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Baidu, Inc. – ‘20-F’ for 12/31/11 – ‘XML’

On:  Thursday, 3/29/12, at 4:12pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/11   ·   Accession #:  1193125-12-139789   ·   File #:  0-51469

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 3/29/12  Baidu, Inc.                       20-F       12/31/11  152:14M                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA

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

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31: EX-4.78     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     49K 
32: EX-4.79     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     52K 
33: EX-4.80     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     42K 
34: EX-4.81     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    273K 
35: EX-4.82     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    487K 
36: EX-8.1      Opinion of Counsel re: Tax Matters                  HTML     40K 
39: EX-13.1     Annual or Quarterly Report to Security Holders      HTML     39K 
40: EX-13.2     Annual or Quarterly Report to Security Holders      HTML     39K 
37: EX-12.1     Statement re: Computation of Ratios                 HTML     43K 
38: EX-12.2     Statement re: Computation of Ratios                 HTML     43K 
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118: R4          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML    179K  
142: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     40K  
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109: R7          Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity     HTML     96K  
89: R8          Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of     HTML    107K 
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144: R10         Business Combination                                HTML     78K  
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                Information (Detail)                                             
147: R69         Estimated Amortization Expense Relating To          HTML     53K  
                Existing Intangible Assets with Finite Lives                     
                (Detail)                                                         
53: R70         Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets (Detail)         HTML     50K 
67: R71         Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities (Detail)   HTML     71K 
94: R72         LOANS PAYABLE - Short-Term Loan - Additional        HTML     49K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
59: R73         LOANS PAYABLE - Long-Term Loans Payable -           HTML     58K 
                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
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62: R76         Income Before Income Taxes (Detail)                 HTML     48K 
66: R77         Components Of Income Tax (Detail)                   HTML     59K 
55: R78         Reconciliation of Tax Computed By Applying          HTML     80K 
                Respective Statutory Income Tax Rate to Effective                
                Income Tax Rate (Detail)                                         
58: R79         Tax Effects of Temporary Differences that Give      HTML     74K 
                Rise to Deferred Tax Balances (Detail)                           
116: R80         EMPLOYEE DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN - Additional     HTML     42K  
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                Information (Detail)                                             
146: R82         Future Minimum Payments Under Non-Cancelable        HTML     67K  
                Operating Leases with Initial Terms of One-Year or               
                More (Detail)                                                    
91: R83         Summary of Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest       HTML     55K 
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143: R88         Computation of Basic and Diluted Net Income         HTML    103K  
                Attribtable to Baidu, Inc. Per Share for Class A                 
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                (Detail)                                                         
117: R90         Option Activity - Baidu, Inc. (Detail)              HTML    109K  
113: R91         Assumptions Used to Estimate Fair Values of Share   HTML     61K  
                Options Granted - Baidu, Inc. (Detail)                           
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112: R93         Total Share-Based Compensation Cost Recognized      HTML     55K  
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99: R94         SEGMENT REPORTING - Additional Information          HTML     40K 
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138: R95         Revenues by Geographic Area (Detail)                HTML     49K  
97: R96         Long-lived Assets by Geographic Area (Detail)       HTML     48K 
72: R97         Assets Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis    HTML     93K 
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106: R98         Reconciliation for Assets Measured and Recorded at  HTML     49K  
                Fair Value on Recurring Basis, Using Significant                 
                Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) (Detail)                           
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84: R100        SUBSEQUENT EVENTS - Additional Information          HTML     41K 
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