Previously, the country's National Energy Administration (NEA) had been looking for additions in excess of 10GW, with some market observers suggesting the actual figure could reach as high as 14GW.

NEA director Wu Xinxiong said distributed-generation PV is still the government's top priority this year, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency.

But Wu did not say how much distributed-generation PV the NEA specifically wants the nation's developers to install under the revised target.

Analysts