Founded by Gao Jifan in 1997, Trina Solar has grown rapidly to become a world leader in research and development, production and sales of photovoltaic technologies. It was one of the first solar companies in China and over the years it has set or broken 24 new world records in terms of PV cell conversion efficiency and module output power, as of July 2022. A Shanghai Stock Exchange listed company, Trina currently has over 17,000 employees and has shipped more than 100 GW of cumulative solar module capacity across the globe.