While the American automobile industry continues to struggle, the Chinese market is proving to be fruitful ground for manufacturers to expand their business. Nissan recently announced plans to increase production for China to more than 900,000 units per year by 2012.

A big part of the Nissan plan is a new mid sized sedan named the Kizashi.

From theTruthAboutCars.com:

Did we say that Japanese brands have to do something to stop the erosion of market share in China? Nissan took the advice and said today that they started construction of their second factory in China’s southern Guangdong Province. According to The Nikkei [sub], the factory will open in 2012 with an annual capacity of 240,000 vehicles.

The plant is part of Dongfeng Nissan, a joint venture between Nissan and Dongfeng Motor Co. Together with their first plant, Nissan will have capacity for 600,000 units in China. By end of 2012, Nissan plans to increase their total annual capacity to 900,000 units, up 70 percent from the 2009 level.

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