Rome, April 9, 2017 -- JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. ("JinkoSolar" or the "Company") (NYSE: JKS), a global leader in the PV industry, today announced that it was invited to attend the G7 Energy Side Event "Africa2030: Empowering the continent through innovation, green tech solutions and capacity building ". The focus was on accelerating the deployment of innovative sustainable energy solutions in Africa. As the world largest solar module producer, JinkoSolar sees Africa as a key market in attaining its ambitious goals to cement its dominance. It is keen to take advantage of Africa's solar PV's potential growth, and has increased its footprint in Africa by investing and operating a factory in South Africa. JinkoSolar enjoys the largest market share not only in South Africa, but also on entire continent. Ms. Gulnara Abdullina, GM of JinkoSolar Africa and Middle East said during the event, "Africa is a crucial emerging region for the Company's future growth strategy. Besides boosting our market footprint in Africa, we have built and started operating a factory in South Africa early in 2014, which now has a capacity of 120 MW solar module manufacturing, creating 250 jobs. This is part of JinkoSolar's strategy to diversify production sites and leverage different resources to deliver quality products to its growing customer base in the continent. "
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About JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd.
JinkoSolar (NYSE: JKS) is one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world. JinkoSolar distributes its solar products and sells its solutions and services to a diversified international utility, commercial and residential customer base in China, the United States, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, Chile, South Africa, India, Mexico, Brazil, the United Arab Emirates, Italy, Spain, France, Belgium, and other countries and regions. JinkoSolar has built a vertically integrated solar product value chain, with an integrated annual capacity of 11.5 GW for mono wafers, 10.6 GW for solar cells, and 16 GW for solar modules, as of December 31, 2019.
JinkoSolar has over 15,000 employees across its 7 productions facilities globally, 14 overseas subsidiaries in Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, India, Turkey, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, United States, Mexico, Brazil, Chile and Australia, and global sales teams in China, United Kingdom, France, Spain, Bulgaria, Greece, Ukraine, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Morocco, Kenya, South Africa, Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Poland and Argentina.
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