Baidu Filed its Annual Report on Form 20-F for 2008

BEIJING, April 14 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Baidu, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIDU), the leading Chinese language Internet search provider, today announced that it filed its annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 9, 2009. The annual report on Form 20-F can be accessed on Baidu's investor relations website at http://ir.baidu.com . Baidu will provide a hard copy of the annual report containing its audited consolidated financial statements, free of charge, to its shareholders and ADS holders upon request.

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About Baidu

Baidu, Inc. is the leading Chinese language Internet search provider. As a technology-based media company, Baidu aims to provide the best way for people to find information. In addition to serving Internet search users, Baidu provides an effective platform for businesses to reach potential customers. Baidu's ADSs, each of which represents one Class A ordinary share, currently trade on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "BIDU".

    For investor inquiries, please contact:

     Victor TsengBaidu, Inc.
     Tel:   +86-10-8260-7558
     Email: ir@baidu.com

    For investor and media inquiries, please contact:

    China:

     Cynthia HeBrunswick Group (Beijing)
     Tel:   +86-10-6566-2256
     Email: che@brunswickgroup.com

    U.S.:

     Mike GuerinBrunswick Group (New York)
     Tel:   +1-212-333-3810
     Email: mguerin@brunswickgroup.com

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    /CONTACT: For investor inquiries - Victor Tseng of Baidu, Inc.,
+86-10-8260-7558, or ir@baidu.com; For investor and media inquiries - China:
Cynthia He of Brunswick Group (Beijing), +86-10-6566-2256,
che@brunswickgroup.com; U.S.: Mike Guerin, Brunswick Group (New York),
+1-212-333-3810, or mguerin@brunswickgroup.com /
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