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Baidu, Inc. – ‘20-F’ for 12/31/19 – ‘XML’

On:  Friday, 3/13/20, at 5:21pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/19   ·   Accession #:  1193125-20-73092   ·   File #:  0-51469

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 3/13/20  Baidu, Inc.                       20-F       12/31/19  146:31M                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA

Annual Report by a Foreign Non-Canadian Issuer   —   Form 20-F   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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 5: EX-4.86     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     92K 
 6: EX-4.87     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     59K 
 7: EX-4.88     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     58K 
 8: EX-4.89     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     74K 
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10: EX-4.91     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     71K 
11: EX-8.1      Opinion of Counsel re: Tax Matters                  HTML     37K 
14: EX-13.1     Annual or Quarterly Report to Security Holders      HTML     38K 
15: EX-13.2     Annual or Quarterly Report to Security Holders      HTML     38K 
12: EX-12.1     Statement re: Computation of Ratios                 HTML     42K 
13: EX-12.2     Statement re: Computation of Ratios                 HTML     42K 
16: EX-15.1     Letter re: Unaudited Interim Financial Info         HTML     39K 
17: EX-15.2     Letter re: Unaudited Interim Financial Info         HTML     40K 
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126: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    199K  
107: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     65K  
31: R4          Consolidated Statements Of Comprehensive Income     HTML    159K 
                (Loss)                                                           
70: R5          Consolidated Statements Of Comprehensive Income     HTML     40K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
123: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    232K  
106: R7          Consolidated Statements Of Shareholders' Equity     HTML    129K  
24: R8          Organization, Consolidation and Presentation Of     HTML    236K 
                Financial Statements                                             
75: R9          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    267K 
42: R10         Business Combinations                               HTML     95K 
56: R11         Investments                                         HTML    374K 
132: R12         Accounts Receivable                                 HTML     87K  
84: R13         Other Assets                                        HTML     99K 
43: R14         Fixed Assets                                        HTML     84K 
57: R15         Goodwill and Intangible Assets                      HTML    207K 
133: R16         Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities            HTML     88K  
85: R17         Loans Payable                                       HTML     55K 
41: R18         Notes Payable                                       HTML    150K 
58: R19         Convertible Notes                                   HTML     60K 
129: R20         Leases                                              HTML     83K  
113: R21         Income Taxes                                        HTML    238K  
36: R22         Employee Defined Contribution Plan                  HTML     43K 
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130: R24         Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests                 HTML     89K  
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83: R27         Share-Based Awards Plan                             HTML    203K 
131: R28         Related Party Transactions                          HTML    160K  
112: R29         Segment Reporting                                   HTML    371K  
88: R30         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    479K 
136: R31         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     43K  
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40: R33         Organization, Consolidation and Presentation Of     HTML    175K 
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87: R34         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    105K 
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135: R35         Business Combinations (Tables)                      HTML     88K  
54: R36         Investments (Tables)                                HTML    356K 
39: R37         Accounts Receivable (Tables)                        HTML     89K 
89: R38         Other Assets (Tables)                               HTML     98K 
134: R39         Fixed Assets (Tables)                               HTML     80K  
101: R40         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)             HTML    207K  
117: R41         Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities (Tables)   HTML     87K  
81: R42         Notes Payable (Tables)                              HTML    150K 
35: R43         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     78K 
100: R44         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    229K  
116: R45         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     83K  
80: R46         Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests (Tables)        HTML     84K 
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                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
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                Losses of Equity Securities Without Readily                      
                Determinable Fair Values (Detail)                                
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                Losses of Equity Securities Without Readily                      
                Determinable Fair Values (Parenthetical) (Detail)                
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140: R77         Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities (Detail)   HTML     69K  
61: R78         Loans Payable - Additional Information (Detail)     HTML    145K 
50: R79         Notes Payable - Summary of Company Issued and       HTML     89K 
                Publicly Sold Unsecured Senior Notes (Detail)                    
65: R80         Notes Payable - Additional Information (Detail)     HTML     94K 
46: R81         Principal Amount and Unamortized Discount and Debt  HTML     49K 
                Issuance Costs (Detail)                                          
98: R82         Repayment of Principal Amount of Long Term Debts    HTML     58K 
                (Detail)                                                         
142: R83         Convertible Notes - Additional Information          HTML    135K  
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64: R84         Leases -Summary of Supplemental cash flow           HTML     43K 
                information (Detail)                                             
45: R85         Leases -Summary of Future lease payments (Detail)   HTML     58K 
97: R86         Leases - Additional Information (Detail)            HTML     52K 
141: R87         Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail)      HTML    110K  
59: R88         Income Before Income Taxes (Detail)                 HTML     49K 
48: R89         Components of Income Tax (Detail)                   HTML     53K 
30: R90         Reconciliation of Effective Income Tax Provision    HTML     80K 
                of Tax Computed By Applying Statutory Income Tax                 
                Rate to Pre-Tax Income (Detail)                                  
71: R91         Tax Effects of Temporary Differences that Gave      HTML     76K 
                Rise to Deferred Tax Balances (Detail)                           
124: R92         Employee Defined Combination Plan - Additional      HTML     41K  
                Information (Detail)                                             
105: R93         Commitment and Contingencies - Additional           HTML     49K  
                Information (Detail)                                             
32: R94         Future Minimum Payments Under Non-Cancelable        HTML     53K 
                Operating Leases with Initial Terms of One-Year or               
                More (Detail)                                                    
72: R95         Future Minimum Lease Payments For Non-Cancelable    HTML     53K 
                Agreements For Licensed Copyrights and Produced                  
                Content (Detail)                                                 
125: R96         Summary of Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest       HTML     59K  
                (Detail)                                                         
108: R97         Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests - Additional    HTML     62K  
                Information (Detail)                                             
28: R98         Shareholder's Equity - Additional Information       HTML    103K 
                (Detail)                                                         
79: R99         Shareholders' Equity (Detail)                       HTML     49K 
111: R100        Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive          HTML     76K  
                Income/(Loss) by Component, Net of Tax (Detail)                  
119: R101        Tax Benefit (expense) Allocated to each Component   HTML     47K  
                of Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Detail)                    
78: R102        Reconciliation of Net Income to Numerator for       HTML     54K 
                Computation of Basic and Diluted Per Share                       
                (Detail)                                                         
27: R103        Computation of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per       HTML     94K 
                Class A and Class B Ordinary Share (Detail)                      
110: R104        Share-Based Awards Plan - Additional Information    HTML    123K  
                of Baidu, Inc. (Detail)                                          
118: R105        Option Activity Baidu. Inc (Detail)                 HTML     95K  
76: R106        Assumptions Used to Estimate Fair Values of Share   HTML     62K 
                Options Granted - Baidu, Inc. (Detail)                           
25: R107        Restricted Shares Activity (Detail)                 HTML     64K 
104: R108        Share-Based Awards Plan - Option Activity (Detail)  HTML     95K  
122: R109        Total Share-Based Compensation Cost Recognized      HTML     57K  
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145: R110        Related Party Transactions - Additional             HTML     54K  
                Information (Detail)                                             
93: R111        Related Party Transactions (Detail)                 HTML     84K 
49: R112        Related Party Transactions (Parenthetical)          HTML     75K 
                (Detail)                                                         
60: R113        Segment Reporting - Additional Information          HTML     40K 
                (Detail)                                                         
146: R114        Summary of Group's Operating Segment Results        HTML    109K  
                (Detail)                                                         
94: R115        Fair Value Disclosure and Measurement on Recurring  HTML    110K 
                Basis (Detail)                                                   
51: R116        Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of Investments   HTML     53K 
                accounted at Fair Value (Detail)                                 
62: R117        Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of               HTML     57K 
                Available-for-sale debt investments (Detail)                     
143: R118        Fair Value Measurements - Summary of Assets         HTML     71K  
                Measured at Fair Value on a Non-Recurring Basis                  
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