Every day, Baidu responds to billions of search requests from more than 100 countries and regions, and is the main entry point for Internet users to obtain information in Chinese。With the mission of "making the complex world simpler with technology", Baidu constantly adheres to technological innovation and is committed to providing products and services that understand users better。More than 1.1 billion devices are active on Baidu's mobile apps every month。

Baidu believes in technology, and insists on long-term and sustained investment in technology research and development and talent introduction。According to the statistics of the China Patent Protection Association in 2018, Baidu became the leader of artificial intelligence patents in China with 2,368 applications。

Under the strategic guidance of "consolidating the mobile foundation and winning the AI era", Baidu's mobile ecology is more prosperous and powerful, AI accelerates the promotion of industrial intelligence, and AI ecology continues to expand and improve。

Thanks to AI drive, Baidu Mobile has formed a product matrix of "one super and many strong", and built a mobile ecology with "hundreds" and "intelligent small programs" as the core。In March 2019, the daily active users of Baidu App reached 1.7.4 billion, up 28% year-on-year;Daily active users reached 22 million, an increase of 768%;The total user time of Baidu App and short video information stream increased by 83% year-on-year;100 content creators reached 2.1 million;Monthly active users of smart mini programs reached 1.8.1 billion, up 23% from the previous quarter。

As an important component of the AI ecosystem, Baidu already has two open ecosystems: the Apollo autonomous driving open platform and the DuerOS conversational artificial intelligence operating system。As of January 2019, Apollo has been iterated to 3.5 version, more than 135 partners。At present, Baidu has obtained more than 50 intelligent connected car road test licenses, far ahead in the country。In the field of conversational artificial intelligence, Xiaodu Assistant continues to maintain a leading position in China。As of March 2019, the number of smart devices equipped with small Assistant reached 2.7.5 billion, up 279% year-on-year;The number of voice interactions reached 23 in March.700 million times, a year-on-year increase of 817%。According to the report released by IDC, Canalys, Strategy Analytics and other authoritative institutions, the shipments of small smart speakers in the first quarter of 2019 ranked first in the domestic market and third in the world。