (SEHK: 992), a director of Sureinvest Holdings Limited. Mr. Yang has more than 30 years of experience in information and communications technology industry. Mr. Yang joined Lenovo in 1989 and Lenovo has transformed from a device provider to a solution and service provider under his leadership. Mr. Yang holds a master's degree in computer science from the University of Science and Technology of China and a bachelor's degree in computer science and engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Robin Yanhong Li is our co-founder, chief executive officer and chairman of our board of directors, overseeing our overall strategy and business operations. Mr. Li has been serving as the chairman since our inception in January 2000 and as our chief executive officer since February 2004. Mr. Li served as our president from February 2000 to December 2003. Prior to founding our company, Mr. Li worked as an engineer for Infoseek, a pioneer in the search industry, and as a senior consultant for IDD Information Services. Mr. Li currently serves on the board of New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc., a private educational services provider in China (NYSE: EDU; SEHK: 9901). Mr. Li received a bachelor's degree in information science from Peking University and a master's degree in computer science from the State University of New York at Buffalo.