Baidu condemns attack on its CEO

Internet search giant Baidu Inc has strongly condemned the man who poured water on the head of Robin Li, its chairman and chief executive officer, during the company's annual developers' conference in Beijing on Wednesday, saying that the man's "malicious" action was "shameful" and "disturbing".

The man, surnamed Cheng, was given five days of administrative detention on Thursday morning for disturbing public order by Beijing police.

The police conducted an investigation and made the decision after receiving a report from Baidu staff members at about 11 am on Wednesday, according to a statement posted on the Sina Weibo account of the public security sub-bureau in the capital's Chaoyang district.