Sindelfingen -- Letter of Intent between Daimler and BAIC to further deepen strategic partnership: signing by Xu Heyi, Chairman of BAIC, Han Yonggui, President of BAIC, Prof. Dr. Thomas Weber, Head of Group Research & Mercedes-Benz Cars Development, and Ulrich Walker, Chairman and CEO of Daimler Northeast Asia. Also present were Jia Qinglin, Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Ji Lin, Executive Vice Mayor of Beijing, Dr. Nils Schmid, Deputy State Premier and Minister of Finance and Economics of the state of Baden-Württemberg, and Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG and Head