China’s large-scale industrial solar cell output grows 19.6% in 7M 2025

According to data released by China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), large-scale industrial enterprises, defined as those with annual main business revenue of RMB 20 million ($2.79 million) or more, produced 66.38 GW of solar cells in July 2025, up 16% year-over-year (YoY). From January to July, total solar cell output reached 473.96 GW, representing a YoY increase of 19.6%.

NBS also disclosed power generation data within the same report. In 7M 2025, large-scale enterprises generated 5,470.3 TWh, up 1.3% YoY. Solar power generation accounted for 326.8 TWh of the total, up 22.7% YoY, while wind power generation reached 629.1 TWh, up 10.4%.