Indian automotive giant Tata Motors plans to recruit 1,000 local Chinese workers for its 1-billion pound Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) joint venture in China, which will include a new engine plant.
The carmaker has been training 50 of those workers at its Halewood plant in Merseyside, according to The Sunday Times.
The workers are due to return to China at the end of the month, where they will pass on their skills to others.
JLR wants to cash in on the huge demand for its vehicles in China by launching its own giant manufacturing operation in Changshu near Shanghai.
Its best-selling Evoque “baby Range Rover” will be the first car to roll off the production line.
Published 20 October 2013, 16:39 IST