Tong Wei Liu Hanyuan: Originally, imported equipment and domestically produced equipment could be distinguished by appearance, but now they are all domestically produced.

At the 8th China International PV and Energy Storage Industry Expo in 2025, the first PV CTO Summit and Technology Innovation Expo, Chairman of Tongwei Group, Liu Hanyuan, said that in just 10 years, PV cell production equipment has gone from being 100% imported to now being 100% domestically produced. Originally, one could easily differentiate between imported and domestically produced equipment based on appearance, but now domestically produced and imported equipment look very similar, and all major equipment has been localized, leading global technological research and advancement.