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The People’s Government of Baotou City issued guidelines on implementing an innovation-driven development strategy and vigorously fostering strategic emerging industries; the document calls for the creation of a \"World Green Silicon Capital\". Seizing the opportunities presented by the construction of the Mengxi new energy base and the market demands in the surrounding areas, we will optimize the scale and structure of the polysilicon and monocrystalline silicon industries, expand the production capacity of downstream products such as solar cells and modules. We will also vigorously develop related industrial projects including solar cells, mounting structures, welding strips, EVA films, POE films, inverters, frame materials, and combiner boxes, thereby accelerating the development of the entire photovoltaic manufacturing industry chain. Projects such as Tongwei Silicon Energy’s 200,000-ton high-purity crystalline silicon production facility, Daquan’s 100,000-ton high-purity crystalline silicon and 20,000-ton electronic-grade silicon facilities, GCL-Poly’s Phase 3 20GW single-crystal silicon plant, Hongyuan’s 40GW single-crystal silicon plant, and Shuangliang’s 50GW single-crystal silicon plant are being implemented. Meanwhile, 14 other projects, including Xinyuan’s 100,000-ton granular silicon facility, JA Solar’s 20GW crystal pulling and 20GW slicing operations, Hongyuan’s 20GW slicing facility, and Shuangliang’s 5GW solar panel production facility, are set to be completed and put into operation. In 2023, the city had a polysilicon production capacity of 870,000 tons (accounting for about 40% of the national total), a monocrystalline rod production capacity of 253 GW (about 40% of the national total), a wafer production capacity of 106 GW, a solar cell production capacity of 56 GW, and a module production capacity of 30 GW. This established a relatively complete industrial chain for photovoltaic equipment, with the output value of these industrial clusters reaching 200 billion yuan ； By 2025, the output value of the photovoltaic equipment industry cluster is expected to reach 600 billion yuan.