Shulou(Shulou.com)11/24 Report--

On the morning of November 6, Baidu announced through internal email a new round of cadre promotion and rotation: Wang Yunpeng, vice president of Baidu and general manager of the self-driving division, was promoted to vice president of the group, and served as the head of Baidu Intelligent driving Group (IDG), reporting to CEO. Li Zhenyu, Senior Vice President of the Group, will no longer serve as the head of IDG, but will take turns as CEO Assistant and Chairman of the Group Science and Technology Ethics Committee, reporting to CEO. Industry analysis, the cadre rotation, will help Baidu to further build and consolidate its core advantages in the direction of intelligent driving, conducive to business development.

Dr. Wang Yunpeng joined Baidu in April 2012 and has been the head of the self-driving division since February 2018, ensuring that self-driving technology is in a leading position in the world and creating industry-leading self-driving vehicle products. to achieve safe and stable large-scale operations have made outstanding contributions. The internal email pointed out that his long-standing belief and love for the cause of smart driving, as well as his pragmatic spirit of self-drive and struggle, have infected and inspired many colleagues.

It is understood that in the internal email, Baidu particularly stressed that it is hoped that Wang Yunpeng will lead IDG to continue to struggle, combined with Baidu's deep accumulation and layout in the field of AI for many years, adhere to technological innovation, create a transport capacity platform, accelerate commercial landing, and look forward to intelligent driving courageously climbing Mount Everest and contributing to Baidu's mission of "making the complex world easier with science and technology." According to the email, IDG's business advantages, market position and brand value, especially the technical beliefs, practical spirit and simple and reliable cultural values of IDG students, are all valuable assets of Baidu.

According to industry analysis, Wang Yunpeng has a technical background, has many years of product development and management experience in leading technology companies, and owns more than 20 self-driving patents, leading the team to establish and open the world's largest self-driving and road collaborative application test base "Beijing Apollo Park", organize the research and development of Baidu's sixth-generation mass production driverless car Apollo RT6, and build Baidu's self-driving travel service platform radish fast. At present, turnip Express is the world's largest self-driving travel service provider, providing more than 4 million passenger pick-up services, and the unmanned convoy has entered Wuhan, Chongqing, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and other cities.

Some analysts believe that Wang Yunpeng is also another senior management cadre who has emerged from the management of Baidu in recent years, who understands both technology and products, and is known as a "capable, meritorious, and practical combat" player. Under his leadership, Baidu smart driving will accelerate the arrival of the era of native AI travel.

In the internal email, Baidu also thanked Li Zhenyu, the former head of IDG business, for his important contribution. According to reports, Li Zhenyu has been in charge of IDG since August 2017, as a leader to build a strong team for the intelligent driving business, leading the team to work hard, establishing a leading position in many aspects of Baidu's intelligent driving business today.

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