Guo Fa [2013] on the 24th 

Provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, wagons, directly under the agency: 

Development of photovoltaic industry is important for the adjustment of energy structure, promote energy production and consumption revolution, promote the construction of ecological civilization. In order to regulate and promote the healthy development of the PV industry, now make the following observations: 

A full understanding of the importance of promoting the healthy development of the PV industry 

In recent years, the rapid development of China's photovoltaic industry, the rapid expansion of photovoltaic cell manufacturing industry size, market share in the world, photovoltaic cell manufacturing reached world advanced level, polycrystalline silicon smelting technology matures, including the formation of silicon material and silicon wafers, photovoltaic cells complete systems and components manufacturing industry, inverters and control equipment. Domestic PV application market gradually expanded significantly reduce the cost of electricity, market competitiveness has improved significantly. 

Under the current in the global PV market demand slowdown, exports increased resistance, the PV industry development uncoordinated multiple factors such as the role of China's photovoltaic business in general operating difficulties. Meanwhile, China's PV industry exist serious excess capacity, market disorderly competition, product market over-reliance on external demand, domestic applications market insufficient development, technological innovation is not strong, the key technology and equipment and materials developed slowly, fiscal funding needs to be strengthened, the subsidy mechanism to be improved sector management is relatively weak, the application needs to be improved market conditions and other outstanding issues facing the grim situation of photovoltaic industry development. 

PV industry is an important development direction of the global energy technology and industry is a sunrise industry with huge potential for development, but also with international competitive advantage of strategic emerging industries. Problems and difficulties encountered in the current PV industry in China, both for the challenges of industrial development, but also an opportunity to promote industrial restructuring and upgrading, especially the sharp decline in the cost of photovoltaic power generation, in order to expand the domestic market, providing favorable conditions. To strengthen confidence, seize opportunities, innovation, and unswervingly promote the sustained and healthy development of the photovoltaic industry. 

Second, the general requirements 

(A) the guiding ideology. 

Thoroughly implement the party's 18 spirit of Deng Xiaoping Theory, the important thought of "Three Represents" as the guidance of the scientific concept of development, innovation and institutional mechanisms to improve the policy support, through market mechanisms to stimulate effective demand in the domestic market, efforts to consolidate the international market; sound standard system, standardize the order of industrial development, efforts to promote industrial restructuring and upgrade; improve the market mechanism, speed up technological progress, and strive to improve the quality and efficiency of photovoltaic industry development, to enhance economic development to contribute to the vitality and competitiveness. 

? (b) of the basic principles. 

Distance combination, tackling the problem. Expanding photovoltaic applications while controlling total capacity of photovoltaic manufacturing, accelerate the elimination of backward production capacity, efforts to promote industrial restructuring and technological progress. 

Integrated, comprehensive facilities strategy. And consider market demand at home and abroad, industrial supply and demand balance, coordination and other factors on the downstream, and adopt comprehensive measures to resolve the outstanding problems facing the industry. 

Market-oriented, focusing on support. Play to the basic role of the market mechanism in promoting photovoltaic industry restructuring, survival of the fittest, optimize the layout, and the development and utilization aspects. To distinguish between the different photovoltaic enterprises, focusing on a high technical level, the backbone of the market's competitive advantage and strong business development, eliminate inferior enterprises. 

Coordination efforts. Strengthen policy coordination and self-discipline, to support local innovation development, mobilization of local governments, enterprises and consumers' enthusiasm, and jointly promote the development of photovoltaic industry. 

(C) development goals. 

To expand the domestic market, improve the technical level, speed up industrial restructuring and upgrading as promote sustainable and healthy development of the PV industry and basic foothold fundamental way to build photovoltaic products to meet the domestic market, production, sales and service system, and create favorable sustained and healthy development of the industry regulations, policies, standards and market environment. 2013-2015, average annual new PV installed capacity of about 10 million kilowatts by 2015, the total installed capacity of 35 million kilowatts or more. Accelerate the pace of mergers and acquisitions, eliminate poor quality products, backward technology manufacturing enterprises, cultivating a group with strong R & D capabilities and market competitiveness of enterprises. Accelerate technological innovation and industrial upgrading, improve self-sufficiency of raw materials such as polysilicon and photovoltaic cell manufacturing technology, significantly reducing the cost of photovoltaic power generation, improve the competitiveness of the photovoltaic industry. To maintain a reasonable share of PV products in the international market, has made new progress in foreign trade and investment and financing cooperation. 

Third, actively explore the PV market 

(A) vigorously develop distributed photovoltaic power generation market. Encouraging all kinds of power users in accordance with the "self-occupied, the remainder Internet, grid regulation" approach to building distributed photovoltaic power generation system. Priority support higher electricity prices in the industrial and commercial enterprises, industrial park construction scale distributed PV systems. Support in schools, hospitals, government agencies, institutions, residents and other community buildings and structures to promote small-scale distributed PV systems. In the development process of urbanization full use of solar energy, combined with strengthening building energy photovoltaic power generation applications, and promote BIPV building in support of photovoltaic applications in the new rural construction. Relying on new energy demonstration city, green energy demonstration counties, renewable energy demonstration city (county), expanding distributed photovoltaic applications, the construction of 100 large-scale applications of distributed PV demonstration area, 1,000 photovoltaic demonstration town and model village. Developing new energy smart microgrid pilot operating characteristics suitable for distributed photovoltaic power generation and large-scale applications, demonstration projects, and explore the appropriate power management system and operational mechanism, the formation of distributed PV adapt to the development of the construction, operation and consumption of new systems. Support the use of remote areas and islands without electricity and photovoltaic power generation to solve the power shortage problem. Encourage urban street lighting, urban landscape and communications base stations, traffic lights and other areas to promote distributed solar power. 

? (b) orderly photovoltaic power station construction. Accordance with the "rational distribution, the nearest access, local consumptive, in an orderly way," the general idea, according to the local electricity market development and structural adjustment of its energy needs, in the context of implementation of the consumptive market conditions, orderly types of PV power plant construction. Encourage the use of existing power facilities by more than a complementary way the construction of photovoltaic power plants. Coordinating and supporting grid PV power plant planning and construction, power generation photovoltaic power plants to ensure timely and efficient use of the grid. 

(C) consolidate and expand the international market. Actively and properly handle international trade disputes, promote the establishment of a fair and reasonable international trade order. Strengthening dialogue and consultation, and promote global industrial cooperation, norms photovoltaic products export order. Encourage innovation and international trade photovoltaic enterprises, optimize manufacturing origin distribution, production overseas to carry out investment cooperation. Encourage enterprises to implement "bringing in" and "going out" strategy, gathering global innovation resources to promote the development of international PV companies. 

Fourth, accelerate industrial restructuring and technological progress 

(A) suppression of photovoltaic capacity blind expansion. Strict control of simple expansion of polysilicon, solar cells and modules production capacity of the new project. PV manufacturing enterprises should have advanced technology and strong R & D capabilities, the new photovoltaic manufacturing monocrystalline photovoltaic projects should meet not less than 20% conversion efficiency of polycrystalline silicon PV cell conversion efficiency of not less than 18%, thin film photovoltaic cells to convert efficiency is not less than 12%, polysilicon production integrated power consumption is not higher than 100 kwh / kg. Accelerate the elimination of high energy consumption, materials recycling imperfect, environmental non-compliance of polysilicon production capacity in the region a net importer of electricity strictly control the construction of polysilicon projects. 

(B) to accelerate corporate mergers and acquisitions. The use of "market Forced" mechanism to encourage corporate mergers and acquisitions. Strengthen policy guidance and to promote, establish and improve long-term mechanism to eliminate backward production capacity, speed up shutting down backward production capacity of PV. Focusing on high technical level, polysilicon and photovoltaic cell manufacturing enterprise development and strong market competitiveness, foster the formation of a low number of overall energy consumption, less material consumption, internationally competitive polysilicon manufacturers and technology research and development ability, with independent intellectual property rights and brand photovoltaic cell manufacturing companies. Boot polysilicon production capacity to the Midwest region gathered energy resources, encourage polysilicon manufacturing companies cooperate with the advanced chemical companies or restructuring, reducing overall power consumption, improve the comprehensive utilization of by-products. 

(C) accelerate the advancement of technology and equipment. Through the implementation of integrated application of new energy projects, to support high-efficiency crystalline silicon cells and new thin film batteries, electronic grade polysilicon, silicon tetrachloride closed-loop circulation device, the key high-end cutting machines, automatic screen printing machine, flat-coating process, high purity materials development and industrialization. Improve the photovoltaic inverter, technology and equipment tracking system, power prediction, centralized monitoring and smart grid, improve system integration technology of photovoltaic power generation capacity. Support companies to develop new technology and silicon photovoltaic material production of new products, new technologies, supporting backbone enterprises to build photovoltaic power engineering technology development and test platform. Universities and corporate culture to support the PV industry-related professionals. 

(Iv) actively engage in international cooperation. Encourage enterprises to strengthen international cooperation in research and development, to carry out cutting-edge photovoltaic industry, joint research and development of common technology. Encourage qualified domestic photovoltaic enterprises and bases established strategic partnerships with foreign research institutions, industry cluster. Support for the research institutes and enterprises to build an international mechanism to introduce and train personnel, foster innovation and strong focus on high-end professional and technical personnel and general management personnel. Actively participate in the international photovoltaic industry standards, intellectual property rights standards to increase overseas promotion, promote international mutual recognition of testing and certification. 

? Fifth, regulate industrial development order 

(A) strengthen the planning and industrial policy guidance. The photovoltaic industry development needs, implementing the photovoltaic industry development plan. Each region according to national PV industry development planning and development needs of the region, implementing the relevant planning and implementation of regional programs. Strengthen national planning and local planning, manufacturing industry and power generation applications, photovoltaic power generation and grid construction supporting convergence and coordination. Strengthening PV plans and annual implementation guidance. Improve photovoltaic power plants and photovoltaic power generation projects distributed management systems, and promote the orderly development of photovoltaic power generation. 

(B) to promote the standardization system and testing and certification system. Establish and improve standards of PV materials, cells and modules, systems and components, etc., to improve the power grid PV systems and related technical standards. Well-developed for different climate zones and building types of building photovoltaic applications standards, urban planning, architectural design and renovation of old buildings in the overall consideration of photovoltaic power generation applications. Strengthen testing and certification platform for building materials and silicon wafers, photovoltaic cells and modules, inverters and control equipment and other products, improve product testing and certification of photovoltaic systems, the timely release of standard photovoltaic products catalog. Carry out observation and evaluation of solar energy resources, solar energy information to build a database. 

(C) to strengthen market regulation and industry management. Formulate and improve and strictly implement the photovoltaic manufacturing industry norms conditions, regulate the PV market order, promoting backward production capacity out of the market and improve the level of industrial development. Implementation of photovoltaic modules, inverters, control equipment and other key product testing and certification system, not through the testing and certification of products allowed to enter the market. Strict implementation of the photovoltaic power plant equipment procurement, design and supervision of construction bidding system, against unfair competition and prohibit local protection. Improved photovoltaic construction, operation and technical posts qualification management. Strengthening PV grid access and operation supervision. Establish a monitoring system of photovoltaic industry development, industrial development and timely release of information. Strengthen the "People's Republic of China Renewable Energy Law" and supporting policy enforcement monitoring. The local governments may not impose a fee on behalf of resource use fees beyond the laws and regulations of solar power companies. 

Six, and network management and service improvement 

(A) strengthen the supporting grid construction. Power grid enterprises should strengthen power grid construction and photovoltaic power generation to adapt and transform to protect supporting synchronous grid and photovoltaic power generation projects put into operation. Actively develop the integration of advanced energy storage technologies, information technology, micro-grid and smart grid technology, improve the ability to accept PV power systems. Access to the public grid photovoltaic power generation projects, public power grids as well as some of its access network project investment and construction of access caused by the grid companies. Access to the user's side distributed photovoltaic power generation, power grids part of public access to investment and construction caused by the grid companies. 

(B) improve the photovoltaic power generation and network operation services. Each grid enterprises should provide for the photovoltaic power generation and network services to optimize system operation scheduling priority to the protection of photovoltaic power generation operation to ensure timely grid photovoltaic power generation projects, the acquisition of the full generating capacity. Simplify distributed PV grid access and management procedures, announcement distributed PV grid-service processes, and the establishment of simple and efficient network service system. Distributed PV systems projects spare capacity to waive fees and related services. Strengthen photovoltaic grid connection and grid operation supervision. 

? Seven, improve support policies 

(A) strong support for the user-side photovoltaic applications. Open the user side distributed power construction, support and encourage enterprises, institutions, communities and families to install, use photovoltaic power generation system. Energy service companies are encouraged to cooperate with specialized users, investment in the construction and management of user-powered photovoltaic power generation and related facilities. Implementation of records management for distributed photovoltaic power generation projects, the exemption application of distributed PV power generation business licenses. State funds that do not need subsidies distributed photovoltaic power generation projects, such as operating conditions have access to the grid, you can release large-scale construction. All of distributed photovoltaic power generation and society as a whole into consumption statistics and local governments and power companies as performance assessment indicators. Spontaneous generation is not included in the occupied ladder scope included local government and user energy savings. 

(B) improve the tariff and subsidy policies. Electricity subsidies in accordance with the implementation of the policy for distributed PV. According resource conditions and construction costs, the development of photovoltaic power plants subregional benchmark price, price discovery and subsidy standards through bidding competition. The photovoltaic power generation cost changes and other factors, a reasonable reduction in photovoltaic power plants and distributed PV tariff subsidy standards. Implementation period of 20 years on the principle of tariff and subsidy. The photovoltaic power generation development needs, adjust the renewable energy tariff imposed standards, expansion of renewable energy development fund size. PV scale and national renewable energy development fund size to match. 

(C) Improved management of subsidy funds. Strict renewable energy tariff collection, guaranteeing additional funds due taxes. Improve the subsidy funds to pay the modalities and procedures for photovoltaic power plants, the power companies bidding to determine in accordance with national regulations or photovoltaic power generation companies on a monthly tariff with full settlement; distributed photovoltaic power generation, established by the grid companies to pay a monthly subsidy transfer institutional funds. The central government on a quarterly basis to the power grid enterprises earmarked subsidy funds, to ensure full and timely subsidies in place. Encourage local governments to use fiscal funds to support photovoltaic applications. 

(Iv) increase the fiscal policy support. The central government funds to support mechanisms to improve the photovoltaic industry development, increase the solar resource measurement, evaluation and information systems, key technology and equipment R & D and industrialization of materials, standards and testing and certification system, application and demonstration of new technologies, rural and pastoral areas of photovoltaic power generation applications, and without electricity photovoltaic power generation projects support. Distributed free of charge self-occupied PV renewable energy tariff for electricity, etc. levied additional government funds. R & D expenses in line with the relevant conditions, in accordance with the tax law in the calculation of taxable income deduction. Corporate mergers and acquisitions meet the conditions, in accordance with the provisions of current tax policy, to enjoy preferential tax policies. 

(E) improving the financial support policies. Financial institutions should continue to implement the "maintain pressure" credit policies to support proprietary, advanced technology enterprise optimization and development potential, to have the market, orders are profitable, reputable PV manufacturing enterprises credit support. According to the characteristics of the photovoltaic industry and enterprise funds operating cycle, according to risk control, sustainable business principles of access to credit standards and adopt flexible credit policies to support normal production and quality management, support for technological innovation, mergers and acquisitions and foreign investments The project has a competitive advantage. Innovative financial products and services to support SMEs and family self-occupied distributed photovoltaic systems. Non-capital flows blind expansion of production capacity projects and backward production capacity projects, the national ban on the construction of industrial policy does not meet the photovoltaic manufacturing projects are not credit support. 

(F) supporting policies to improve land management and construction. Desert wasteland on the use of land and other unused construction of photovoltaic power generation projects in land use planning, scheduling time to be moderately sloping, does not involve diversion from time to occupy the land of the annual plan targets. Explore the use of state-owned unused land lease for the way to reduce the initial investment cost of the project. After photovoltaic power generation projects using unused land, land use approval procedures according to law, can be taken for land allocation. Photovoltaic power generation projects to improve management and simplify procedures. 

? Eight strengthen organizational leadership 

All relevant departments according to the requirements of this opinion, in accordance with the division of responsibilities promptly formulate the relevant supporting documents, improve PV prices, taxes, financial credit and construction sites and other supporting policies to ensure the implementation of the tasks measures. The provincial government should strengthen the management of the PV industry development in the region, combined with the actual development of specific embodiments, the implementation of policies to guide the region's PV industry orderly and coordinated development. Sound industry organization, give full play to the role of industry associations to strengthen self-discipline, promote advanced technology and management experience, to carry out monitoring and research to develop statistical standards and other aspects. Strengthen industrial services, establish a monitoring system of photovoltaic industry, the timely release of information industry, banks and enterprises to build a communication platform, and guide the healthy development of the industry. 

State council 

July 4, 2013