JinkoSolar appoints Zhiqun Xu as chief operating officer

JinkoSolar in Asia

JinkoSolar Holding announced the appointment of Zhiqun Xu as chief operating officer.

Zhiqun Xu, who joined JinkoSolar in December 2008, is currently serving as vice president and general manager of the wafer division.

Earlier, Zhiqun Xu held leadership roles at Saint Gobain Quartz (Jinzhou) and Shanghai General Silicon Material.

Zhiqun Xu has contributed to JinkoSolar’s vertical integration and operational improvements over the past ten years.

Kangping Chen, chief executive officer of JinkoSolar, said: “Xu has been able to efficiently help JinkoSolar quickly vertically integrate our production process to meet the demand for diversified products.”

JinkoSolar has an integrated annual capacity of 9.2 GW for silicon wafers, 6.5 GW for solar cells, and 10.0 GW for solar modules. JinkoSolar has over 12,000 employees across its 6 productions facilities globally.