A Review of China's PV-Generated Electricity Pricing Policy

Promoting the development of renewable energy has become a common goal of the international world. With the rapid development of China's Photovoltaic (PV) industry, the disputes over China's PV industrial policies have been intensified. Although government's policy changes ensured China's PV industry surviving from the sanctions implemented by the previous trade disputes, severe problems remain in the PV industrial policies, for example, the PV-generated electricity pricing policy (PVEP). It is urgent to find solutions to overcome the challenges and to build a healthier PV market. This paper provides a brief introduction to the evolution of China's PVEP, analyzes the factors associated with the evolution, identifies the problems remaining to be solved, and provides suggestions for the future reforms on China's PVEP.