ZHENGZHOU, CHINA -- Foxconn is set to build a 300,000-employee plant in this east central China province, according to several published reports.

The world's largest EMS company is in talks with local government officials, who already have allocated land for the new campus.

The initial phase will employ 100,000 workers, with some 200,000 more to be recruited in the future.

Unnamed municipal authorities said workers will be paid 2,500 to 3,000 yuan monthly, or roughly the same as at the company's factories in Shenzhen. The government will underwrite the training of the new employees.

Zhengzhou City is the capital of Henan Province, China's most populous province. As employees have become scarce in southeastern China, Foxconn has indicated it would merge its plants around Shenzhen and relocate certain programs and workers to other factories.

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