Robin Li awarded employees a $1 million prize, encouraging small teams to achieve "great accomplishments."

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09/09/2025
It is reported that at today's Baidu Autumn Carnival and Highest Award Ceremony, Baidu's founder, chairman, and CEO Robin Li appeared at Baidu Technology Park and handed out a $1 million bonus check to the award-winning team. The Baidu Highest Award is set up to encourage every Baidu person who achieves great success with a "small team". Since its inception in 2010, Baidu has distributed nearly 400 million yuan in prizes. According to informed sources, this year, the "Flow" project from Baidu's recommendation strategy department - end-to-end content understanding and sequence generation, became the only project to win this award.