<s>
Baidu	B-Application
Wangpan	I-Application
or	O
Baidu	B-Application
Netdisk	O
(	O
;	O
translation	O
:	O
Baidu	B-Application
Web	O
Drive	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
cloud	B-Application
service	O
provided	O
by	O
Baidu	B-Application
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
headquartered	O
in	O
Haidian	O
District	O
in	O
Beijing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
offers	O
a	O
cloud	B-Application
storage	I-Application
service	I-Application
,	O
client	B-Protocol
software	I-Protocol
,	O
file	O
management	O
,	O
resources	O
sharing	O
,	O
and	O
Third	O
Party	O
Integration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
launched	O
as	O
Baidu	B-Application
WangPan	I-Application
on	O
23	O
March	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
March	O
2012	O
Baidu	B-Application
Developer	O
Conference	O
released	O
a	O
Cloud	B-Application
development	O
strategy	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
a	O
Developer	O
Center	O
Website	O
(	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
cloud	B-Application
storage	O
platform	O
called	O
Baidu	B-Application
WangPan	I-Application
,	O
meaning	O
"	O
web	O
disk	O
"	O
,	O
for	O
individual	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Baidu	B-Application
WangPan	I-Application
had	O
PC	O
and	O
Android	B-Application
client	I-Application
terminals	O
,	O
provided	O
users	O
a	O
free	O
15	O
GB	O
of	O
space	O
and	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
upload	O
files	O
and	O
access	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
operated	O
in	O
competition	O
with	O
established	O
Cloud	B-Application
operations	O
such	O
as	O
Dropbox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
19	O
August	O
2012	O
,	O
Baidu	B-Application
started	O
to	O
build	O
its	O
Cloud	B-Application
Computing	O
Center	O
in	O
Shanxi	O
's	O
Yangquan	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
the	O
hometown	O
of	O
Baidu	B-Application
's	O
Founder	O
Robin	O
Li	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Baidu	B-Application
was	O
reported	O
to	O
invest	O
CNY4.708billion	O
in	O
this	O
center	O
,	O
with	O
CNY2.92billion	O
for	O
equipment	O
and	O
CNY1.788billion	O
for	O
infrastructure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
2012	O
Baidu	B-Application
World	O
Conference	O
,	O
Baidu	B-Application
announced	O
upgrades	O
to	O
Baidu	B-Application
WangPan	I-Application
,	O
and	O
a	O
re-branding	O
to	O
"	O
Baidu	B-Application
Cloud	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
issued	O
"	O
seven	O
weapons	O
"	O
for	O
developers	O
,	O
including	O
:	O
PCS	O
,	O
Screen	O
X	O
technical	O
building	O
services	O
Site	O
App	O
,	O
applications	O
,	O
cloud	B-Application
MTC	O
LBS	O
moving	O
clouds	O
,	O
cloud	B-Application
Test	O
Engine	O
,	O
Baidu	B-Application
engine	O
BAE	O
,	O
and	O
kernel	O
browsing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
19	O
November	O
2012	O
,	O
Baidu	B-Application
offered	O
free	O
cloud	B-Application
storage	O
for	O
Qualcomm	O
chip-based	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provided	O
Snapdragon-powered	O
Android	B-Application
phones	I-Application
with	O
30GB	O
cloud	B-Application
storage	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
been	O
tailored	O
to	O
suit	O
the	O
Snapdragon	B-Architecture
S4	O
MSM	O
8×25	O
processor	O
and	O
the	O
Snapdragon	B-Architecture
S4	O
MSM8x25Q	O
processor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
22	O
August	O
2013	O
,	O
Baidu	B-Application
Cloud	I-Application
announced	O
its	O
offer	O
of	O
2	O
terabytes	O
of	O
free	O
permanent	O
storage	O
for	O
users	O
,	O
as	O
its	O
strategy	O
in	O
the	O
Cloud	B-Application
Storage	O
'	O
war	O
 '	O
in	O
China	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
11	O
October	O
2016	O
,	O
Baidu	B-Application
Yun	O
were	O
renamed	O
to	O
Baidu	B-Application
Wangpan	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Meanwhile	O
,	O
its	O
cloud	B-Application
computing	O
services	O
were	O
renamed	O
to	O
Baidu	B-Application
Yun	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
Office	O
of	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
Trade	O
Representative	O
named	O
Baidu	B-Application
Wangpan	I-Application
on	O
its	O
list	B-Application
of	I-Application
Notorious	I-Application
Markets	I-Application
for	O
Counterfeiting	O
and	O
Piracy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Baidu	B-Application
Wangpan	I-Application
supports	O
preview	O
of	O
files	O
of	O
photos	O
,	O
musics	O
,	O
videos	O
and	O
documents	O
on	O
each	O
of	O
its	O
client	O
terminal	O
without	O
downloading	O
them	O
as	O
local	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
videos	O
can	O
be	O
viewed	O
directly	O
on	O
the	O
web	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
,	O
Android	B-Application
system	I-Application
,	O
and	O
iOS	B-Application
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Baidu	B-Application
Wangpan	I-Application
provides	O
a	O
platform	O
to	O
share	O
resources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Baidu	B-Application
's	O
cloud	B-Application
operation	O
can	O
be	O
divided	O
into	O
two	O
main	O
categories	O
:	O
1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developers	O
(	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
the	O
Open	O
Cloud	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
26	O
December	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
Japanese	O
government	O
's	O
National	O
Information	O
Security	O
Center	O
(	O
NISC	O
)	O
and	O
Ministry	O
of	O
Education	O
,	O
Culture	O
,	O
Science	O
and	O
Technology	O
advised	O
140	O
institutions	O
to	O
either	O
disable	O
the	O
cloud-input	O
function	O
of	O
Baidu	B-Application
Input	O
Method	O
Editors	O
(	O
IMEs	O
)	O
or	O
stop	O
using	O
Baidu	B-Application
IMEs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Bloomberg	O
News	O
,	O
Tsuneo	O
Tosaka	O
,	O
IDC	O
Japan	O
's	O
Software	O
&	O
Security	O
Research	O
Manager	O
claimed	O
:	O
"	O
Baidu	B-Application
provides	O
the	O
service	O
using	O
a	O
cloud	B-Application
server	O
,	O
which	O
means	O
content	O
flows	O
through	O
servers	O
in	O
China	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Government-related	O
documents	O
from	O
Japan	O
central	O
ministries	O
and	O
findings	O
from	O
university	O
research	O
institutions	O
are	O
important	O
,	O
so	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
possibility	O
that	O
sensitive	O
information	O
leaks	O
abroad.	O
"	O
</s>
