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Goodwill and Intangible Assets | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Goodwill and Intangible Assets |
11. | GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Goodwill The Group had three reporting units, consisting of Baidu Core excluding SLG, SLG and iQIYI as of December 31, 2022 and 2023. The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for each reporting unit from 2021 to 2023 was as follows:
|  | Baidu Core excluding SLG |  |  | SLG |  |  | iQIYI |  |  | Total |
|  | RMB |  |  | RMB |  |  | RMB |  |  | RMB |
|  | (In millions) |
Balance at December 31, 2021 |  |  | 16,940 |  |  |  | 1,777 |  |  |  | 3,888 |  |  |  | 22,605 |
Goodwill disposed |  |  | (66 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (62 | ) |  |  | (128 | )
Balance at December 31, 2022 |  |  | 16,874 |  |  |  | 1,777 |  |  |  | 3,826 |  |  |  | 22,477 |
Goodwill acquired (Note 3) |  |  | 114 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 114 |
Goodwill disposed |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (5 | ) |  |  | (5 | )
Balance at December 31, 2023 |  |  | 16,988 |  |  |  | 1,777 |  |  |  | 3,821 |  |  |  | 22,586 |
Balance at December 31, 2023, in US$ |  |  | 2,393 |  |  |  | 250 |  |  |  | 538 |  |  |  | 3,181 |
Intangible Assets
|  | As of December 31, 2022 |
|  | Gross carrying value |  |  | Accumulated impairment |  |  | Accumulated amortization |  |  | Net carrying value |
|  | RMB |  |  | RMB |  |  | RMB |  |  | RMB |
|  | (In millions) |
Trademarks |  |  | 966 |  |  |  | (238 | ) |  |  | (324 | ) |  |  | 404 |
Technology |  |  | 1,059 |  |  |  | (52 | ) |  |  | (652 | ) |  |  | 355 |
Intellectual property right |  |  | 1,769 |  |  |  | (473 | ) |  |  | (924 | ) |  |  | 372 |
Online literature |  |  | 141 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (110 | ) |  |  | 31 |
Others |  |  | 350 |  |  |  | (20 | ) |  |  | (238 | ) |  |  | 92 |
|  |  | 4,285 |  |  |  | (783 | ) |  |  | (2,248 | ) |  |  | 1,254 |
|  | As of December 31, 2023 |
|  | Gross carrying value |  |  | Accumulated impairment |  |  | Accumulated amortization |  |  | Net carrying value |
|  | RMB |  |  | RMB |  |  | RMB |  |  | RMB |  |  | US$ |
|  | (In millions) |
Trademarks |  |  | 966 |  |  |  | (238 | ) |  |  | (386 | ) |  |  | 342 |  |  |  | 48 |
Technology |  |  | 1,062 |  |  |  | (79 | ) |  |  | (791 | ) |  |  | 192 |  |  |  | 27 |
Intellectual property right |  |  | 1,568 |  |  |  | (381 | ) |  |  | (931 | ) |  |  | 256 |  |  |  | 36 |
Online literature |  |  | 117 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (93 | ) |  |  | 24 |  |  |  | 3 |
Others |  |  | 329 |  |  |  | (20 | ) |  |  | (242 | ) |  |  | 67 |  |  |  | 10 |
|  |  | 4,042 |  |  |  | (718 | ) |  |  | (2,443 | ) |  |  | 881 |  |  |  | 124 |
Amortization expense of intangible assets were RMB471 million, RMB467 million and RMB403 million (US$57 million), for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2022 and 2023, respectively. Estimated amortization expense relating to the existing intangible assets with finite lives for each of the next five years is as follow:
|  | RMB |  |  | US$ |
|  | (In millions) |
For the years ending December 31, |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2024 |  |  | 275 |  |  |  | 39 |
2025 |  |  | 206 |  |  |  | 29 |
2026 |  |  | 129 |  |  |  | 18 |
2027 |  |  | 113 |  |  |  | 16 |
2028 |  |  | 96 |  |  |  | 14 |

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