Baidu, Inc.ย (the “Company” or “Baidu”) (NASDAQ: BIDU), the leading Chinese language internet search provider, today announced that the Company’s majority owned subsidiary.

Xiaodu Life Technology Ltdย (“Xiaodu”), which operates the food delivery business, has completed its merger (“Merger”) withย Rajax Merger Sub Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary ofย Rajax Holding, which operates the food delivery business under the ele.me brand inย China. As a result of the Merger, Xiaodu has become a subsidiary of Rajax.

Baiduย and Rajax have also agreed to a business cooperation across a broad base of products and services following completion of the Merger.

Aboutย Baidu

Baidu, Inc.ย is the leading Chinese language Internet search provider.ย Baiduย aims to make a complex world simpler through technology.ย Baidu’sย ADSs trade on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “BIDU”. Currently, ten ADSs represent one Class A-ordinary share.