愛奇藝在美提交上市申請

Baidu-backed iQiyi, the Chinese video streaming service recently valued by analysts at $15bn, has filed for an initial public offering in the US.

百度(Baidu)投資的愛奇藝(iQiyi)已申請在美國舉行首次公開發行(IPO)。愛奇藝是一家中國在線視頻網站，最近分析師對其的估值爲150億美元。

Owner Baidu confirmed last week it was filing documents with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to list the streaming unit in the US.

百度上週證實已向美國證交會(SEC)提交文件，申請讓這家在線視頻網站在美上市。

The SEC filing to list on the Nasdaq exchange under the ticker IQ, published on Tuesday evening, gave an initial offering size of $1.5bn - a value iQiyi said was a placeholder estimate. Jeffries analysts have valued the company at $15bn.

週二晚公佈的美國證交會申報文件顯示，愛奇藝將在納斯達克(Nasdaq)交易所上市，股票代碼爲IQ，首次發行規模爲15億美元（愛奇藝表示這只是一個虛數）。傑富瑞(Jefferies)分析師對該公司的估值爲150億美元。

Subscription fees from the video streaming service, which has been likened to Netflix, were the key driver behind Baidu’s strong revenue growth in 2017. The search engine giant has spent more than $2bn acquiring content to beef up iQiyi against streaming platforms run by Chinese rivals Alibaba and Tencent.

愛奇藝的訂閱費是百度2017年收入強勁增長背後的關鍵驅動力。這家搜索引擎巨頭已在內容購買上花費了20多億美元，以增強愛奇藝相對百度的國內競爭對手阿里巴巴(Alibaba)和騰訊Tencent)運營的在線視頻平臺的競爭力。

Baidu will remain controlling shareholder of iQiyi after the listing, holding all Class B voting shares as Class A shares are offered to the public.

愛奇藝上市後，百度仍將是其控股股東、持有所有B類有投票權的股份，A類股份則面向公衆發售。