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Goodwill and Intangible Assets | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Goodwill and Intangible Assets | 9. GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS Goodwill There were three reporting units as of December 31, 2015 and 2016. Starting from April 2017, Search Services and Transaction Services were combined into one reporting unit, namely, Baidu Core, resulting in two reporting units, Baidu Core and iQIYI, as of December 31, 2017. The changes in carrying amount of goodwill for each reporting unit from December 31, 2015 to March 31, 2017 were as follow:
|  | Search Services |  |  | Transaction Services |  |  | iQIYI |  |  | Total |
|  | RMB |  |  | RMB |  |  | RMB |  |  | RMB |
|  | (In millions) |
Balance at December 31, 2015 |  |  | 10,823 |  |  |  | 1,297 |  |  |  | 3,276 |  |  |  | 15,396 |
Goodwill disposed |  |  | (38 | ) |  |  | (16 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (54 | )
Balance at December 31, 2016 |  |  | 10,785 |  |  |  | 1,281 |  |  |  | 3,276 |  |  |  | 15,342 |
Goodwill acquired |  |  | 499 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 499 |
Balance at March 31, 2017 |  |  | 11,284 |  |  |  | 1,281 |  |  |  | 3,276 |  |  |  | 15,841 |
The changes in carrying amount of goodwill for each reporting unit after March 31, 2017 were as follow:
|  | Baidu Core |  |  | iQIYI |  |  | Total |
|  | RMB |  |  | RMB |  |  | RMB |
|  | (In millions) |
Balance at March 31, 2017 |  |  | 12,565 |  |  |  | 3,276 |  |  |  | 15,841 |
Goodwill acquired |  |  | 81 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 81 |
Goodwill disposed |  |  | (116 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (116 | )
Balance at December 31, 2017 |  |  | 12,530 |  |  |  | 3,276 |  |  |  | 15,806 |
Balance at December 31, 2017, in US$ |  |  | 1,926 |  |  |  | 503 |  |  |  | 2,429 |
Intangible Assets Finite-lived intangible assets
|  | As of December 31, 2016 |
|  | Gross carrying value |  |  | Accumulated amortization and impairment |  |  | Net carrying value |
|  | RMB |  |  | RMB |  |  | RMB |
|  | (In millions) |
Land use right |  |  | 464 |  |  |  | (54 | ) |  |  | 410 |
Customer relationships |  |  | 463 |  |  |  | (462 | ) |  |  | 1 |
Software |  |  | 544 |  |  |  | (424 | ) |  |  | 120 |
Trademarks |  |  | 596 |  |  |  | (205 | ) |  |  | 391 |
User list |  |  | 699 |  |  |  | (657 | ) |  |  | 42 |
Licensed copyrights of video contents |  |  | 5,608 |  |  |  | (2,993 | ) |  |  | 2,615 |
Others |  |  | 738 |  |  |  | (459 | ) |  |  | 279 |
|  |  | 9,112 |  |  |  | (5,254 | ) |  |  | 3,858 |
|  | As of December 31, 2017 |
|  | Gross carrying value |  |  | Accumulated amortization and impairment |  |  | Net carrying value |  |  | Net carrying value |
|  | RMB |  |  | RMB |  |  | RMB |  |  | US$ |
|  | (In millions) |
Land use right |  |  | 464 |  |  |  | (193 | ) |  |  | 271 |  |  |  | 42 |
Customer relationships |  |  | 463 |  |  |  | (463 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Software |  |  | 537 |  |  |  | (499 | ) |  |  | 38 |  |  |  | 6 |
Trademarks |  |  | 578 |  |  |  | (464 | ) |  |  | 114 |  |  |  | 17 |
User list |  |  | 677 |  |  |  | (667 | ) |  |  | 10 |  |  |  | 2 |
Licensed copyrights of video contents |  |  | 9,384 |  |  |  | (4,826 | ) |  |  | 4,558 |  |  |  | 700 |
Others |  |  | 1,066 |  |  |  | (591 | ) |  |  | 475 |  |  |  | 73 |
|  |  | 13,169 |  |  |  | (7,703 | ) |  |  | 5,466 |  |  |  | 840 |
The Company recognized impairment loss on intangible assets of nil, RMB213 million and RMB529 million (US$81 million) for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2016 and 2017, respectively. Amortization expense of intangible assets for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2016 and 2017 were RMB2.5 billion, RMB4.7 billion and RMB7.9 billion million (US$1.2 billion ), respectively. Estimated amortization expense relating to the existing intangible assets with finite lives for each of the next five years is as follows:
|  | RMB |  |  | US$ |
|  | (In millions) |
For the years ending December 31, |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2018 |  |  | 2,540 |  |  |  | 390 |
2019 |  |  | 1,383 |  |  |  | 213 |
2020 |  |  | 813 |  |  |  | 125 |
2021 |  |  | 304 |  |  |  | 47 |
2022 |  |  | 118 |  |  |  | 18 |
Indefinite-lived intangible assets
|  | As of December 31, |
|  | 2016 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2017 |
|  | RMB |  |  | RMB |  |  | US$ |
|  | (In millions) |
Domain names |  |  | 9 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Trademarks |  |  | 5 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | — |
|  |  | 14 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | — |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for the aggregate amount of goodwill and a description of intangible assets, which may include (a) for amortizable intangible assets (also referred to as finite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, the amount of any significant residual value, and the weighted-average amortization period, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization (also referred to as indefinite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, and (c) the amount of research and development assets acquired and written off in the period, including the line item in the income statement in which the amounts written off are aggregated, if not readily apparent from the income statement. Also discloses (a) for amortizable intangibles assets in total and by major class, the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization, the total amortization expense for the period, and the estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization the carrying amount in total and by major class, and (c) for goodwill, in total and for each reportable segment, the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the period (including the aggregate amount of goodwill acquired, the aggregate amount of impairment losses recognized, and the amount of goodwill included in the gain (loss) on disposal of a reporting unit). If any part of goodwill has not been allocated to a reportable segment, discloses the unallocated amount and the reasons for not allocating. For each impairment loss recognized related to an intangible asset (excluding goodwill), discloses: (a) a description of the impaired intangible asset and the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method for determining fair value, (c) the caption in the income statement or the statement of activities in which the impairment loss is aggregated, and (d) the segment in which the impaired intangible asset is reported. For each goodwill impairment loss recognized, discloses: (a) a description of the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method of determining the fair value of the associated reporting unit, and (c) if a recognized impairment loss is an estimate not finalized and the reasons why the estimate is not final. May also disclose the nature and amount of any significant adjustments made to a previous estimate of an impairment loss. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2144416 + Details
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