That is a lot sooner than predicted by China's information technology minister, who last week said it would only be reality in eight to 10 years, citing constraints related to security.
"I'm more optimistic than him, I think it will come sooner," Baidu CEO Robin Li said in Beijing on the sidelines of a consultative political assembly of which he is a member.
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