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Francis Tan is the Asia editor of TNW, who is based in the Philippines. He is particularly interested in Asian Internet startups, social me Francis Tan is the Asia editor of TNW, who is based in the Philippines. He is particularly interested in Asian Internet startups, social media and e-commerce. Get in touch with him via Twitter @francistan or Email [email protected].
Global brand agency Millward Brown Group claims that Baidu now ranks 29th in the world’s top 100 brands. In the report, 12 of the top 100 companies came from China, many of them State-owned, making the Chinese Internet search engine the most valuable brand for a non-State-owned Chinese company.
According to the study, Baidu climbed 46 positions this year with an estimated market value of $22.56 billion, an huge 141 percent increase compared to last year in the BrandZ list of the world’s top 100 brands.
“The rapid development of Baidu has been attributed to the fast-growing Internet industry in China,”said Peking Tan, the director of Greater China research and development at Millward Brown. “In addition, the search engine has also benefited from Google’s withdrawal from China.”
“Search just became the most popular application for Chinese Internet users and there is still a lot of growth to expect for many years down the road,” said Baidu’s Chief Executive Officer Robin Li.
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