China eyes steps to ease solar panel industry price war

Nikkei Asia · last updated July 7, 2025 – 9:23 AM

DALIAN, China — The Chinese government is cracking down on price competition in solar panels, looking to bolster the sustainability of an industry in which China holds global dominance, but that is deteriorating due to oversupply.

“We will comprehensively manage the disorderly low-price competition,” Li Lecheng, China’s minister of industry and information technology, said at a roundtable discussion on Thursday with the heads of related companies and industry groups.

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