New LCD facility offers strong display of domestic progress

A new production line for advanced LCD screens from Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co Ltd will help China's display panel industry make headway against its foreign competitors, according to industry experts.

The sixth-generation production line will produce low-temperature polysilicon LCD screens using thin film transistors. Located in Wuhan, Hubei province, the high-tech firm will market the displays for smartphones and other mobile devices.

The company expects the line to achieve mass production in 2017, with 88 million display panels or modules manufactured annually. By next year, output will reach more than 10 billion and more than 5,000 people will be employed.