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TV makers form a TFT-LCD consortium

四大彩电巨头的又一次结盟尝试，政府和京东方的鼎力支持，“聚龙光电”

In a bid to secure a stable supply of the TFT-LCD panels, China's four leading TV markers-Changhong, Skyworth, Konka and TCL-tied up with Shenzhen Shenchao Investment Co in January, to establish a TFT-LCD consortium called Shenzhen Julong Optical-Electronic Co. Two months later, Beijing-based BOE Technology Group joined the consortium by paying eight million yuan for a 40 percent stake. This consortium, backed by the over 70 percent market share of the four TV makers, the strong government relationship of Shenchao and the R&D strength of BOE, represents Chinese TV markers' ambition to swallow the billions-dollars TFT-LCD TV markets. Julong intends to build China's first sixth-generation TFT-LCD production line and start shipments in 2008, mainly supplying the 32' and 37' panels, with a yearly designed capacity of 7 million units. One major headache for the consortium would be the investment capital, which stands at above US$2 billion.