Changhong opens LCD TV<br>plant in Czech Republic

Head of Changhong's foreign division , Yorkson Wang said that this plant will work as a bridge between China and the Czech Republic. The plant should employ 100 staff by the end of the year and raise its workforce to 300 by end-2007. It is expected to produce a million TV sets a year. Five assembly lines will produce LCD, plasma and CRT sets on an area of 9,000 square metres. Changhong also plans to build other production halls to produce other types of consumer electronics in Nymburk.