BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese automaker Toyota plans to build a new electric vehicle plant in the Chinese city of Tianjin with its local partner FAW Group, a document from the local authorities showed.
北京/东京(路透社)-当地政府的一份文件显示，日本汽车制造商丰田(Toyota)计划与当地合作伙伴一汽集团(FAW Group)在中国天津建立一家新的电动汽车工厂。
The joint venture between Toyota and FAW plans to invest around 8.5 billion yuan ($1.22 billion) in the planned car plant in Tianjin, according to a document issued by authorities of the China-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city.
根据中国-新加坡天津生态城当局发布的一份文件，丰田和一汽的合资企业计划在天津规划的汽车工厂投资约85亿元人民币(约合12.2亿美元)。
The plant will have manufacturing capacity of 200,000 new energy vehicles a year, the document showed.
文件显示，该工厂将具有每年20万辆新能源汽车的生产能力。
In China, new energy vehicles include battery-only, plug-in hybrid and fuel-cell vehicles.
在中国，新能源汽车包括纯电池汽车、插电式混合动力汽车和燃料电池汽车。
Toyota declined to comment on the project but said in a statement that the company regards China as one of its most important global markets and is constantly considering various measures to implement in China to meet the needs of growing the business in the country.
丰田拒绝就该项目置评，但在一份声明中表示，该公司将中国视为其最重要的全球市场之一，并不断考虑在中国实施各种措施，以满足在中国发展业务的需要。
Last year, despite China’s overall auto market dropping 8.2%, Toyota sold 1.62 million Toyota and premium Lexus cars in China, the world’s biggest auto market, a 9% sales jump compared with a year earlier.
去年，尽管中国汽车市场整体下滑8.2%，但丰田在全球最大的汽车市场中国售出162万辆丰田和雷克萨斯高档车，销量同比增长9%。
It is also expanding car manufacturing capacities in its Guangzhou-based venture with another partner GAC.
它还在与另一个合作伙伴广汽集团(GAC)在广州的合资企业扩大汽车制造能力。