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At the annual session of China’s legislature earlier in March, Premier Li Qiang, the country’s second-highest official after President Xi Jinping, announced that the country would accelerate the construction of solar panel farms, as well as wind and hydroelectric projects.
This allows the shipments to avoid trade barriers, like tariffs imposed on many Chinese imports by former US president Donald Trump. Several of China’s biggest solar panel manufacturers are building final assembly plants in the US to tap subsidies offered as part of the Inflation Reduction Act.
The country's solar power industry is also making accelerated progress in technological innovation, with advanced products being applied more broadly, according to Yang Xudong, an official of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). Cell technology is a key part of the photovoltaic industry upgrade.
According to the China Photovoltaic Industry Association, China saw 163.88 gigawatts of new photovoltaic installations in the first 11 months, marking a remarkable 149.4 percent year-on-year growth. Most months saw triple-digit percentage surges, with March topping 400 percent.
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