Ding introduced that last year, Baotou became the first city in China with an output value of more than 100 billion yuan ($14.19 billion) in the photovoltaic industry. Baotou has formed a complete photovoltaic industry chain from industrial silicon to polysilicon and monocrystalline silicon, then to slices, cells, modules, and other supporting products. The city will continue to make reasonable efforts to form a complete supporting set of silicon industries.

It is expected that by the end of this year, the production capacity of polysilicon and monocrystalline silicon in Baotou will account for 40 percent of the country's total, and in 2025, it will account for 50 percent of the country's total and 45 percent of the world's total. Baotou will be devoted to building a 100-billion-yuan-level semiconductor industry cluster and an organic silicon industry cluster.