Document:

EX-10.45

 Exhibit 10.45 

Share Pledge Agreement 
 This Share Pledge
Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made by and between the following parties in Beijing, China on August 30, 2017: 
 Party A
(“Pledgee”): Beijing iQIYI New Media Science and Technology Co., Ltd. 
 Party B (“Pledgor”): GONG Yu (

) (ID Card No.: ***) 
 Party C: iQIYI Pictures (Beijing) Co., Ltd. 

Whereas, 
  

	(1)	Party A, Party B and Party C and Party C’s subordinate companies and entities (“Subordinate Entities”) have respectively executed the agreements set forth in Schedule 1 hereto (collectively
referred to as “Principal Contracts”); 

  

	(2)	Party B holds 50% shares in Party C. Party B intends to pledge such shares it holds in Party C with Party A to secure the performance of all the obligations under the Principal Contracts by Party B, Party C and Party
C’s Subordinate Entities; Party A agrees to accept the above security interest. 

 Therefore, Party A, Party B and Party C reach the
agreement as follows upon friendly negotiation for all the parties to observe: 
 1. Pledge 

Party B agrees to unconditionally and irrevocably pledge the 50% shares in Party C it holds (the “Pledged Shares”) with Party
A, to secure the performance of all the obligations under the Principal Contracts by Party B, Party C and Party C’s Subordinate Entities. 
 2.
Scope of Security 
 The scope of security of the Pledged Shares hereunder covers all obligations or debts of Party B and/or Party C and Party C’s
Subordinate Entities arising out of the Principal Contracts, including but not limited to the management and consulting service fees, interests, damages, compensation, costs for realizing the creditors’ rights, and damages and all the other
payable incurred by Party A because of breaches by Party B and/or Party C and Party C’s Subordinate Entities, which arise out of the Principal Contracts and shall be paid to Party A by Party B and/or Party C and Party C’s Subordinate
Entities. The scope of security hereunder shall be limited to the above creditors’ rights secured. 

  
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 The parties confirm that, in the event that relevant industry and commerce authority requires clarification of
the amount of creditors’ rights covered by the scope of security during the process of share pledge registration, only for the purpose of such registration, the parties agree to register the amount of the creditors’ rights hereunder as
composed of the principal of RMB 10 million and the amount of all and any default liability and the amount of damages under relevant contracts. 
 The
parties further confirm that the clarification of the above clarification for purpose of share pledge registration shall not impair or limit Party A’s rights or interests enjoyed as guarantee in accordance with relevant Principal Contracts and
this Agreement. 
 3. Share Pledge Period and Pledge Rights 

The share pledge under this Agreement shall become effective upon registration with the industry and commerce administrative authority of Party C, and remain
effective until all the Principal Contracts are completely performed, expire or are terminated (whichever is later). During the term of the Pledge, in the event that Party B, Party C or any Subordinate Entity fails to perform any obligation under
any Principal Contract, Party A has the right to dispose of the Pledged Shares in accordance with this Agreement. 
 4. Share Pledge Registration

 Party B and Party C undertake to Party A that they shall record the share pledge on Party C’s register of members on the execution date of this
Agreement. Party B and Party C shall deliver the share capital contribution certificate of Party B in Party C and the register of members to Party A for custody on the execution date of this Agreement. Party B and Party C further undertake to Party
A that they shall complete the registration of the share pledge hereunder with the corresponding industry and commerce administrative authority and provide Party A with correspondence proof documents within thirty (30) days (or as soon as
practicable) from the execution date of this Agreement (or the date when the relevant industry and commerce administrative authority begins to formally process the application for the share pledge registration, whichever is later). 

5. Exercise and Enforcement of Pledge 
  

	 	5.1	If any of the following events (“Exercise Events”) occurs, Party A may elect to demand Party B or Party C to immediately and fully perform all the obligations hereunder, and the Pledge created hereunder
may be exercised immediately: 

  

	 	(1)	Any representations, warranties or statements made by Party B, Party C or any Subordinate Entity hereunder or under any Principal Contracts are inconsistent, incorrect, untrue, or no longer correct or true; or Party B,
Party C or any Subordinate Entity breaches or fails to comply with any obligation assumed or any undertaking or warranty made hereunder or under any Principal Contract; or 

 

	 	(2)	One or more obligations of Party B, Party C or any Subordinate Entity hereunder or under any Principal Contract are deemed illegal or invalid transaction; or 

  
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	 	(3)	Party B or Party C materially breaches its obligations hereunder. 

  

	 	5.2	If any of the above Exercise Events occurs, Party A or the third party designated by Party A may exercise the Pledge through purchasing at a discount, designating other parties to purchase at a discount, auction of or
sale of the Pledged Shares. Party A may exercise the Pledge hereunder without first exercising other security or rights, or taking other measures or procedures against Party B and/or Party C or any other person. 

6. Undertaking and Warranties of Party B and Party C 
  

	 	6.1	During the term of this Agreement, Party B and Party C hereby undertake and warrant to Party A jointly and severally that: 

  

	 	(1)	Party B is the legal owner of the Pledged Shares which are free of any ownership dispute that has occurred or is likely to occur. Party B is entitled to dispose of the Pledged Shares or any part of them, and such
disposal right is not under any third party restriction. Except by the provisions hereof, Party B has not created any other pledge or third party interest over the Pledged Shares. 

 

	 	(2)	Unless with Party A’s prior written consent, Party B and Party C shall not transfer the Pledged Shares, or create or allow the existence of any security interest over the Pledged Shares, except that otherwise
agreed by all the parties. 

  

	 	(3)	Party B and Party C shall comply with and follow the provisions of all the laws and regulations relating to pledge of rights, shall within five (5) days after receiving notice, direction or suggestion about the
Pledge from relevant supervisory authorities, present Party A such notice, direction or suggestion. They shall follow such notice, direction or suggestion, or make objections and statements regarding the above matters according to Party A’s
reasonable demand or with Party A’s consent. 

  

	 	(4)	Before having Party A’s prior written consent, Party B and Party C will not conduct, and will not cause or allow the Subordinate Entities to conduct, acts that may impair or harm or in other manners prejudice the
value of the Pledged Shares or Party A’s Pledge, including: 

  

	 	(i)	Providing loans to any third party or assuming any debt; 

  

	 	(ii)	Transferring, selling or otherwise disposing of any asset or right to any third party, or appropriating or transferring any asset or fund of Party C or the Subordinate Entities; 

 

	 	(iii)	Providing security over their assets in favor of any third party; 

  

	 	(iv)	Assigning any right or obligation under any agreement they have or will have entered into to any third party; 

  

	 	(v)	Leasing, renting or disposing of any business license they have or will have obtained. 

  
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 Party B and Party C shall notify Party A in writing of any event or act that may affect the
value of the Pledged Shares or Party A’s Pledge within five (5) working days after they know such events or acts. Party A shall not be responsible for the reduction of value of the Pledged Shares, and Party B and Party C shall not make any
claim or request against Party A for such reduction of value. 
  

	 	6.2	Subject to the provisions of relevant laws and regulations of PRC, the share pledge hereunder is continuous and shall remain effective during the term of this Agreement. Even in the event that Party B or Party C becomes
insolvent, is liquidated, loses capacity for conduct, or undergoes any change of organization or status, or any capital offset occurs among the parties, or any other event occurs, the share pledge hereunder shall not be affected. 

 

	 	6.3	Party B agrees that, for the performance of this Agreement Party, Party A is entitled to dispose of the Pledge in the manner prescribed herein, and the exercise of Party A’s right over the Pledge in accordance with
the provisions hereof shall not be interrupted or interfered with, through any legal procedure, by Party B or through Party B’s successors or principals or any other person. 

 

	 	6.4	Party B and Party C warrant to Party A that, to protect or perfect the security hereunder for the debts under the Principal Contracts, they will honestly execute and cause other parties interested in the Pledge to
execute all the rights certificates and deeds relating to the performance of this agreement, and/or cause other interested parties to conduct the acts demanded by Party A and relevant to the performance of this Agreement, and provide convenience for
the exercise of the rights and authorities granted by this Agreement to Party A. 

  

	 	6.5	Party B and Party C warrant to Party A that, to protect Party A’s interest, Party B shall comply with and perform all the warranties, undertakings, agreements, representations and conditions. In the event that
Party B and/or Party C fail to perform their respective warranties, undertakings, agreements, representations and conditions, Party B and/or Party C shall indemnify all the losses therefore suffered by Party A. 

 

	 	6.6	During the term of this Agreement, in the event that Party B subscribes for any new registered capital in Party C (including the increased registered capital converted from the reserved or undistributed profits) (the
“New Shares”), such New Shares shall automatically become the Pledged Shares hereunder, and Party B shall complete or cause to complete, within ten (10) working days after obtaining such New Shares, all the formalities
necessary for creating pledge over such New Shares. In the event that Party B fail to complete the relevant formalities according to the preceding provisions, Party A shall have the right to immediately exercise the relevant pledge pursuant to the
provisions of Article 5 herein. 

  
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 7. Assignment 
  

	 	7.1	Party B has no right to gift or assign any right or obligation hereunder without Party A’s prior written consent. 

  

	 	7.2	This Agreement shall be binding upon Party B and its successors, and shall be effective to Party A and its successors and assigns. 

  

	 	7.3	Party A may assign all or any rights and obligations under the provisions of the Principal Contracts to any person (natural person/legal person) designated by it at any time. In such case, the assignee shall enjoy and
assume such rights and obligations enjoyed and assumed by Party A hereunder, as if the assignee shall enjoy and assume as a party to this Agreement. When Party A assigns the rights and obligations under the provisions of the Principal Contracts,
upon Party A’s request, Party B shall execute relevant agreements and/or documents regarding such assignment. 

  

	 	7.4	When Party A is changed because of any assignment, the new parties to the Pledge shall execute a new pledge agreement, and conduct registration with the corresponding industry and commerce administrative authorities.

 8. Confidentiality 
 All provisions
hereof and this Agreement itself are confidential information. Each party shall not disclose the confidential information to any third party other than the senior staff members, directors, employees, agents and professional consultants relating to
this project; except the circumstances that the parties, pursuant to the provisions of law, are required to disclose the information relevant to this document to governments, the public or shareholders or submit this document to relevant authorities
for record. 
 This Article 6 shall survive the modification, termination or rescission of this Agreement. 

9. Breaching Liabilities 
 In the event that one party
fails to perform any obligation hereunder, or any representation or warranty of the Party hereunder is materially untrue or inaccurate, the party breaches this Agreement, and shall compensate for all losses of the other parties. 

10. Force Majeure 
 Where a force majeure event affects
the performance of the Agreement, the party which encounters the force majeure shall immediately notify the other parties by way of telegraph, fax or other electronic means, and provide a written proof of the force majeure within fifteen
(15) working days. Depending on the extent of the impact on the performance of this Agreement, all parties shall, by consultation, decide whether to terminate the Agreement or whether to partially exempt the performance obligations of this
Agreement or whether to delay the performance of the Agreement. 

  
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 11. Miscellaneous 
  

	 	11.1	This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of PRC. The parties shall resolve through amicable negotiation all disputes arising from the performance of this Agreement; in the event that the negotiation fails, the
disputes shall be submitted to China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission for arbitration pursuant to the arbitral rules then effective of such arbitration institution. The place of arbitration shall be Beijing, the language of
arbitration shall be Chinese, and the arbitration award shall be final and shall have binding force upon all the parties. Except for the part submitted to arbitration, the other parts of this Agreement shall remain effective. Subject to the
provisions of the laws of PRC, the arbitrator or arbitrators may issue injunction orders over the shares in or assets of Party C (such as conducting of business or mandatory transfer of assets) or order other temporary remedies, or order the
conduction of liquidation of Party C through arbitration. The parties agree that, subject to the laws of PRC, when waiting for the composition of the arbitral tribunal or in appropriate circumstances, courts with jurisdiction (including the courts
in Hong Kong, at the place of registration and establishment of the company affiliated to Party A and proposed to be listed, at the place of registration of Party C, and at the places where the main assets of the company proposed to be listed or
Party C are located) has the power to issue temporary measures to support the arbitral proceeding. 

  

	 	11.2	This Agreement shall become effective when the parties sign and seal on the date first written above, and terminate when the obligations under the Principal Contracts are fully performed or discharged for whatever
reason. 

  

	 	11.3	This Agreement is made in Chinese. The number of copies is determined according to the number of the parties. Each party shall hold one copy, and the remaining copy shall be used for registration with the industry and
commerce administrative authorities. 

  
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 (signature page for the Share Pledge Agreement) 

Party A: Beijing iQIYI New Media Science and Technology Co., Ltd. (seal) 

[Company seal is affixed] 
 /s/ Beijing iQIYI New Media
Science and Technology Co., Ltd. 
  

			
	 Party B: GONG Yu (

)

		
	Signature:	 	/s/ GONG Yu

 Party C: iQIYI Pictures (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (seal) 

[Company seal is affixed] 
 /s/ iQIYI Pictures (Beijing)
Co., Ltd. 

  
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 Schedule 1 

List of Principal Contracts 
  

	 	1.	The Exclusive Management Consulting and Business Cooperation Agreement entered into by Party A, Party B, Party C and Party C’s Subordinate Entities on August 30, 2017. 

 

	 	2.	The Exclusive Share Purchase Agreement entered into by Party A, Party B, and Party C on August 30, 2017. 

  

	 	3.	The Power of Attorney executed by Party B on August 30, 2017. 

  

	 	4.	The Loan Agreement entered into by Party A and Party B on August 30, 2017. 

  
 8EX-10.46

 Exhibit 10.46 

Power of Attorney 
 I, YA Ning (

) , a citizen of the People’s Republic of China, with ID Card No. ***, hold 50% shares in iQIYI Pictures (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) at present. Subject to the laws and regulations of PRC, I
hereby irrevocably authorize Beijing iQIYI New Media Science and Technology Co., Ltd. (the “WFOE”) to exercise the following rights regarding the above aforementioned shares during the term of this Power of Attorney: 

The WFOE or any person(s) designated by the WFOE (the “Agent(s)”) are exclusively authorized to exercise on behalf of me and in its own name
the rights including but not limited to the follows: 
  

	(1)	Proposing to convene a shareholders’ meeting according to the articles of association of the Company, and attend the meeting and execute relevant resolutions of the meeting; 

 

	(2)	Exercising at the shareholders’ meetings of the Company all the shareholder rights I have under the law and the articles of association of the Company, including but not limited to voting rights, nomination rights
and appointment rights; 

  

	(3)	Submitting to relevant government supervisory authorities any documents the Company’s shareholders are required to submit; 

  

	(4)	Exercising the right to dividend, the right to sell, transfer, pledge or dispose of the shares in the Company I hold in whole or in part, or the right to distribution of the residual assets after liquidation of the
Company under the law and the articles of association of the Company; 

  

	(5)	When the Company is liquidated or dissolved, forming the liquidation group and exercising the group’s powers during the liquidation according to the law, including but not limited to management of the
Company’s assets; and 

  

	(6)	Other rights enjoyed by me as a shareholder of the Company. 

 Without restricting the authorization herein, the
Agent(s) has the right to, within the scope of my authorization and on my behalf, execute and perform the Share Transfer Contract contemplated in the Exclusive Share Purchase Agreement to which I am a party, and execute and perform on time the Share
Pledge Agreement and the Exclusive Share Purchase Agreement and the supplemental agreements thereto to which I am a party. 
 During the term of this Power
of Attorney and subject to the laws of PRC, I undertake that, as soon as possible and within three (3) days after receiving any dividend, bonus or asset distributed by the Company, I will deliver such dividend, bonus or asset free of charge to
the WFOE or its designated third party. 

 During the period I am the Company’s shareholder, regardless of any change of the percentage of the shares
in the Company I hold, this Power of Attorney shall be irrevocable and continuously effective since the date of execution; when and only when the WFOE sends a written notice to me requesting replacement of the Agent(s), I shall immediately appoint
another person(s) designated by the WFOE to exercise the entrusted rights under this Power of Attorney, and the new authorization and entrustment once made shall immediately replace the original; except for this, I will not revoke the entrustment
and authorization made to the Agent(s). During the term of this Power of Attorney, I hereby waive all the rights entrusted to the Agent(s) through this Power of Attorney, and will no longer exercise such rights by myself. When I become a person with
no or limited capacity for civil conduct owing to death or illness, my successor, guardian or administrator may not succeed or manage the rights I have as a shareholder of the Company until he/she/it undertake to continue to comply with this Power
of Attorney. 
 I will acknowledge and assume the corresponding liabilities from any legal consequence arising out of the exercise of the entrusted rights
above by the Agent(s). I hereby confirm that, under any circumstance, the Agent(s) shall not be required to assume any liability or make any economic compensation regarding the exercise of the entrusted rights above. I agree to indemnify the WFOE
for all the losses it suffers or may suffer because of the designation of the Agent(s) to exercise the entrusted rights and hold the WFOE harmless, including but not limited to any loss arising out of any litigation, recovery, arbitration or claim
of damages brought by any third party against the WFOE, or any administrative investigation or penalty. 
 I will provide sufficient assistance for the
Agent(s) to exercise the entrusted rights above, and cause the Company to provide sufficient assistance, including prompt execution of the resolutions of shareholders’ meetings made by the Agent(s) or any other relevant legal documents and
granting the Agent(s) the access to various relevant information about the Company’s operation, business, clients, finance and employees, etc. and enabling the Agent(s) to consult the Company’s relevant documents, when necessary (for
example, to meet the requirements by governmental authorities for review and approval, registration and filing). 
 In the event that the grant or exercise
of the entrusted rights above become impossible for any reason (except for my breach of the provisions of this Power of Attorney) at any time during the term of this Power of Attorney, all the parties shall immediately seek for the alternative
solution closest to the unrealizable provision, and when necessary, execute supplemental agreements and amend or adjust the provisions of this Power of Attorney, to ensure the continuance of realization of the purpose of this Power of Attorney. 

This Power of Attorney becomes effective upon execution. Upon execution, this Power of Attorney shall replace any undertaking, memorandum of understanding,
agreement or any other document (if applicable) previously made regarding the subject matter of this Power of Attorney, and shall remain effective during the term of the Agreement on Exclusive Management Consulting and Business Cooperation entered
into by the WFOE, the Company, me and other relevant party. 

  
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 YA Ning (

)               
  

			
	 Signature:
	 	/s/ YA Ning
	
	 Date: August 30, 2017

  
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