China's largest search engine Baidu has signed an agreement with Microsoft- owned search engine Bing (formerly Live Search) to provide search capabilities in English, reports Reuters .

In this way, the English-language part of Baidu will automatically enable Bing, whose search results will be displayed on the Baidu page, the Chinese company said on Monday.

Baidu spokesman Kaiser Kuo said the agreement builds on an existing collaboration between Baidu and Bing. According to Kuo, Microsoft's search engine will not be censored or limited in English search. The collaboration is due to begin this year.

According to the results of the first quarter of 2011, Baidu owned 76% of the Chinese search engine market. The company came to dominate the industry after Google's share was reduced due to a censorship scandal with Beijing .

The agreement is in line with Microsoft's plans to expand its presence in the Chinese Internet market. The collaboration will help Bing gain access to more than 450 million users in China and will continue to negatively impact Google's position in the country.

Despite the fact that the Chinese authorities control the country's Internet space, foreign companies are trying to enter the Chinese market .

The Chinese search engine Baidu, thanks to cooperation with Microsoft, will have an English-language search - Gazeta.Ru