According to Li Yanhong's internal letter, Qilu's position change is "due to personal and family reasons, he can't continue to work full-time in Beijing".
Zhang Yaqin, Xiang Hailong, Wang Haifeng and Zhu Guang reported directly to Li Yanhong, while Li Zhenyu, general manager of IDG, reported to Zhang Yaqin.
Wang Haifeng, vice president of Baidu, was promoted to senior vice president and served as general manager of AIG(AI technology platform system).
20 18 on may18, Baidu announced that Qilu, the president and chief operating officer of the group, could not continue to work full-time in Beijing due to personal and family reasons, and will no longer hold the above positions from July, but will continue to serve as the vice chairman of the group company. At the same time, Wang Haifeng, Vice President, was promoted to Senior Vice President and served as General Manager of AIG (AI Technology Platform System).
Li Yanhong, chairman and CEO of Baidu, announced these two adjustments in an internal mail. He said: "Since Qilu joined Baidu last year 1 month, many positive changes have taken place in the company. Like most of my classmates, I was deeply impressed by his honest personality, selfless work spirit and keen insight in the technical and business fields. " Li Yanhong hopes that all Baidu classmates and himself will sincerely thank Qilu for his important contribution to Baidu, and also look forward to and believe that Qilu will work hand in hand with you in the new role of the company to realize our lofty mission and great ideal.
Qilu said: "What I really felt in Baidu for more than a year was the belief and persistence of Baidu and Robin in technology. Especially in the AI era, technology will definitely lead Baidu to the forefront of the whole industry. I am honored to fully participate in Baidu's great transformation to AI. At present, this process has achieved remarkable and key results. Everything is developing at a high speed at the best moment at present. I believe that Baidu will continue to follow this path and continue to lead. In the future, while accompanying and taking care of my family, I will continue to firmly support Baidu and Robin, and will also pay attention to scientific research and investment in China and the United States, and practice our mission and dream of "making the complex world simpler with technology."
It is reported that after Qilu is no longer responsible for the daily operation and management of Baidu, the heads of major business departments such as Zhang Yaqin, Xiang Hailong, Wang Haifeng and Zhu Guang will report directly to Li Yanhong, while Li Zhenyu, general manager of IDG, will report to Zhang Yaqin, and Jing Kun will become the general manager of SLG, and will report directly to Li Yanhong in the future.
At the same time, Wang Haifeng, who announced his promotion, graduated from Harbin Institute of Technology with a doctorate, joined Baidu on 20 10, was promoted to vice president on 20 13, was in charge of Baidu's core search products on 20 14, and won the second prize of national scientific and technological progress on 20 15. He is currently the head of Baidu AIG and Baidu Research Institute, and is committed to the research in the fields of machine learning, big data, computer vision, natural language processing, voice technology, image recognition and augmented reality.
Li Yanhong said: "Dr. Wang Haifeng is a technical leader and outstanding leader trained by Baidu for many years. He has profound theoretical accomplishment and many years of practical experience in search business. He has a distinctive pragmatic, self-driven and responsible engineer style and is an outstanding representative of Baidu's simple and reliable culture. In the process of Baidu's transformation to artificial intelligence, he attracted and recruited outstanding talents from all over the world, led the team to explore and innovate constantly, and built the infrastructure of Baidu's various businesses and AI industry applications. He is a promoter of change, a model of driving the commercialization of AI technology, and has made outstanding contributions to the development of the company.
The following is Li Yanhong's internal mail:
Hello, Baidu:
Today, I want to talk to you about an important change in the company: due to personal and family reasons, Qi can't continue to work full-time in Beijing. After consultation with the company, he will no longer serve as the president and chief operating officer of the group company from July this year and continue to serve as the vice chairman of the group company. At the same time, the company decided that from now on, Wang Haifeng will be promoted to senior vice president of Baidu and continue to serve as general manager of AI technology platform system (AIG).
Since/kloc-0 joined Baidu last year, the company has undergone many positive changes. Like most of my classmates, I was deeply impressed by his integrity, selfless work spirit and keen insight in the technical and commercial fields. Under the strategic guidance of the company to consolidate the mobile foundation and win the AI era, both the search and Feed two-wheel drive of the mobile ecology, the Apollo ecological construction in the AI direction, the exploration of smart home scenes, the ABC business development, and the continuous layout, leading and innovation of Baidu's core technical capabilities and forward-looking technical direction have made remarkable progress, and the company's overall business is also advancing rapidly. All these are inseparable from the efforts of Mr. Qi and all the students. Here, I hope all Baidu students will join me and sincerely thank Qi for his important contribution to Baidu during his tenure as President and Chief Operating Officer of the group company. I also look forward to and believe that Qi will work hand in hand with you in the new position of the company to realize our lofty mission and great ideal.
Haifeng joined Baidu on 20 10, and successively established natural language processing department, internet data research and development department, recommendation engine and personalization department, multimedia department, picture search department and voice technology department for the company, and served as deputy general manager of search company. As the general manager of AIG, Haifeng has attracted and recruited outstanding talents from all over the world in the fields of machine learning, big data, computer vision, natural language processing, voice technology, image recognition, augmented reality, etc., and led the team to continuously explore and innovate, thus enhancing the core competitiveness of Baidu technology. It is a promoter of change and a model to promote the commercialization of AI technology. Haifeng is a technical director and outstanding leader trained by Baidu for many years, and an outstanding representative of Baidu's simple and reliable culture. Please join me in congratulating Haifeng on her promotion. I hope Haifeng will make persistent efforts, actively uphold the core values of "simplicity and credibility", lead the team to make greater contributions to Baidu's evergreen foundation, and make important contributions to the lofty mission of "making the complex world simpler with technology".
In order to strengthen the centralized and unified leadership of the group company, Zhang Yaqin, Xiang Hailong, Wang Haifeng and Zhu Guang, heads of various business departments, will report directly to me, while Li Zhenyu, general manager of IDG, will report to Zhang Yaqin and appoint Jing Kun as general manager of SLG, and will report directly to me in the future. Finally, I wish all the best in the future.