Solar First Group Awarded Prestigious National High-Tech Enterprise Certification

We are pleased to announce that Xiamen Solar First Group was formally awarded the National High-Tech Enterprise Certificate on February 24. This prestigious recognition follows the company's previous honors as a 2021 Xiamen Municipal High-Tech Enterprise and recipient of the 2021-2023 Specialized Special New SME Certification.

The achievement stems from Xiamen Solar First Energy Technology Co., Ltd. being granted the National High-Tech Enterprise honorary certificate by the Xiamen Taxation Bureau of the State Administration of Taxation, the Xiamen Science and Technology Bureau, and the Xiamen Finance Bureau on December 12, 2022. This certification signifies authoritative national recognition of Solar First Energy's scientific and technological innovation accomplishments in recent years.

The "National High-tech Enterprise" certification is a distinguished qualification established by the state to support and encourage the development of high-tech enterprises, adjust industrial structure, and enhance national economic competitiveness. It imposes rigorous evaluation criteria across comprehensive indicators, including:

• Core intellectual property ownership

• R&D investment

• R&D team development

• Scientific and technological achievements transformation capabilities

• Organizational management capabilities

• Growth potential
It stands as one of China's highest honors for technological innovation enterprises.

Xiamen Solar First Energy is honored to be among the 1,497 enterprises certified nationally by the Xiamen certification body in 2022 (first batch: 820, second batch: 677; Solar First belongs to the second batch). This achievement demonstrates the company's successful performance and embodiment of its core values: "performance, innovation, customer first, respect for nature and love, and spirit of contract".

Securing this national high-tech enterprise status serves as significant encouragement from national and municipal science, technology, finance, and taxation departments for Xiamen Solar First Energy's R&D and innovation efforts. It also presents greater challenges and sets higher expectations for the company's future.

Moving forward, Solar First Group will leverage its role as a national high-tech enterprise leader. We remain committed to our corporate philosophy of "New Energy, New World", continuously enhancing independent technological innovation capabilities. We strive to pioneer green and low-carbon transformation within the energy sector, contributing to the strategic goals of carbon neutrality and carbon peak, and fulfilling our responsibility to advance the energy industry's development.