Introduction
Twenty years of star sea, fifteen years of open navigation. In 2025, Baidu Maps will celebrate its 20th anniversary of serving users, and its open platform has also gone through 15 years of standing shoulder to shoulder with developers. At the recent "2025 Baidu Map Developer Festival", Baidu Map Open Platform reviewed its 15 year evolution from providing basic map APIs to becoming an intelligent location service platform driven by AI and supporting the global digital economy. Today, standing on the trust foundation of 4 million developers, the open platform is working with ecological partners to define the "spatial language" of the intelligent era through comprehensive AI reconstruction and globalization 2.0 strategy, empowering thousands of industries to transform and upgrade. At the grand ceremony, the original intention of technology, ecological win-win, and future blueprint are intertwined, announcing the arrival of a new era of more intelligent, open, and global location services. AI driven new era Reshaping the paradigm of map development with "big models+intelligent agents" Under the wave of AI, Baidu Maps Open Platform is using technological innovation to elevate the connotation of Location Based Services (LBS) from "map display" to "spatiotemporal intelligence" - taking the lead in deeply integrating large model capabilities into the entire location service chain, launching the industry's first "AI development assistant", and achieving one-stop generation from natural language requirements to executable code. Developers only need to use colloquial instructions to describe functional requirements, and the system can automatically generate LUI (Language User Interface) prototypes and output high-quality code, greatly reducing development cycles and lowering technical barriers. Baidu Maps AI Open Platform AI development assistant: enabling creativity to land with zero barriers to entry Introducing a revolutionary "AI Development Assistant" that supports developers to quickly define features, generate LUI (Language User Interface) prototypes, and synchronously output high-quality code that can be run directly through natural language interaction. Greatly shorten the cycle from business conception to product launch, lower the development threshold, and allow developers to focus more on core business innovation. Building a complete ecosystem with a full stack AI capability matrix Interface layer (MAP AI API): As an intelligent standard gateway, it provides extremely stable and efficient calling of underlying AI capabilities. Interaction layer (MAP AI SDK): Creating an intelligent interaction workshop to help developers build the ultimate smooth and intuitive user experience. Business layer (MAP AI Agent): Play as an intelligent business expert, deeply integrate into industry logic, and provide out of the box scenario based solutions. Deeply cultivate industry intelligent agents and empower vertical scenarios For complex scenarios such as travel planning, commercial retail location selection, logistics operation scheduling, etc., we have launched a dedicated industry intelligent agent SDK, which encapsulates deep industry knowledge (Know how) into easily accessible AI capabilities. Full scene coverage, defining future interactions From mobile terminals to smart wearables, Baidu Maps' AI capabilities have achieved full scene coverage. Whether it's the independent navigation of a watch that can be reached by lifting the wrist or the navigation guidance in smart glasses, we are exploring the infinite possibilities of spatiotemporal intelligence with developers. Strength builds trust The hardcore support behind the preferred choice of 4 million developers Wang Jin, the head of Baidu Maps Intelligent Services, delivered a keynote speech Fifteen years of accumulation and co creation have made Baidu Maps open platform a reliable backing in the hearts of developers, and its leading position stems from the relentless pursuit of depth and breadth in product iteration. Data base, precise to the millimeter With a global coverage of 340 million POIs and 70 million kilometers of road data, the daily use of Beidou high-precision positioning has exceeded 500 billion times. Through "human vehicle collaboration" collection and AI production, achieve daily updates of static data. Deep co creation, leading industrial upgrading As a two wheeled travel navigation partner, we collaborate with companies such as No. 9 and Yadea to enhance the safety of billions of users' rides through lane level navigation and safety warnings. Link wearable devices for Huawei, Xiaomi vivo、 Xiaoxun, Xiaotiancai, and others have enabled over 50 million smartwatches to have precise location service capabilities, truly achieving instant walking and safety protection. Becoming the intelligent brain of logistics transportation, providing optimized scheduling services for logistics companies such as YTO Express, Deppon, and SF Express, and achieving efficient management of tens of millions of terminal trajectories through Eagle Eye trajectory. Serve as the foundation of the autonomous driving industry, providing over 13 million kilometers of drivable roads and detailed intersection topologies for enterprises such as Neolithic, allowing autonomous vehicles to have a clear vision in their hearts. Collaborate with ecological partners such as Kabit and Ruitu Zhilian to continuously innovate in fields such as intelligent cockpit and mobile connectivity. ....... Scale witnesses, ecological prosperity Accumulated registered developers have exceeded 4 million, serving over 600000 mobile applications. This is not only a number, but also a deposit of industry trust. Going Global 2.0 Strategy Provide a compliant and high-performance 'global time and space base' for the globalization of Chinese enterprises With Chinese enterprises entering the stage of "intensive cultivation" when going global, Baidu Maps Open Platform has officially launched its "Going Global 2.0" strategy, resolving cross-border service challenges and opening up global opportunities. Strong collaboration, data benchmarking against top global standards Open cooperation with global leading map service providers Here and TomTom, map data covers more than 200 countries and regions, ensuring accurate experience of global POI, road network, traffic information and other data. Infrastructure first, ensuring global service experience Server localization deployment has been completed in core regions such as Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and North America, enabling global requests to access nearby with low latency and high stability. Compliance protection, multilingual assistance for localization Supports localized data storage and compliant operations, effectively avoiding policy risks. 16 mainstream languages are already supported domestically, and the overseas multilingual feature will be launched in the first quarter of 2026, fully supporting partners to serve global users. Fifteen years of traveling together, heading towards a new future of intelligent space-time Liu Zenggang, Vice General Manager of Baidu Maps, delivered a speech At the "2025 Baidu Maps Developer Ceremony", Mr. Liu Zenggang, Vice General Manager of Baidu Maps, delivered a speech, stating that "Baidu Maps is committed to becoming the definer of artificial intelligence maps and the gateway and infrastructure of the AI era". From precise depiction of every meter of road to compliance implementation in every country and region, Baidu Maps has always walked alongside developers. The long-term trust of 4 million developers is not only a high recognition of technological strength, but also a firm response to the common belief of "using Chinese technology to drive the global digital economy". 
