Daqo New Energy said it will spend 9.2 billion yuan to add 100,000 MT of polysilicon capacity in the second, and final, phase of a massive expansion in Inner Mongolia.
Department of State has said China is committing “genocide and crimes against humanity.”
Among them was JinkoSolar Holding Co. Ltd., which operates a factory in Xinjiang. The company said sales to the U.S. accounted for approximately 31 percent of its revenues during the first nine months of 2020 compared to about 25 percent in all of 2019.
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused China of committing genocide and humanitarian crimes in Xinjiang, including the use of forced labor. Antony Blinken, Pompeo’s successor, said: “I think we should be looking at making sure that we are not importing products that are made with forced labor from Xinjiang.”
Chinaâs Solar Dominance Presents Biden With an Ugly Dilemma
President Bidenâs vow to work with China on issues like climate change is clashing with his promise to defend human rights.
A solar farm in Oregon. China dominates the global supply chain for solar power, producing the vast majority of the materials and parts for solar panels that the United States relies on for clean energy.Credit.Leah Nash for The New York Times
April 20, 2021Updated 2:12 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON â President Biden has repeatedly pledged to work with China on issues like climate change while challenging Beijing on human rights and unfair trade practices.
FIRST it was cotton; now it's Xinjiang's solar panels that are being targeted. Both are pillar industries of Xinjiang in Northwest China, and they have become the target of what appears to be a malicious campaign launched by Western anti-China forces to destroy Xinjiang's rapidly ascending economy and ultimately obstruct the development of China.