Chinese ZTE communications company is considering opening a training centre in Romania that offers technical and telecommunications courses, in the period immediately ahead, and also a production line for telecommunications equipment, ZTE Romania Operation and Strategy Manager Lorian Vintila said on Thursday.

'There are very big chances as on January 16 we started a conversation with Communications Minister Valerian Vreme. We are currently analysing the project and I believe we will start the project this November or December, at the latest,' said Vintila.

He said investment in the training centre is put at 2.7 million euros in a first stage that will grow to 55 million euros in 2012 and continue to expand further on.

The investment money will come from the Chinese Government, as ZTE is owned by the Chinese Government, Vintila added.

Some 200 students will be trained at the centre in Bucharest, then the project will be expanded to include other university centres of Romania.

About the intentions of the ZTE to open a production line in Romania, Vintila said this will be established in an undeveloped area of the country.

Romanian Economy Minister Ion Ariton on Thursday visited the production line of ZTE in Shenzhen, accompanied by ZTE Chairman Tai Fen Zhang.

Ariton said the results of the Romanian manager at ZTE encourages the Romanian Government to seek private management for the enterprises owned by the Romanian Government.

'When you see some wonderful things, words become useless. I congratulate our colleague and we should be proud that he is a Romanian; the company he is coordinating is a good thing deserving praise, and that encourages us in the project we want to implement in Romania, the project of private management for Government-owned enterprises,' said Ariton.

According to ZTE officials, the company is employing nearly 86,000 staff.