Foxconn, Apple’s assembly partner for building iPhones, has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Henan provincial government, to build a new business headquarters building in Zhengzhou, Central China’s Henan Province, according to the company’s website on Wednesday. “Setting up a new business headquarters in Zhengzhou is a very important part of Foxconn’s new business development in Chinese mainland,” said the company. According to Foxconn, the first phase of the project is backed by a total investment of about 1 billion yuan ($137.4 million). The strategic cooperation focuses on three emerging industries, namely, EVs, digital health and robotics, as well as three new areas of technology, namely, AI, semiconductors and new-generation mobile communications. The new building will provide industrial resources, technical force and other related support for Foxconn in the Chinese mainland. Moreover, the company will focus on the layout of an electric vehicle pilot production center, solid state battery and other projects in Zhengzhou.
