Shh! Chinese solar firms sacked one-third of their workers — 87,000 …

August 6, 2025

The industry lost $60 billion last year. BEIJING, August 1 (Reuters) – China’s biggest solar firms shed nearly one-third of their workforces last year, company filings show, as one of the industries hand-picked by Beijing to drive economic growth grapples with falling prices and steep losses.

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