April 24, 2026 — The CSTA announced excellent news: in the 2022–2025 national evaluation of industrial technology innovation strategic alliance activity, the CSTA achieved a full-score rating as an A-Level Active Industrial Technology Innovation Strategic Alliance, and simultaneously received a letter of appreciation from the Industrial Technology Innovation Strategic Alliance Collaborative Development Network.
Since the launch of the Ministry of Science and Technology's alliance pilot program, the CSTA has devoted itself tirelessly for eighteen years, achieving fruitful results in key technology breakthroughs, industry-university-research collaborative innovation, and industrial chain integration. It has maintained high activity across three consecutive evaluation periods, laying a solid foundation for the high-quality development of the industry. As the 14th Five-Year Plan concludes in 2025, the CSTA has continued to strengthen platform building and talent cultivation, driving industrial chain upgrading through innovation chains, with remarkable cross-industry collaboration results.
This full-score rating and letter of appreciation represent high recognition of the CSTA's democratic mechanisms that sustain its vitality and its role in advancing solar thermal utilization technology and industrial development. Going forward, the CSTA will continue to deepen collaborative innovation, injecting stronger momentum into the development of China's solar thermal technology and industry!
