According to recent energy statistics, China installed 34.92 GW of solar from January 2017 to July 2017, exceeding last year’s installation total of 34.54 GW by approximately 380 MW. As a result, by the end of July, China was home to 112.34 GW in solar installations and had already exceeded its thirteenth Five‑Year‑Plan (2016-2020) target of 105 GW of solar PV by 7 GW, or 7 percent.