New Volkswagen plant opens in Hunan, Secretary and Govenor attends

　　(The opening ceremony of automobile production of Shanghai Volkswagen automotive company is held in Changsha City, May 24, Hunan Province. )

　　(Xu Shousheng,Secretary of Provincial Committee of Hunan CPC and director of the Standing Committee of Hunan NPC,  announces that Shanghai Volkswagen automotive Company is built in Changsha, with a Lavida sedan rolling off the production line.)

　　(Officials and workers of Shanghai Volkswagen )

　　(Du Jiahao, Deputy Secretary of the Hunan Provincial Committee of CPC and Governor of Hunan, gives a speech on the ceremongy.)

　　(Chen Zhixin, president of SAIC , gives a speech .)

　　( Professor Haiziman, president of Volkswagen Group [China] and the member of Board of Volkswagen Group,gives a speech.)

　　(Chen Xianzhang, General Manager of Shanghai Volkswagen, gives the opening speech in the ceremony.)

　　German automaker Volkswagen's new plant in Hunan began operation on Sunday with a Lavida sedan rolling off the production line.

　　The plant, based in the provincial capital of Changsha, has an annual capacity of 300,000 units and covers an area of 1.67 million square meters.

　　The plant, built by the automaker's Chinese partner Shanghai Volkswagen, is a state of art facility featuring a press shop, body shop, paint shop and final assembly floor.

　　Shanghai VW also has plants in Shanghai, Nanjing, Yizheng, Urumqi and Ningbo.

　　Volkswagen Group China, which includes Shanghai Volkswagen and FAW-Volkswagen, delivered 3.68 million automobiles to the market across the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong in 2014, up 12.4 percent year on year.