Shaping the solar world's leader

Chen Kangping-led JinkoSolar uses tech and the Belt & Road Initiative to excel in photovoltaic panels

Could accountancy and solar energy possibly have anything in common? The question might delight Chen Kangping, 45, a former accountant and professional manager, and now CEO of Shanghai-based JinkoSolar, the world's leading solar panel producer by shipments whose photoelectric conversion rate and component shipments also rank first worldwide.

His work experience as an accountant had substantial influence on his founding and running of JinkoSolar, Chen said.