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FIGURE 2.4 Polysilicon production in China. Author’s compilation, with data from MIIT. Brief report on photovoltaic
industry in 2016. Available at: http://www.miit.gov.cn/n1146285/n1146352/n3054355/n3057643/n3057654/c5505791/
content.html; 2017 [accessed March 2, 2017]; IEA. National survey report of PV power applications in China 2015.
IEA PVPS. Available at: http://www.iea-pvps.org/index.php?id=93 [accessed June 9, 2016]; PHEI. Yearbook of China
information industry 2015(in Chinese). Beijing: PHEI; December 2015 [4–6].

FIGURE 2.5 Production and export of poly-Si PV cells. Author’s compilation, with data from IEA. National survey report
of PV power applications in China 2015. IEA PVPS. Available at: http://www.iea-pvps.org/index.php?id=93 [accessed
June 9, 2016]; CPIA and CCID. The 2016 edition of the roadmap of China’s PV industry development (in Chinese). China
Photovoltaic Industry Association and CCID Group; 2017 [5,8].

The capacity in China of high-efficient crystalline silicon cells, such as b-Si textured solar
cell, PErC, and N-type double-sided cells, was estimated to be over 10 GW.
Crystalline silicon has long dominated the production of PV modules and cells in
China, and thin film manufacturing activities remained relatively small in China. A small
production of silicon-based thin film cells amounting to 420 MW was reported in 2015 [9].
Despite some production lines of a-Si cells having been established, no output in scale was
reported. Other types of PV cells, in terms of material, such as polymer cell and nanocrys-
tal cell remained at the research and development stage.