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China’s installed photovoltaic (PV) power capacity has surpassed coal-fired power capacity for the first time, making PV the country’s largest power source by installed capacity, the National Energy Administration said on Tuesday.
China’s installed PV power capacity reached 1.286 billion kilowatts at the end of July, edging past coal-fired power capacity of 1.285 billion kilowatts, according to the administration.
By the end of July, PV power accounted for more than 30 percent of China’s total installed power generation capacity. Measured by newly added capacity, the share rose to more than 40 percent in the first seven months, underscoring the rapid expansion of the PV sector.
“This achievement marks a historic reshaping of China’s power supply structure. It ends coal-fired power’s long-held position as the country’s top power source. New energy is rapidly evolving from a backup resource into a core installed power source and the construction of a new-type power system centered on renewable energy is gathering pace,” said Hao Yingjie, secretary-general of China Electricity Council.
But constrained by day-night cycles and weather conditions, the utilization hours of PV power remain far lower than those of coal-fired power, industrial insiders noted. In the short term, coal fired power will remain China’s critical supporting resource and serve as the power system’s safety backstop. To turn the advantages of large-scale installed new-energy capacity into stable and reliable power supply, it is crucial to speed up the construction of the new-type power system.
“Efforts will be made to enhance the power system’s flexible regulation capability, strengthen the construction of a new-type power grid platform that promotes coordinated development of transmission, distribution, and microgrids, reinforce the large grid’s capability to accommodate, allocate, and regulate new energy, improve the reliable substitution capacity of new energy, and drive the transformation of photovoltaic power from weather-dependent to dispatchable and predictable,” said Hao.
China’s photovoltaic power capacity overtakes coal-fired power for first time
China’s photovoltaic power capacity overtakes coal-fired power for first time
Agreements signed between China and Kyrgyzstan at the 2026 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in Bishkek are expected to inject fresh momentum into Kyrgyzstan’s growing technology sector, especially in digital economy, artificial intelligence (AI) and clean energy, an expert said.
The summit, held Monday and Tuesday in the Kyrgyz capital, ran under the theme “25 Years of the SCO: Together Towards Sustainable Peace, Development, and Prosperity” and brought together leaders from more than 20 countries.
In an interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN), Chubak Temirov, deputy director of the High Tech Park of the Kyrgyz Republic, said the SCO’s 25 years of trust now pave the way for joint technology ventures beyond Kyrgyzstan’s domestic market.
“The SCO spent 25 years building relationships and trust between our countries, between China and Kyrgyzstan and all other members. And I believe the next stage should be about building things together, in relation to technology; technologies, companies, research, products, and maybe new markets. Today, technology company in Bishkek doesn’t necessarily think only about our domestic market, which is only 7.4 million people. We think broader, in relation to all SCO countries, or even global market,” Temirov said.
In his meeting with Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov on Monday, Chinese President Xi Jinping said China and Kyrgyzstan should work together to build the Belt and Road Joint Laboratory and strengthen cooperation in areas including AI.
Echoing President Xi’s words, Temirov identified local-language AI applications as the most immediate opportunity for Kyrgyzstan, while emphasizing that the best form of technology transfer lies in building local capacity to develop future products independently — a partnership model that could deepen bilateral collaboration following the summit.
“I think the immediate practical opportunities for Kyrgyzstan in AI would be the local language AI. For example, let’s imagine just a farmer in rural area, in some remote mountain in Kyrgyzstan, as you know, Kyrgyzstan is a mountainous country, could speak to an AI assistant in Kyrgyz language and receive information about weather, maybe agriculture. A student could have an AI tutor, for example, in his own language, in native language. Or a citizen could interact with digital public services, right? Digital public services now, in every country, are becoming a major trend of digitalization. Everyone now, just sitting from home, can get any public service s and get different things to make his life easier, right?” he said.
“China has a big scale from infrastructure and a mature AI ecosystem. The best technology transfer is not when you receive any finished product. As I said, it’s when your people gain capability to build already the next product themselves, right? This is the kind of China-Kyrgyzstan technology partnership I would see as a really good example. I truly believe that after this summit, we can go to a new layer of friendship and collaboration. And I see more opportunities between China and Kyrgyzstan in AI in general, and in other technologies,” he added.
China, Kyrgyzstan double down on tech innovation at SCO Summit
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