Production at an assembly plant of Honda Motor Co. in south China has resumed after a two-day strike over pay ended, a company spokesman said Friday.

Dozens of workers at Honda Automobile (China) Co. in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong Province, walked out over demands for pay hikes Wednesday and Thursday, leading to a halt of the assembly line, said Zhu Linjie, a Beijing-based spokesman for Honda.

The company management has reached an agreement with workers on salary rises, Zhu said, declining to disclose the details.

Production started to resume after the walk-out ended at about 2 p.m. Thursday and returned to normal Friday, Zhu said.

Honda Automobile (China) Co. solely produces compact model Jazz cars for exports to European markets.

The joint venture, 65 percent owned by Honda Motor, has an annual capacity of 50,000 vehicles. Honda's partners in China hold the remaining stake.

Honda and its peer Toyota have been hit by a slew of strikes over pay mainly at their parts suppliers in the world's largest auto market. In earlier cases, the Japanese auto giants had succumbed to workers' demands by raising pay.

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