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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-25-115412
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20250508
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250508
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250508

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Baidu, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001329099
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, DATA PROCESSING, ETC. [7370]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	06 Technology
		EIN:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			E9
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-51469
		FILM NUMBER:		25923657

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		BAIDU CAMPUS, NO. 10 SHANGDI 10TH STREET
		STREET 2:		HAIDIAN DISTRICT
		CITY:			BEIJING
		STATE:			F4
		ZIP:			100085
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(86-10) 5992 8888

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		BAIDU CAMPUS, NO. 10 SHANGDI 10TH STREET
		STREET 2:		HAIDIAN DISTRICT
		CITY:			BEIJING
		STATE:			F4
		ZIP:			100085

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Baidu.com, Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20050602
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</DIV><DIV STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PURSUANT TO RULE <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13a-16</FONT> OR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">15d-16</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>For the month of May 2025 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Commission File Number: <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">000-51469</FONT> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>BAIDU, INC. </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Baidu Campus </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>No.&nbsp;10 Shangdi 10th Street </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Haidian District, Beijing 100085 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>The People&#146;s Republic of China </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of principal executive offices) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">20-F</FONT> or Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">40-F.</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">20-F&#8194;&#9746;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;Form</FONT> <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">40-F&#8194;&#9744;</FONT> </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>99.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Press Release &#150; Baidu to Hold Annual General Meeting on June&nbsp;27, 2025</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>99.2</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Notice of Annual General Meeting of the Company</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5">BAIDU, INC.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Junjie He</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Interim Chief Financial Officer</TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 99.1 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Baidu to Hold Annual General Meeting on June 27, 2025 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Beijing, May</B><B></B><B>&nbsp;8, 2025 </B>&#151; Baidu, Inc. (&#147;Baidu&#148; or the &#147;Company&#148;) (Nasdaq: BIDU; HKEX: 9888 (HKD Counter) and
89888 (RMB Counter)), a leading AI company with strong Internet foundation, today announced that it will hold its annual general meeting of shareholders (the &#147;AGM&#148;) at Baidu Campus, No.&nbsp;10, Shangdi 10th Street, Haidian District,
Beijing 100085, People&#146;s Republic of China on June 27, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. (Beijing/Hong Kong time). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No proposal will be submitted for shareholder
approval at the AGM. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The board of Directors of the Company has fixed the close of business on May 27, 2025, Hong Kong time, as the record date (the
&#147;Shares Record Date&#148;) of Class&nbsp;A ordinary shares with a par value of US$0.000000625 each (the &#147;Class&nbsp;A Ordinary Shares&#148;) and Class&nbsp;B ordinary shares with a par value of US$0.000000625 each (the &#147;Class&nbsp;B
Ordinary Shares&#148;). Holders of record of the Company&#146;s Class&nbsp;A Ordinary Shares and Class&nbsp;B Ordinary Shares as of the Shares Record Date are entitled to receive notice of and attend the AGM and any adjourned meeting thereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The notice of the AGM is available on the Company&#146;s website at https://ir.baidu.com. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company has filed its annual report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">20-F,</FONT> including its audited financial statements, for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2024 (the &#147;Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">20-F&#148;),</FONT> with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">20-F</FONT> can be accessed on the Company&#146;s website at
https://ir.baidu.com, as well as on the SEC&#146;s website at http://www.sec.gov. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company has also published an annual report (the &#147;Hong Kong
Annual Report&#148;) pursuant to the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (&#147;HKEx&#148;). The Hong Kong Annual Report contains substantially the same information as set forth in the Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">20-F</FONT> and can be accessed on the Company&#146;s investor relations website at&nbsp;https://ir.baidu.com&nbsp;as well as the HKEx&#146;s website at&nbsp;http://www.hkexnews.hk. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>About Baidu </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Founded in 2000, Baidu&#146;s mission is to
make the complicated world simpler through technology. Baidu is a leading AI company with strong Internet foundation, trading on Nasdaq under &#147;BIDU&#148; and HKEX under &#147;9888&#148;. One Baidu ADS represents eight Class&nbsp;A ordinary
shares. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Contacts </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Investors Relations, Baidu, Inc.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Tel: <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">+86-10-5992-8888</FONT></FONT> </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 99.2 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Baidu, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Nasdaq: BIDU; HKEX: 9888 (HKD Counter) and 89888 (RMB Counter)) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">&#150;&#150;&#150;&#150;&#150;&#150; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>To be held on June 27, 2025 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(or any adjourned or postponed meeting thereof) </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN</B> that an annual general meeting (the &#147;<B>AGM</B>&#148;) of Baidu, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) will be
held at Baidu Campus, No.&nbsp;10, Shangdi 10th Street, Haidian District, Beijing 100085, People&#146;s Republic of China on June&nbsp;27, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. (Beijing/Hong Kong time). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No proposal will be submitted for shareholder approval at the AGM. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SHARES RECORD DATE </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Board of
Directors of the Company has fixed the close of business on May 27, 2025, Hong Kong time, as the record date (the &#147;<B>Shares Record Date</B>&#148;) of our Class&nbsp;A ordinary shares with a par value of US$0.000000625 each (the
&#147;<B>Class</B><B></B><B>&nbsp;A Ordinary Shares</B>&#148;) and Class&nbsp;B ordinary shares with a par value of US$0.000000625 each (the &#147;<B>Class</B><B></B><B>&nbsp;B Ordinary Shares</B>&#148;, and together with the Class&nbsp;A Ordinary
Shares, the &#147;<B>Shares</B>&#148;). Holders of record of the Company&#146;s Shares (as of the Shares Record Date) are entitled to receive notice of and attend at the AGM and any adjourned meeting thereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>ATTENDING THE AGM </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Only holders of record
of Shares as of the Shares Record Date are entitled to attend the AGM. Holders of record of the Company&#146;s Shares on the Company&#146;s Register of Members as of the Shares Record Date are cordially invited to attend the AGM in person. Please
note that holders of the Company&#146;s American Depositary Shares (&#147;<B>ADSs</B>&#148;) are not entitled to attend the AGM. Any ADS holder who appears at the venue of the AGM will not be allowed to attend the AGM. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Shareholders and ADS holders may obtain a copy of the Company&#146;s annual report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">20-F</FONT> and/or
Hong Kong annual report, free of charge, from the Company&#146;s website at https://ir.baidu.com, from SEC&#146;s website at www.sec.gov (for the annual report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">20-F)</FONT> or the website of The Stock
Exchange of Hong Kong Limited at www.hkexnews.hk (for the Hong Kong annual report). </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Robin Yanhong Li</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Mr.&nbsp;Robin Yanhong Li</TD></TR>
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