2026 marks the opening year of China’s 15th Five-Year Plan. Local government work reports released recently highlight new energy system and modern power system construction as key priorities, charting a green development course.
Based on a summary of reports from 31 provinces by PV Industry Network, the PV industry’s development path is clearer than in 2025, focusing on three aspects: continuous implementation of large-scale base projects, zero-carbon parks as new consumption carriers, and computing-power synergy opening new scenarios.
PV is now integrated into regional transformation and industrial supporting systems. Shanxi plans 30GW of wind-PV installed capacity; Inner Mongolia will build 100-billion-yuan PV industrial chain; Zhejiang will add 10GW of non-fossil energy capacity; Qinghai will optimize PV desert control and build a recycling system for retired PV modules.
Zero-carbon parks are moving from concept to practice, with over 20 regions promoting their construction. China has 15,000+ industrial parks (accounting for over 30% of national carbon emissions), but zero-carbon penetration is less than 1%, creating huge space for distributed PV.
Computing-power synergy has become more specific. Liaoning, Inner Mongolia and Qinghai are building green computing centers, which require stable green power, making "PV + energy storage" a necessary infrastructure. PV is evolving from a supplementary energy to a foundational energy for the digital economy.
