SEC Comment Letter for iQIYI, (IQ) — Mar 29, 2018
iQIYI, Inc.
Date: March 29, 2018 · CIK: 0001722608 · Accession: 0000000000-18-009573
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SKADDEN , ARPS, SLATE , MEAGHER & F
LOM
DIRECT DIAL 世達國際律師事務所
AFFILIATE OFFIC
ES
+852 3740 4863
DIRECT FAX
+852 3910 4863
EMAIL ADDRESS
JULIE.GAO@SKADDEN.COM
PARTNERS
CHRISTOPHER W. B ETTS
WILL H. C AI^
GEOFFREY CHAN *
CHI T. S TEVE KWOK *
EDWARD H.P. L AM ◆*
HAIPING LI*
RORY MCALPINE ◆
CLIVE W. R OUGH ◆
JONATHAN B. S TONE *
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42/F, EDINBURGH TOWER, THE LANDMARK
BOSTON
CHICAGO
HOUSTON
LOS ANGELES
NEW YORK
PALO ALTO
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
WILMINGTON
BEIJING
BRUSSELS
FRANKFURT
LONDON
MOSCOW
MUNICH
PARIS
SÃO PAULO
SEOUL
SHANGHAI
SINGAPORE
TOKYO
TORONTO
15 QUEEN’S ROAD CENTRA L, HONG KONG
TEL: (852) 3740 -4700
FAX: (852) 3740 -4727
www.sk adden .co m
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* (A LSO ADMITTED IN NEW YORK )
March 16, 2018
REGISTERED FOREIGN LAWYERS
Z. JULIE GAO (CALIFORNIA )
BRADLEY A. K LEIN (ILLINOIS )
VIA EDGAR
Mail Stop 3561
Mr. Justin Dobbie
Mr. J. Nolan McWilliams
Mr. Abe Friedman
Ms. Theresa Brillant
Office of Transportation and Leisure
Division of Corporation Finance
U.S. Securities and Ex change Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: iQIY I, Inc. (CIK No. 0001722608)
Registration Statement on Form F -1
Dear Mr. Dobbie, Mr. McWilliams, Mr. Friedman, and Ms. Brillant:
On behalf of our client, iQIY I, Inc., a company organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the
“Company ”), we are filing herewith the Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s registration statement on Form F -1
(the “ Registration Statement”) and certain ex hibits via EDGAR to the Securities and Ex change Commission (the
“Commis s ion ”). To facilitate your review, we have separately delivered to you today four courtesy copies of the
Registration Statement, marked to show changes to the registration statement filed with the Commission on
February 27, 2018, and two copies of the ex hibits filed with the Registration Statement.
The Company added certain third -party market information in the Registration Statement. In this regard, the
Company has enclosed, as A nn ex A to this letter, relevant portions of the third -party market information sources
cited in the Registration Statement,
U.S. Securities and Ex change Commission
March 16, 2018
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marked to highlight the applicable portions or sections containing the updated st atements or statistics cited and
cross -referenced to the relevant locations in the Registration Statement. Because the third -party materials are in
Chinese, the Company has prepared English translations of the applicable portions of the third -party materia ls to
facilitate the Staff’s review.
The Company will commence the marketing activities in connection with the offering on March 19, 2018. The
Company plans to request that the Staff declare the effectiveness of the Registration Statement on or about
Marc h 28, 2018, and will file the joint acceleration requests in time before the requested acceleration time. The
Company would greatly appreciate the Staff’s continuing assistance and support in meeting its timetable.
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U.S. Securities and Ex change Commission
March 16, 2018
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If you have any questions regarding the Registration Statement, please contact the undersigned by phone at
+852- 3740-4863 or via e -mail at julie.gao@skadden.co m or Hoffman Cheong, the audit engagement partner at
Erns t & Y oung Hua Ming LLP, by telephone at +8610 -5815-2388 or via email at Hoffman.Cheong@cn.ey.com.
Erns t & Y oung Hua Ming LLP is the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company.
V ery truly yours,
/s/ Z. Julie Gao
Z. Julie Gao
Enclosures
cc: Robin Y anhong Li, Chairman of the Board of Directors, iQIY I, Inc
Dr. Y u G ong, Chief Ex ecutive Officer, iQIY I, Inc.
Xiaodong Wang, Chief Financial Officer, iQIYI, Inc.
Will H. Cai, Esq., Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Hoffman Cheong, Partner, Ernst & Y oung Hua Ming LLP
Li He, Esq., Partner, Davis Polk & W ardwell LLP
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