Recognized as Sports World Oscars, the Laureus World Sports Award which is supported by Mercedes-Benz, held its grand award ceremony in General Administration of Sports of China today. The Chinese Olympic Team has been honored with the prestigious title of Laureus World Team of the Year for scoring record-breaking achievements at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games by clinching the top spot in the gold medal tally and second place in the overall medal standing.

The Tennis Masters Cup Shanghai 2008, the year-end men's professional tennis tournament sponsored by Mercedes-Benz, will take center stage at the Shanghai Qizhong Forest Sports City Tennis Center in Minhang District from November 9-16. As the Principal Sponsor, Mercedes-Benz will provide 30 flagship S-class saloons and 30 R-class luxury sports-tourers as the official cars for players and VIPs from different countries during the event.

As one of the premier features of Mercedes-Benz's "Customer Care Program", the Mercedes Trophy Golf tournament is an elite, invitation-only event hosted by the Chinese branch of the luxury car company and its distributors for Mercedes-Benz vehicle owners, along with their friends and guests.

As a successful global luxury car brand, Mercedes-Benz not only provides quality products and services to customers, but also is committed to advocating active and healthy life attitude and life style. The noble and elegant character of tennis sports is consistent with the brand concept of Mercedes-Benz and the spirit in pursuit of perfection with dedicated efforts of tennis players also coincides with the life philosophy advocated by Mercedes-Benz. These common grounds led to the cooperation of Mercedes-Benz with the China Tennis Grand Prix Cup.

The Mercedes-Benz Junior Tennis Development Program comprises of a series of training sessions designed for Chinese junior tennis players under the age of 12. It aims to develop and prepare skilled and well-trained players to brighten the future of tennis in China.

Mercedes-Benz and China Open began their cooperative efforts in August 2004. From the very beginning of China Open to its current status as one of the world's most prestigious tennis events, Mercedes-Benz, its most important sponsor, has continued to strengthen its commitment to China Open, enabling a sustainable development of the competition with every successive year.