Nissan’s joint venture in China with Dongfeng Motor Group Co., Ltd., Dongfeng Nissan Passenger Vehicle Company, today began production at its latest plant located in Dalian City. The Dalian plant in northeast China is Nissan’s fifth plant in the country. Nissan’s other production bases are in Huadu in Guangzhou, Xiangyang and Zhengzhou.

A new force in China’s burgeoning luxury car market has arrived with the creation of Dongfeng Infiniti, a joint venture between China’s largest car maker and Nissan’s premium brand.

As well as importing cars into the country, the new company will build new Infiniti models in China with the aim of raising annual sales there to 100,000 units by 2018.