Analysis: Clean energy drove more than a third of China's GDP growth i

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : Clean-power generation The solar power sector generated 19 per cent of the total value of the clean-energy industries in 2025, adding 2.9 trillion yuan (US$41 billion) to the national economy.
66% : Investment in solar power generation increased year-on-year by 15 per cent, but experienced a strong stop-and-go cycle.
63% : Clean energy accounted for 90 per cent of investment in power generation, with solar alone covering 50 per cent of that.
63% : Hydropower, wind and nuclear were responsible for 15 per cent of the total value of the clean-energy sectors in 2025, adding some 2.2 trillion yuan (US$310 billion) to China's GDP in 2025.
62% : Within this, investment in new solar power plants, at 1.2 trillion yuan (US$160 billion), was the largest driver, followed by the value of solar technology exports and by the value of the power generated from solar.
62% : Nearly two-thirds of this (1.3 trillion yuan, US$180 billion) came from the value of power generation from hydropower, wind and nuclear, with investment in new power generation projects contributing the rest.
57% : Power generation grew 33 per cent from solar, 13 per cent from wind, 3 per cent from hydropower and 8 per cent from nuclear.
53% : In contrast with deflationary trends in the price of many clean-energy technologies, average EV prices have held up in 2025, with a slight increase in average price of new models, after discounts.
39% : Under the new policy, new clean-power generation has to compete on price against existing coal power in markets that place it at a disadvantage in some key ways.
39% : China's policymakers have sought to address the issue since mid-2024, warning against "involution", passing regulations and convening a sector-wide meeting to put pressure on the industry.

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