The development present situation and its countermeasures about the solar energy industry in China

Using methods of system analysis and patent analysis, some gratifying progress about the industrial chain, industrial scale, R&D ability, low cost had been made in the solar energy industry in China. But there are some questions such as internal and external challenges, the enterprise innovation ability needing to be improved further, output quality not being high, the emerging and domestic market being yet to be developed etc. Therefore, the effective countermeasures just like strengthening multilateral communication, building the independent innovation system, formulating the strategy of intellectual property rights and developing the domestic and foreign markets are proposed to promote the sustainable development of the solar energy industry.