Baidu, Inc. announced that Shanshan Cui has been appointed vice president of human resources, to succeed Lee Liu, senior vice president of human resources. Ms. Cui left Baidu in July 2010 to pursue personal interests and rejoined Baidu in December 2017, serving as executive assistant of Baidu's Organizational Culture Committee. In this capacity, Ms. Cui oversees employee culture and organization effectiveness, implementing initiatives, such as OKR (Objectives & Key Results) management, throughout the company. Mr. Liu is stepping down from his role, taking advantage of the company's leadership retirement program. Mr. Liu will assist with the transition of his responsibilities through the end of May and will assume a new role as chairman of the cloud business.