Related Party Transactions (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Schedule of Related Party Transactions and Balances with Major Related Parties

a) The table below sets forth the major related parties and their relationships with the Group:

Name of related parties	Relationship with the Group
Baidu and its subsidiaries (“Baidu Group”)	The Company’s controlling shareholder and its subsidiaries
Others	Equity investees (Note 4)

b) The Group had the following related party transactions with the major related parties:

	For the nine months ended September 30,
	2021		2022		2022
	RMB		RMB		US$
Membership services
Membership services revenue earned from    memberships sold to Baidu Group		—		30,243		4,251
Membership services revenue earned from    memberships sold by Others		2,600		525		74
Online advertising revenues
Advertising services provided to Baidu Group		90,696		47,019		6,610
Advertising services provided to Others		127,353		156,548		22,007
Content distribution revenues
Content licensed to Others (i)		328,208		89,071		12,521
Other revenues
Other services provided to Baidu Group		11,740		1,302		183
Others		38,011		23,617		3,320
		598,608		348,325		48,966
Cost of revenues
License fees to Baidu Group		8,149		6,109		859
Bandwidth fees to Baidu Group		711,655		501,248		70,464
Others (ii)		213,587		159,190		22,379
Selling, general and administrative
Advertising services provided by Baidu Group		8,841		22,669		3,187
Others		9,657		24,335		3,421
Research and development
Services fee to Others		—		1,651		232
		951,889		715,202		100,542

(i) The transactions mainly represent revenues derived from content distributed to two equity method investees, Investee A and Investee B.

(ii) The transactions mainly represent revenue sharing arrangements with various equity investees.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2022, the Group purchased content from equity investees for total amounts of RM1,652,949 and RMB941,753 (US$132,390), respectively.

c) The Group had the following related party balances with the major related parties:

Except for the non-trade balances disclosed below, amounts due from/due to related parties as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022 relate to transactions arising from the ordinary and usual course of business of the Group and were trade in nature.

	As of
	December 31,		September 30,		September 30,
	2021		2022		2022
	RMB		RMB		US$
Amounts due from related parties, current:
Due from Baidu Group (i)		34,894		14,809		2,082
Due from Others (ii)		120,618		55,621		7,819
		155,512		70,430		9,901
Amounts due from related parties, non-current:
Due from Others (ii)		81,000		114,000		16,026
		81,000		114,000		16,026

	As of
	December 31,		September 30,		September 30,
	2021		2022		2022
	RMB		RMB		US$
Amounts due to related parties, current:
Loans due to Baidu Group (iii)		50,000		700,000		98,404
Due to Baidu Group (iv)		1,402,493		1,837,255		258,278
Deferred revenue in relation to services to be provided    to an equity investee (v)		211,802		115,759		16,273
Due to Others (vi)		969,794		666,664		93,718
		2,634,089		3,319,678		466,673
Amounts due to related parties, non-current:
Loans due to Baidu Group (iii)		650,000		—		—
Due to Baidu Group (iv)		2,989		2,029		285
Deferred revenue in relation to services to be provided    to an equity investee (v)		127,591		102,977		14,477
Due to Others		35		50		7
		780,615		105,056		14,769

(i) The balance mainly represents amounts due from Baidu Group for advertising, membership and other services.

(ii) The balance mainly represents amounts due from or advances made to equity investees for content distribution services and other services.

(iii) The total outstanding balance represents a non-trade interest-free loan of RMB50,000, which is due on demand and a non-trade interest-free loan of RMB650,000 provided by Baidu in January 2018 that will mature in January 2023.

(iv) The balance mainly represents amounts owed to Baidu for bandwidth and cloud services provided to the Group.

(v) The balance represents deferred revenue in relation to content distribution, licenses of intellectual property and traffic support services to be provided to investee A.

(vi) The balance mainly represents amounts owed to the Group’s equity investees for licensed copyrights and advances made for online advertising services.