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Gordon Johnson
Hey, guys. Thanks for taking my question. I guess, on the China market, China recently reduced their installation target by 2020 to 110 from a 150 gigawatts, given they’ve already installed 43 and it looks like they’re going to do about 25 this year and 24 next year. That would suggest there is going to be a significant fall off in 2018, if you just look at 2018, '19, '20, getting to 110 or even maybe 10 gigawatts above it. So do you guys see a significant fall off in Chinese installations in 2018 due to the reduced target? And can you remind us again how many projects you sold this quarter? Then I have a follow-up. Thanks.
Gener Miao
Thank you. For China market, actually the installation or the [indiscernible] for module in 2018 will still be strong, because lot of, let's say, this certification or approved per unit [ph] pipeline has to finish installation by the latest drop saying September 30. So it means before 2017, end of September lot of this pipeline has to install, otherwise they will lose this all feed-in-tariff. So in that case, I believe China market will still be strong in 2017. For the further year, like 2018, '19, even '20, the current new five-year plan saying that the total number will become smaller at 110 gigawatts. However, this set up is [indiscernible] less than 110 gigawatts. So it means that they’re setting up 110 at the bottom of their target. And as far as we have heard from the market actually the [indiscernible] are targeting more ambitious target, especially with the current [indiscernible] electricity price in solar business in Top Runner program.
Cao Haiyun
This is Charlie. Just to supplement, we think its conservative target for the over 110 gigawatts. The government wants to promote the [indiscernible] raisings and promote the Top Runner Program to adopt to the high efficiency technology and to lower the TPA. So the target is to deploy more solar projects in China and with dramatically lower [indiscernible] cost and we’re still -- we’re very optimistic for China market. So [indiscernible] remaining our estimation for the 150 gigawatts by the end of 2020.
Sebastian Liu
Hi, Gordon, this is Sebastian. To make some cut on this and also we want to mention that this year one of the hot topic in China is that poverty alleviation program, which are not included in those five-year plan. So -- and like Gener and Charlie said, it is a well conservative and kind of a highly levered target just government want to attribute for sure, but new fab [ph] within the real connection will be a lot more than this number.
Gordon Johnson
Okay. That’s helpful. And then, I guess, on the Front Runner Program, it seems like it's clearly a reverse action program, and actually we are hearing that bids are being submitted for the high 30s right now for the Front Runner Program. And I guess that it hasn’t been specified, but the assumption is that it's going to be 10 gigawatts in 2017, which means Front Runner eligible for roughly 23% of installations in 2016 or roughly 40% in 2017. If bids are being submitted solo, given the reverse action nature of this program, does that have the potential effect of weighing on module prices more significantly maybe than we would've thought previously? |