China's Baidu appoints Jennifer Li as CFO
SHANGHAI, March 21 (Reuters) - Top Chinese Web search firm Baidu.com Inc (BIDU.O) said on Friday it had appointed Jennifer Li as chief financial officer. Li previously worked for General Motors China (GM.N), Baidu said in a statement.
Shawn Wang, Baidu's previous chief financial officer, died in an accident late last year. (Reporting by Sophie Taylor; Editing by Edmund Klamann)
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