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Title in national language: 
太阳能发展“十三五”规划
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
No
Draft Year: 
2016
Effective Start Year: 
2016
Effective End Year: 
2020
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Plan/Strategy
Economic Sector: 
Energy, Power, Industry
Energy Types: 
Power, Renewable, Solar
Issued by: 
National Energy Administration
Overall Summary: 
According to China's 13th Five-Year Plan and 13th Five-Year Plan for Energy Development, focusing on solar power industrial upgrading, cost reducing, application expanding, the plan specifies the aims for solar power development, explains the guidelines and main targets during 2016-2020. By the end of 2020, solar power installed capacity will reach at least 110 million kilowatts, of which, photovoltaic power generation installed capacity should be more than 105 million kilowatts. By 2020, the annual utilization of solar energy will equivalent to more than 140 million TCE. During the "13th Five-Year" period, the cost of solar energy should be reduced, the cost of photovoltaic power generation continued to decline. By 2020, the level of photovoltaic power generation prices should decrease by more than 50% compared to 2015; solar power costs will be less than 0.8 yuan / kWh.
Access
Energy access action plan: 
[...]in accordance with local conditions, actively promote the photovoltaic poverty alleviation project in different forms and different period.[...]ensure an income increase of 3000 yuan per household per year for 2.8 million poor people without working capacity(including disabled persons) with this project;[...]
Renewable Energy
RE targets: 
By the end of 2020, solar power installed capacity should be 110 million kW, of which, photovoltaic power installed capacity will be more than 105 million kW, [...]solar thermal power installed capacity up to 5 million-kilowatt. Solar thermal surface should reach 800 million square meters. By 2020, annual solar energy utilization should be more than 140 million tons of coal. ---Continuously develop distributed photovoltaic application demonstration, by 2020, build 100 demonstration zones of distributed photovoltaic applications, ensure that 80% of new buildings in the industrial park install photovoltaic roof, and 50% existed buildings settle roof-mounted photovoltaic power generation. ---In the first half of "13th Five-Year Plan" period, actively promote around 1.5 million-kilowatt solar power model project construction[...]; ---By 2020, the number of large heating stations in appropriate area will reach more than 200, total surface of collector area should be more than 4 million square meters.
RE action plans: 
In the central and eastern region where land resources are rare, give priority to the use of village-level power stations (including solar household systems) photovoltaic models for poverty alleviation, a single household system should be around 5-kilowatt, a single village power station should be no more than 300-kilowatt. Village-level poverty alleviation priorities should be privileged to the construction of photovoltaic power generation, ensure the priority national renewable electricity price subsidies[...]. Establish a village-level poverty alleviation and operation supervision and management system, the related information should be included into national photovoltaic poverty reduction information management system, encourage construction of uniform monitoring and management platform to ensure long-term reliable operation.
Environment
Energy environmental priorities: 
Construct renewable energy smart grid, using for replacing diesel generator group and reducing power cost, to protect ecological environment, and improve regional energy structure.
Pollution level targets, PM10, PM2.5, SOx, NOx: 
[...]reduce 1.2 million tons of sulfur dioxide emissions, 900 000 tons of nitrogen oxide emissions, 1.1 million tons of soot emissions[...].
GHG emissions reduction targets: 
By 2020, the national annual solar years equivalent a reduction of about 370 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions[...]
Green finance: 
Encourage financial regulators and financial institutions to promote green credit policy and other green energy policies, explore a loan mechanism for electricity sale.
Land use change for energy production purposes: 
Encourage the implementation of various types of “photovoltaic +” application, combined with different projects such as comprehensive utilization of deserted mountain and land, land management in the coal subsidence area, development of agriculture and fisheries, etc, in accordance with different conditions and situations in different areas, promote the integration of photovoltaic power generation and other industries, explore new ways for land use. Explore various development modes of solar-agriculture to increase agricultural benefits, encourage the construction of solar power generation combined with modern efficient agricultural facilities;[...].
Pricing
Energy pricing: 
Photovoltaic power generation costs continue to drop. By 2020, the Photovoltaic electricity price level declining at least 50% on the basis of 2015[...]; solar thermal power generation cost is lower than 0.8 yuan/kWh[...].
Energy Supply and Infrastructure
Infrastructure development priorities: 
In the places where the waste of solar power is very heavy, strictly control the centralized photovoltaic power station construction, speed up the resolution of the phenomenon[...], combining increasing the local consumption and expanding externat delivery, improve the utilization rate of centralized photovoltaic power plant built and reduce abandon optical power ratio. ---Construct micro-grid for the renewable energy in the areas where the distributed renewable energy penetration rate is higher or the multiple complementary conditions of building are good. [...]explore the construction of micro-grid 100% transporting various kinds of renewable energy.
Investment
Independent power producers: 
Taking the new energy microgrid as the main body of the independent electricity sales, explore model through which the distributed renewable energy power could be directly integrated to the grid and the micro-grid and renewable energy power project could be generated. Support micro-grid enterprises to purchase power from the nearby renewable energy power companies, and develop the micro-grids which can realize an integration of 100% renewable energy power.
Public Private Partnerships: 
Encourages Public Private Partnerships model. Local government should cooperate with commercial enterprises to invest and construct solar-agriculture project together[...] ---Via the model of state funding, enterprise investing and social capital participating, to establish national photovoltaic industry investment fund, to provide photovoltaic industry public technology platform, key fundamental research, core equipment fabrication, and to provide financial support to the projects for "One belt One Rout", and to help them reduce the cost. Establish an exchange mechanism between financial institutions and solar industries, promote the coordinated development of industry and finance.
Overseas investment support: 
In the region and key areas as "One belt and one route", the China and Pakistan Economic Corridor, the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar economic corridor, strengthen the international solar industry market research, lead major international project development and construction, reinforce the investment market in Europe, North America and parts of Asia, while focusing on the development of Southeast Asia, West Asia, Latin America, Africa and other emerging markets. [...]continuously to improve industry competitiveness in the international market[...]
Governance
Energy management principles: 
Establish government rule-making photovoltaic power plant project[...], put an end to speculation such as reselling items, set up an effective competition market mechanism. Strengthen quality supervision and management for solar energy projects, improve the technical qualification of project construction and operation management, establishment a quality monitoring system[...] government should fully implement quality supervision. ---[...]in accordance with local conditions, actively promote the photovoltaic poverty alleviation project in different forms and different period.[...]ensure an income increase of 3000 yuan per household per year for 2.8 million poor people without working capacity(including disabled persons) with this project;[...]
M&E of policy implementation: 
Establish a village-level poverty alleviation and operation supervision and management system, the related information should be included into national photovoltaic poverty reduction information management system, encourage construction of uniform monitoring and management platform to ensure long-term reliable operation.
Technology
Clean energy technology priorities: 
Relying on national key laboratories, national engineering centers and other institutions to promote the establishment of photovoltaic power technology innovation, product testing,[...]form a [...]comprehensive innovation support platform.
Clean energy technology deployment: 
Construct micro-grid for the renewable energy in the areas where the distributed renewable energy penetration rate is higher or the multiple complementary conditions of building are good. [...]explore the construction of micro-grid 100% transporting various kinds of renewable energy. ---Ensure that advanced industrialization of crystal silicon photovoltaic cell conversion efficiency will be more than 23%, significantly improve thin film photovoltaic cell conversion efficiency, achieve the industrialization of some preliminary new photovoltaic cell. Significantly improve the efficiency of photovoltaic systems and realize intelligent maintenance. Improve efficiency of thermal power generation by solar energy, form the entire value chain integration capabilities. ---construct renewable energy smart grid, using for replacing diesel generator group and reducing power cost, to protect ecological environment, and improve regional energy structure.
Technology collaboration with other member States: 
In the region and key areas as "One belt and one route", the China and Pakistan Economic Corridor, the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar economic corridor, strengthen the international solar industry market research, lead major international project development and construction, reinforce the investment market in Europe, North America and parts of Asia, while focusing on the development of Southeast Asia, West Asia, Latin America, Africa and other emerging markets. [...]continuously to improve industry competitiveness in the international market[...] ---Encourage enterprises to strengthen international cooperation in research and development, solar energy industry, generic technology research and development, improve China's industrial technology research and development capabilities and core competencies, promote industry technology progress. Establish solar energy technology international platform for cooperation and exchanges, cooperation with the relevant states governments and enterprises for building innovative demonstration projects. [...]encourage enterprises to set up overseas technology research and development institutions, achieve the optimized integration of technology and and human resources.