A ceremony at the plant, which now has an annual capacity of 15,000 tons, was attended by Jiangxi Governor Wu Xinxiong and other government and company officials.

Xinyu City based LDK Solar is a leading manufacturing of multicrystalline solar wafers, which are used to produce photovoltaic (PV) solar cells. On 8 September, LDK announced an agreement with module manufacturer Best Solar to cooperate on PV solar generation projects.