Chinas Vice Minister of Commerce YI Xiaozhun visited on February, 2^nd, 2009 the BME in Frankfurt. YI discussed with BME-Executives in an internal discussion about the present economic situation and the most important buyer-strategies in the future. 

                  From left: Horst Wiedmann (Vice President BME/AMMPL; ZF, 
                  Vice President Corp. Purchasing & Logistics), Hans-Joachim 
                  Lumbe (Member of Board BME/AMMPL; Nokia Siemens Networks,
                  Senior Advisor), Dr. Holger Hildebrandt, CEO BME/AMMPL, 
                  Dr. Juergen Marquard (President BME/AMMPL; Bosch Rexroth,
                  Head of Strategic Sourcing), , Chinas Vice Minister of Commerce 
                  YI Xiaozhun, LI Jiang (Counsel, consulate general Frankfurt)

                       Right row, from top to bottom:
                       YU Jianwei (Ministry of Commerce China), Chinas Vice Minister of 
                 Commerce Yi Xiaozhun, WANG Yupeng (consulate general Frankfurt),
                 LI Jiang (consulate general Frankfurt)  Left side, from bottom to top: 
                 Sabine Ursel (BME, China-Appointee), Horst Wiedmann (Vice
                 Prsident BME/AMMPL; ZF, Vice President Corp. Purchasing & Logistics),
                 Dr. Juergen Marquard (President BME/AMMPL, Bosch Rexroth, Head
                 of Strategic Sourcing), Dr. Holger Hildebrandt, CEO BME/AMMPL, 
                 Hans-Joachim Lumbe (Member of Board BME/AMMPL; Nokia Siemens 
                 Networks, Senior Advisor)