Nokia announced its selection of the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area (BDA) as the location for its Nokia China Campus. The campus will consist of their China headquarters, R&D centers, and mobile phone manufacturing base. Attendees of the ground breaking ceremony included Jorma Ollila, Chairman and CEO of Nokia, as well as officials from the Central government, the Beijing government, Beijing's Economic-Technological Development Area and other Nokia partners.
The Nokia China Campus will be the new headquarters for Nokia's activities in the Greater China Area. It will create a world class campus that, at its opening in the later part of 2007, will host over 1500 of Nokia's talented staff from R&D, sales and marketing operations, pre-production, logistics, sourcing and manufacturing operations. Eventually, more than 2000 Nokia employees will be based in this new hub. "We are proud to be the first multinational company to build their China headquarters in the BDA area.
" Mr. Ollila said during his speech, "For us it will integrate all parts of our operations in one location, providing unique opportunities for exchange of information and ideas, as well as for very effective operations across all of Nokia and with our partners. For Xingwang Park and BDA it means the kick-off of a new phase of development, going from being a primarily manufacturing based area to being a true world class end-to-end business park - a business park that over time will potentially rival the reputations of the world famous high-tech business parks of the world."
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