『Abstract
　China has an abundant solar energy resource. Solar thermal conversion systems have been studied for more than three decades in Tsinghua University, and solar thermal industry has been developing since 1990's. 46 million m² solar collectors were new installed and there were total capacity in operation of 168 million m² by the end of 2010. All-glass evacuated tube solar water heaters has Chinese solar water heater's market share around 95%, which provide mainly domestic hot water. Solar space heating and cooling have been demonstrated and solar thermal power is under developments.』

1. Introduction
2. Solar energy resource in China
3. Solar hot water systems
　3.1. All-glass evacuated collector tubes and tubular collectors - Fast developing
　　3.1.1. Solar selective absorbing surface
　　3.1.2. All-glass evacuated collector tubes
　　3.1.3. All-glass evacuated tubular collectors and systems
　3.2. Glass-metal evacuated tube collectors and system
　3.3. Flat plate collectors
　3.4. Applications of solar water heating systems
4. Other solar thermal applications
　4.1. Solar space heating
　4.2. Solar cooling
　4.3. high temperature solar thermal
5. Conclusion
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