Construction of China's largest offshore solar farm officially commenced at Haibin harbor in Lianyungang city, East China's Jiangsu Province on Sunday.

With a total investment of 9.88 billion yuan ($1.39 billion), the 2 million kilowatt photovoltaic (PV) demonstration farm is expected to save around 680,000 tons of standard coal and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 1.77 million tons annually, according to the CNNC.