A new Foxconn Technology Group factory in central China's Henan Province began production Monday, as the Taiwanese high-tech giant has begun moving its factory production to inland China.

Workers attend the ceremony as a new Foxconn Technology Group factory began production in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, Aug. 2, 2010. The US$100 million factory is owned by Futaihua Precision Electronics (Zhengzhou) Co. Ltd., a 100 percent-owned Foxconn subsidiary. It will mostly produce Apple's iPhone, according to an agreement between Foxconn and the government of Zhengzhou City. [Xinhua]

The US$100 million factory is owned by Futaihua Precision Electronics (Zhengzhou) Co. Ltd., a Foxconn subsidiary.

It will primarily produce Apple's iPhone, according to an agreement between Foxconn and the government of Zhengzhou, Henan's capital city.

This year, several Foxconn workers committed suicide, raising questions about the company's management of its workers.

A Xinhua reporter saw more than 500 employees working on a production line at a temporary workshop the company has rented from the city government, which was located at Zhengzhou New District in the eastern suburbs of Zhengzhou.

Construction of the company's permanent plant will begin on Aug. 20 at a site several kilometers away. The permanent plant is expected to begin production in one year and create an annual export volume of more than US$13 billion.

Local workers are glad as a new Foxconn Technology Group factory began production in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, Aug. 2, 2010.  [Xinhua]

It will form the capacity to make about 200,000 cell phones per day, with nearly 200,000 employees employed at the factory.

The name of the site for the permanent plant, "Pingzhen", can be seen on the standardized T-shirt worn by all Foxconn workers.

"In this name, 'Ping' means peace and 'Zhen' means calm. We will strive to make the 'town' peaceful and prosperous," said Lin Zhenghui, deputy general manager of the group.

The workers are being housed in several seven-story buildings just several hundred meters from the factory.