On February 7, according to media reports, people familiar with the matter said that after the collapse of merger negotiations with Honda Motor, Nissan Motor is open to cooperation with new partners, and one of the potential partners is Foxconn. It is reported that at the end of 2024, there were media reports that Hon Hai Group, the parent company of Foxconn Technology Group, was trying to contact Nissan Motor and acquire its controlling stake. Hon Hai Group not only hoped to acquire Nissan's factories and equipment, but also planned to acquire Nissan's entire business. This also led to Honda Motor to accelerate the progress of discussing the establishment of an alliance with Nissan.

Foxconn Chairman Liu Yangwei 18, visiting a factory in India, emphasized that Foxconn's hiring is gender-neutral and that female employees make up a large portion of the workforce, saying at the factory:- “Married women have made a huge contribution to the efforts we've made here.” Foxconn is reportedly in the midst of an Indian government investigation into its hiring practices. This follows reports that Foxconn has rejected married women for iPhone assembly jobs on the grounds that they have more family responsibilities than unmarried women. Liu Yangwei pointed out that Foxconn has so far invested more than $10 billion (currently about 71.7 billion yuan) in India and plans to increase its investment next year. Foxconn provides accommodation and food for its employees in India, as well as a monthly salary of about $200, the source said.

Just over a month after the official release of the iPhone 16 series products, Foxconn's employment demand has reached its peak, with a large number of laborers flocking to Foxconn in Zhengzhou. At the end of July, the recruitment agency of Foxconn in Zhengzhou reported that the demand for production line labor was rapidly increasing, and the highest hourly wage for workers was raised to 25 yuan. In the past two weeks, at least 50000 new employees have entered Guangzhou, and they are still recruiting on a large scale. It is reported that the current production line is already in full production of the new iPhone 16. The Henan Provincial Government proposed in late July this year to strive for an annual automobile production of over 1.5 million vehicles, including over 800000 new energy vehicles

It is reported that in recent years Apple's implementation of the “de-risking” and decentralized supply chain strategy will be shifted to India orders, but the actual operation is obviously not smooth, last year, the Indian factory assembly of the iPhone 15 did not go well by the return of goods were forced to sharply reduce the price of Apple's chief executive officer, Cook himself also went to mainland China to reorganize the supply chain. India factory iPhone foundry yield (only about 50%) and health management (E. coli exceeded the standard) there are still problems, these two aspects of the problem led to the product in the export of the two markets in Europe and mainland China have caused problems, affecting the market sales, Apple has also decided to reduce the price of promotional response. After this lesson this year, Apple has transferred part of its production capacity back to mainland China foundries, BYD, Lixun Precision and other major manufacturers have joined the iPhone 16 supply chain, becoming Apple's newest foundry partner. Foxconn will invest in the construction of a new business headquarters building in Zhengzhou to host the new business headquarters function, the first phase of the project site is located in Zhengdong New District, with a construction area of about 700 mu. The total investment is about 1 billion RMB. At the same time around the implementation of the 3 + 3 strategy, Foxconn will be in Zhengzhou Airport Economic Comprehensive Experimental Zone, focusing on the layout of electric vehicle pilot production centers, solid-state batteries and other projects Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

The tax department recently conducted tax audits of Foxconn Group's key enterprises in Guangdong, Jiangsu and other places in accordance with the law, and the natural resources department conducted on-site investigations into the land use of Foxconn's key enterprises in Henan, Hubei and other places.。According to experts in an interview, the relevant departments of any suspected illegal behavior of enterprises to carry out tax inspection, land use investigation, belongs to the normal administration according to law, reasonable and legal.。Foxconn's companies have the obligation to actively cooperate with audits and investigations, and if there are violations of the law, they should admit their mistakes and punish them and step up rectification.。

According to media reports, the iPhone 15 series will start mass production as soon as June this year, and the initial stock volume will maintain last year's high level, with 85 million units starting and up to 100 million units.。Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference WWDC23 this year will be held online from June 6-10, and the market is expected to release MR headsets.。

On May 15, the Minister of Information Industry of the southern Indian state of Telangana announced that construction of Apple supplier Foxconn's first manufacturing plant in the state had begun.。The first phase of investment will exceed $500 million and create 25,000 jobs in the state.。