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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001145549-09-000643.txt : 20090422
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20090422061027
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001145549-09-000643
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090422
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090422
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20090422

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Baidu, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001329099
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, DATA PROCESSING, ETC. [7370]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			E9
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-158678
		FILM NUMBER:		09762736

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		12/F, IDEAL INTERNATIONAL PLAZA
		STREET 2:		NO. 58 WEST-NORTH 4TH RING
		CITY:			BEIJING
		STATE:			F4
		ZIP:			100080
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(86-10) 8262-1188

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		12/F, IDEAL INTERNATIONAL PLAZA
		STREET 2:		NO. 58 WEST-NORTH 4TH RING
		CITY:			BEIJING
		STATE:			F4
		ZIP:			100080

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Baidu.com, Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20050602
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<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;22,
2009</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B>
</DIV>


<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 2pt solid black; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid black; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>






<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center"><DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 26%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Baidu, Inc.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</I></DIV>


<DIV align="center"><DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 26%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Cayman Islands</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Not Applicable</B></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>(State or other jurisdiction of</I>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>(I.R.S. Employer</I></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>incorporation or organization)</I>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>Identification Number)</I></TD>
</TR>
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</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>12/F, Ideal International Plaza<BR>
No.&nbsp;58 West-North 4</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>th</B></SUP> <B>Ring<BR>
Beijing 100080, People&#146;s Republic of China<BR>
(8610)&nbsp;8262-1188</B><BR>
<I>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</I></DIV>

<DIV align="center"><DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 26%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>2008 Share Incentive Plan</B><BR>
<I>(Full title of the plan)</I></DIV>

<DIV align="center"><DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 26%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CT Corporation System<BR>
111 Eighth Avenue<BR>
New York, New York 10011</B><BR>
<I>(Name and address of agent for service)</I></DIV>

<DIV align="center"><DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 26%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(212)&nbsp;894-8940</B><BR>
<I>(Telephone number, including area code, agent for service)</I></DIV>

<DIV align="center"><DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 26%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE width="100%" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">
<TR>
      <TD>Large accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="center">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center">Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><BR>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD>
      <TD align="right">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
      </TR>
</TABLE>
</DIV>






<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><I>Copies to:</I>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="0%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="0%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>Jennifer Li</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Z. Julie Gao</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>Chief Financial Officer</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Latham &#038; Watkins</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>Baidu, Inc.</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>41</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>st</B></SUP> <B>Floor, One Exchange Square</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>12/F, Ideal International Plaza</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>8 Connaught Place, Central</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>No.&nbsp;58 West-North 4th Ring</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" valign="top"><B>Hong Kong S.A.R., People&#146;s Republic of China</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>Beijing 100080, People&#146;s Republic of China</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(852)&nbsp;2522-7886</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>(86 10) 8262-1188</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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    <TD width="25%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR style="font-size: 1px" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="12" style="border-bottom: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Aggregate</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Registration</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><B>Title of Securities to be Registered</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><B>Registered(1)</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Offering Price(2)</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Fee</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
                  <TD nowrap style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Class&nbsp;A Ordinary Shares, par value
$0.00005 per share (3)</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">3,428,777 shares</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>

<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$662,988,321</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>

<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$36,995</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="12" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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</DIV>



<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="96"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>These shares are to be offered under the 2008 Share Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). Pursuant to
Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this
Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be
offered and issued to prevent dilution from share splits, share dividends or similar
transactions as provided in the Plan.</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act, the proposed maximum
aggregate offering price is calculated as the product of 3,428,777 shares issuable under the
Plan multiplied by the average of the high and low prices for the Registrant&#146;s American
Depositary Shares (&#147;ADSs&#148;), as quoted on the Nasdaq Global
Select Market on April&nbsp;15, 2009, or $193.36.</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>These shares may be represented by the Registrant&#146;s ADSs, each of which represents one class
A ordinary share. The Registrants&#146; ADSs issuable upon deposit of the class A ordinary shares
registered hereby have been registered under a separate registration statement on Form F-6
(333-126546).</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>



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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#010">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#012">POWER OF ATTORNEY</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#013">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="h02691exv5w1.htm">EXHIBIT 5.1</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="h02691exv23w1.htm">EXHIBIT 23.1</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left"><A NAME="001"></A></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information*</B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left"><A NAME="002"></A></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information*</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">*&nbsp;&nbsp;Information required by Part&nbsp;I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from
this registration statement in accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities Act and the Note to
Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8. The documents containing information specified in this Part&nbsp;I will be
separately provided to the participants covered by the Plan, as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) under
the Securities Act.</DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. </B><U><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</B></U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents previously filed or furnished by Baidu, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) are incorporated by reference herein:
</DIV>

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<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s annual report on Form 20-F filed with
the Commission on April&nbsp;9, 2009;&nbsp;and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of the Registrant&#146;s ordinary shares contained in the Registrant&#146;s
registration statement on Form 8-A (File No.&nbsp;000-51469) filed with the Commission on August
1, 2005, including any amendment and report subsequently filed for the purpose of updating
that description.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), after the date of this
registration statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this registration
statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
registration statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any
statement in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration
statement will be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained in
this registration statement or in any other later filed document that also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded will not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to be a part of this
registration statement.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. </B><U><B>Description of Securities</B></U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. </B><U><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</B></U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. </B><U><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</B></U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cayman Islands law does not limit the extent to which a company&#146;s articles of association may
provide for indemnification of officers and directors, except to the extent any such provision may
be held by the Cayman Islands courts to be contrary to public policy, such as to provide
indemnification against civil fraud or the consequences of
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">committing a crime. Article&nbsp;119 of the Registrant&#146;s third amended and restated articles of
association, adopted by its shareholders on December&nbsp;16, 2008, provides that the Registrant shall
indemnify its directors and officers against all actions, proceedings, costs, charges, expenses,
losses, damages or liabilities incurred by them by reason of any act done or omitted in the
execution of their duty in their capacities as such, except if they acted in a willfully negligent
manner or defaulted in any action against them.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant has entered into separate indemnification agreements with each of its directors
and officers, substantially in the form filed as Exhibit&nbsp;10.3 to the Registrant&#146;s registration
statement on Form F-1, as amended (File No.&nbsp;333-126534). Under these agreements, the Registrant
agrees to indemnify its directors and officers, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law,
from and against certain expenses and liabilities incurred by such persons in connection with
claims made by reason of their being such director or officer, except under some limited
circumstances, such as where the indemintee has been finally adjudicated to be liable for
intentional misconduct, or where the claim is brought about by the dishonesty or fraud of the
indemnitee. The indemnification agreements also set forth procedures that will apply in the event
of a claim for indemnification made thereunder.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant also maintains a directors and officers liability insurance policy for its
directors and officers.
</DIV>
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See the Index to Exhibits attached hereto.
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</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

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<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="8%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="12%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>to include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="12%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this
registration statement; and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="12%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>to include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to that information in the registration statement;</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="8%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><I>&nbsp;</I></TD>
    <TD width="1%"><I>&nbsp;</I></TD>
    <TD><I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by us
pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="8%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="8%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

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<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or 15(d)</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
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<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt"><TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #textcolor#; background: #bgcolor#">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering
of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering
thereof.</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of
the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by
a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of
any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a
court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.</TD>
</TR>

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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Beijing, China, on
April&nbsp;22, 2009.
</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>Baidu, Inc.</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Robin Yanhong Li
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Robin Yanhong Li&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Chairman of the Board and<BR>
Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints, severally and not jointly, Mr.&nbsp;Robin Yanhong Li, with full power to act alone, as his
or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with the power of substitution, for and in such person&#146;s
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto each said attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform each and every
act and thing requisite and necessary to be done as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each said attorney-in-fact
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="37%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="37%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Robin Yanhong Li
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robin Yanhong Li</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board and<BR>
Chief Executive Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
April&nbsp;22, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Jennifer Li
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jennifer Li</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Chief Financial Officer<BR>
(principal financial and
accounting officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
April&nbsp;22, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ William Decker
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William Decker</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
April&nbsp;22, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ James Ding
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James Ding</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
April&nbsp;22, 2009</TD>
</TR>
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<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="37%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="37%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Nobuyuki Idei
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Nobuyuki Idei</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
April&nbsp;22, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Greg Penner
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Greg Penner</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
April&nbsp;22, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Donald J. Puglisi
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Name: Donald J. Puglisi</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
Authorized
Representative in the
United States
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
April&nbsp;22, 2009</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">Title:  Managing
Director, Puglisi &#038;
Associates</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">EXHIBIT INDEX
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<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="87%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit Number</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Third Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of
Association of the Registrant (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;99.2 to the report of the Registrant
on Form&nbsp;6-K (File No.&nbsp;000-51469) furnished to the
Commission on December&nbsp;17, 2008)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Registrant&#146;s Specimen Share Certificate for Class&nbsp;A
Ordinary Shares (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to the registration statement on Form&nbsp;F-1, as
amended (File No.&nbsp;333-126534))</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Deposit Agreement among the Registrant, the
depositary and holder of the American Depositary Receipts
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.3 to the
registration statement on Form&nbsp;F-1, as amended (File No.
333-126534))</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">2008 Share Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;99.3 to the report of the Registrant on Form&nbsp;6-K
(File No.&nbsp;000-51469) furnished to the Commission on
December&nbsp;17, 2008)</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">&#091;MAPLES and CALDER LETTERHEAD&#093;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Baidu, Inc.<BR>
12/F, Ideal International Plaza<BR>
No.&nbsp;58 West-North 4<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> Ring<BR>
Beijing 100080, People&#146;s Republic of China

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">
22 April 2009</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Dear Sirs,
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Re: </B><U><B>Baidu, Inc.</B></U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">We have examined the Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be filed by Baidu, Inc., a Cayman
Islands exempted company incorporated with limited liability (the &#147;<B>Company</B>&#148;), with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<B>Registration Statement&#148;</B>), relating to the registration under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of an amount of Class&nbsp;A Ordinary Shares of par value US$0.00005
in the capital of the Company (the &#147;<B>Shares&#148;</B>) for issuance pursuant to the following plan (the
&#147;<B>Plan</B>&#148;):
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&#151;  Baidu, Inc. 2008 Share Incentive Plan
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">As Cayman Islands counsel to the Company, we have examined the corporate authorisations of the
Company in connection with the Plan and the issue of the Shares by the Company and have assumed
that the Shares will be issued in accordance with the Plan and the resolutions authorising their
issue.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">It is our opinion that the Shares to be issued by the Company have been duly and validly
authorised, and when issued, sold and paid for in the manner described in the Plan and in
accordance with the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company (or any committee
to whom the Board of Directors have delegated their powers with respect to administration of the
Plan) and when appropriate entries have been made in the Register of Members of the Company, will
be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">We consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and further
consent to all references to us in the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto. In
giving such consent, we do not consider that we are &#147;experts&#148; within the meaning of such term as
used in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission issued thereunder, with respect to any part of the Registration Statement,
including this opinion as an exhibit or otherwise.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Yours faithfully,
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">/s/ Maples and Calder
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 pertaining
to Baidu, Inc.&#146;s 2008 Share Incentive Plan of our reports dated
April&nbsp;7, 2009, with respect to
the consolidated financial statements of Baidu, Inc. (formerly
Baidu.com, Inc.) included in its annual report on Form&nbsp;20-F for
the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2008, and the
effectiveness of internal control over financial
reporting of Baidu, Inc. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">/s/ Ernst &#038; Young Hua Ming
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Beijing,
The People&#146;s Republic of China<BR>
April&nbsp;22, 2009
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