Quotable

"The market has a growing need for BIPV projects and China is still at the initial stage."

Liu Min, executive president of Hanergy Holding Group, the world's largest thin-film photovoltaic solar panel manufacturer, in explaining that China's market for building-integrated photovoltaic energy offers a great deal of potential for solar power companies, builders and governments to cut down on carbon emissions.

"China's initial competitive advantage was its cheap labor. But in the long run, its sustainable advantages will be innovation and quality."

Chuck Grindstaff, CEO of Siemens PLM Software, in saying that he believes China will be the biggest market and largest buyer of innovative industrial software to spearhead the next industrial revolution.

(China Daily European Weekly 11/14/2014 page18)