iQIYI, Inc.
4/F, iQIYI Youth Center, Yoolee Plaza
No. 21, North Road of Workers’ Stadium
Chaoyang District, Beijing 100027
People’s Republic of China
August 11, 2023
VIA EDGAR
Ms. Rucha Pandit
Ms. Cara Wirth
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Trade & Services
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
| Re: | iQIYI, Inc. (the “Company”) |
Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022
Filed on March 22, 2023
File No. 001-38431
Dear Ms. Pandit and Ms. Wirth,
The Company has received the letter dated July 28, 2023 from the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) regarding the Company’s annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 filed with the Commission on March 22, 2023 (the “2022 Form 20-F”). The Company respectfully submits to request an extension to the deadline for responding to the letter due to additional time needed to prepare a thorough response. The Company will provide its response to the letter as soon as possible, no later than August 25, 2023.
If you have any additional questions or comments regarding the 2022 Form 20-F, please contact the undersigned at +86 10-6267-7171 or the Company’s U.S. counsel, Haiping Li of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP at +86 21-6193-8210 or haiping.li@skadden.com.
| Very truly yours, |
| /s/ Jun Wang |
| Jun Wang |
| Chief Financial Officer |
| cc: | Haiping Li, Esq., Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP |
Yilin Xu, Esq., Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
King Li, Partner, Ernst & Young Hua Ming LLP