Mr. Shen, aged 44, is currently an independent non-executive Director of the Company, the executive vice president of Baidu, Inc. (a company listed on the NASDAQ (stock code: BIDU) and the Stock Exchange (stock code: 9888)), the president of Baidu AI Cloud Group, a director of CITIC Aibank Corporation Limited, a director of Dalian Dongruan Holding Co., Ltd., a director of iQIYI, Inc. (a company listed on the NASDAQ (stock code: IQ)) and a director of China United Network Communications Limited (a company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (stock code: 600050)). Mr. Shen worked at the headquarter of Microsoft Corporation (a company listed on the NASDAQ (stock code: MSFT)) and was responsible for R&D management in relation to search behaviour and semantic advertising. He subsequently founded BuzzLabs, Inc. in the United States of America, which was acquired by CityGrid Media in 2011. Mr. Shen joined Baidu, Inc. in 2012 and served as the technical director of alliance research and development department, the senior technical director of web search department, the executive director of financial services group (FSG), and served as the executive vice president of Baidu, Inc. in May 2019 and was responsible for Baidu’s mobile ecosystems group (MEG). Since May 2022, he has been in charge of Baidu’s AI cloud group (ACG), which covers industrial solutions in smart manufacturing, energy, water, finance, and cities, as well as general cloud computing solutions. Between October 2019 and June 2022, Mr. Shen was a director of Trip.com Group Limited (a company listed on the NASDAQ (stock code: TCOM)). From April 2018 to September 2023, Mr. Shen was a director of Kuaishou Technology (a company listed on the Stock Exchange (stock code: 1024)). Mr. Shen graduated from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology with a Ph.D. degree in computer science.