BYD's manufacturing base in Xi'an is hiring over 8,000 employees with monthly salaries from CNY5,500 to CNY8,000 (USD820 to USD1,195), according to several local official recruitment channels. The Chinese NEV giant is targeting a large number of skilled workers, offering monthly pay of up to CNY10,000 (USD1,500) plus a CNY6,000 sign-on bonus, signaling that its largest production base is rapidly expanding output, Feng Lei, director of the Huoshi Creation Industry Research Institute, told Yicai.