BEIJING -(Dow Jones)- Larry Page's elevation to Chief Executive at Google Inc. (GOOG) won't have an impact on how the company does business in China, John Liu, Google's vice president for sales and operations in greater China, said Tuesday. "I don't see there's any change," Liu said at a forum when asked how the move could affect Google in China. Liu also said he is "very optimistic" about future business growth in China. "Google has not just search as a revenue generation source," he said, citing other sources, including the mobile area, display advertising and Google's "export" business--or Chinese companies buying ads on Google's websites outside China. Google last year moved its mainland China search service to Hong Kong over concerns about censorship and alleged hacking. Its market share has fallen steadily since then, loosing ground to local rival Baidu Inc. (BIDU). Google's share of the China's online search revenue fell to 19.2% in the three months ended March 31, down from 19.6% in the previous quarter and a peak of 35.6% in the last quarter of 2009, according to Beijing research firm Analysys International. Baidu had a 75.8% share of the market in the three months ended March 31. -By Owen Fletcher, Dow Jones Newswires; (8610) 8400-7702; owen.fletcher@dowjones.com
