Employees row a boat as they check on the solar panels of a photovoltaic power generation project at a fishpond in Jingzhou, Hubei Province, in this file photo. China will strictly control the expansion of solar power production and encourage more innovation, the industry ministry said in new guidelines, to improve technology and cut production costs in its fast-growing solar sector. China, the world’s biggest solar products maker, produced a total of 87 gigawatts (GW) of silicon wafers and 68 GW of solar cells last year. SD-Agencies