The machine press workshop, welding workshop, spray painting and coating workshop and parts assembly workshop for the Baoneng New Energy Automobile Industrial Park have completed construction.
The industrial park is located in Guizhou Shuanglong Airport Economic Zone, Guiyang, capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province.
The construction site of the new car plant at the Baoneng New Energy Automobile Industrial Park. [Photo/sl.gov.cn]
In addition to the completion of the framework of the four major workshops, 65 percent of the construction of the steel structure of the model workshop has been completed and the construction of the steel structure for the battery workshop is now 90 percent complete.
Also, the office area and living area has started construction. As of June, the project had cost 2.7 billion yuan ($386.3 million).
With a total projected investment of 9.52 billion yuan, the project is adjacent to Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport.
After completion, it will be the biggest automobile factory in Guizhou province, with an annual output worth 2.5 billion yuan in profits and taxes, creating more than 3,000 jobs.
Officials said it will see the first car come off the assembly line at the end of the current year.