CHONGQING, July 20 (Xinhua) -- A new Beijing Hyundai plant was completed in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality Thursday, raising the company's annual capacity by 22 percent to 1.65 million units.
The plant, the fifth factory of the company, will start operation in August, with an annual production of 300,000 automobiles and 200,000 engines.
Construction of the plant started in June 2015 with a total investment of 7.75 billion yuan (1.15 billion U.S. dollars).
Beijing Hyundai is a joint venture between Beijing Automotive Industry Holding and the Republic of Korea car maker Hyundai Motor.
Chongqing's auto output continued to take the lead in China, with automakers churning out 3.16 million cars last year, 11 percent of the country's total.
The output values of the automobile and electronics manufacturing industries climbed 11.7 percent and 17.7 percent respectively in 2016, and the two industries contributed 55 percent to the city's gross industrial growth last year.
