Chinese search engine Sogou, a subsidiary of Sohu.com, unveiled its initial public offering (IPO) in the U.S., a strategic move that many see as an attempt to take on Chinese search engine giant Baidu.

搜狐网旗下子公司、中国搜索引擎搜狗，于日前在美国公布了其首次公开募股计划，许多人都认为这是取代中国搜索巨头百度的一项战略举措。

It plans to submit a confidential¹ draft registration² statement to the US Securities and Exchange Commission for the launch, according to a statement by Sohu.

据搜狐的一份声明表示，该公司计划向美国证券交易委员会提交一份秘密注册草案声明。

"The IPO may commence as early as market conditions permit, and is subject to Sogou's filing with the (Securities and Exchange Commission)…in compliance³ with the U.S. Securities Act of 1933," read Sohu's statement, without revealing the number of shares or the size of the IPO.

搜狐在该声明中表示：“首次公开募股可能将在市场允许的情况下尽早开始，这取决于搜狗和美国证券交易委员会自己的文书工作，并且遵照美国《1933年证券法》。”但是该公司并未透露股票的数量和首次公开募股的规模。

In an earlier interview with Bloomberg in January, Sogou's CEO Wang Xiaochuan said that the company was eyeing a $5 billion IPO.

在今年一月份接受彭博社采访时，搜狐的CEO王小川称，该公司着眼于一项规模达50亿美元的首次公开募股。

The IPO is widely seen as a move to narrow the gap with Baidu in the search engine market, especially as Tencent also invested $448 million in Sogou, which is currently co-owned by Tencent (45.27 percent) and Sohu (39.21 percent).

这一首次公开募股，被普遍认为是要在搜索引擎市场缩小和百度的差距，尤其是在腾讯也向搜狗注资4.48亿美元的情况下。目前搜狗由腾讯和搜狐共同所有，股份分别占据45.27%和39.21%。