Afternoon news on August 9th, Baidu announced that it will establish R&D centers in Shanghai and Japan. Baidu's CFO, Zhan Sheng Wang, stated that Baidu is currently in urgent need of technical personnel - they will hire as many excellent talents as there are available.
During today's Baidu World Conference, Baidu's CFO, Zhan Sheng Wang, confirmed that Baidu will establish two major R&D centers in Shanghai and Japan. Zhan Sheng Wang stated that Baidu will recruit a large number of engineers to enhance Baidu's R&D capabilities. Regarding the talent gap for the ongoing establishment of Baidu's R&D centers in Shanghai and Japan, Zhan Sheng Wang even described it as "we'll take as many as we can get."