RPT-Sanofi spends 100 mln euros on China vaccines plant

(Repeats item first moved on Sunday)

BEIJING, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Sanofi-Aventis (SASY.PA: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) will spend 100 million euros to build a vaccines plant in Shenzhen in southern China, Sanofi Chief Executive Gerard Le Fur told Reuters on Sunday.

An agreement to build the factory is one of several business deals expected to be signed on Monday in the presence of Chinese President Hu Jintao and visiting French President Nicolas Sarkozy. (Reporting by Tim Hepher)