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(Telecompaper) Lenovo Group and the Wuhan government in Hubei province have established the Lenovo (Wuhan) Industrial Base. The site will include integrated facilities for mobile internet product R&D, production and sales. The facility will enhance Lenovo's capacity in the field of mobile internet and optimise its global supply chain, helping the company to develop and deliver mobile internet products. The Lenovo (Wuhan) Industrial Base will mainly focus on the R&D, production and sales of smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices that will cover the Chinese and global markets. The facility also has the potential to create nearly 10,000 job opportunities in the coming years, in a variety of related businesses. Included in this number, Lenovo within the next few years expects to employee several thousand R&D and management staff located at Wuhan, focused solely on advancing R&D in mobile internet devices and application. The Lenovo (Wuhan) Industrial Base will also improve Lenovo's supply chain as well as its R&D and marketing systems, by building end-to-end product capacity. Total investment over the next five years is expected to be approximately CNY 5 billion, and the facility will begin operations in October 2013.