Unilever hoping to clean up in China

GAO YUWEN / FOR CHINA DAILY Unilever Plc in China. The company has business worth $2 billion in China and intends to increase that figure fivefold by 2020.

TIANJIN - Unilever Plc will build one of its largest production bases in the Chinese municipality of Tianjin, the company announced on Friday.

The move is part of a strategy to increase the presence of the global consumer products giant in the world's second-largest economy.

The facility will be located in the Binhai New Area of Tianjin, and will have an area of 53.33 hectares and annual production capacity of 100,000 tons, the company said.