On Sept. 10 in Wuhan, Hubei provincial party secretary Guan Zhi'ou met Baidu founder, chairman and CEO Robin Li and urged the group to deepen its presence in Hubei and expand cooperation in artificial intelligence and spatiotemporal geoinformation. H

2026-09-10

On Sept. 10 in Wuhan, Hubei provincial party secretary Guan Zhi'ou met Baidu founder, chairman and CEO Robin Li and urged the group to deepen its presence in Hubei and expand cooperation in artificial intelligence and spatiotemporal geoinformation. Hubei pledged to provide a first-class, responsive business environment—saying it will ‘respond when called, not interfere when unnecessary’—to facilitate Baidu’s development in the province.