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Appendix 1 - Major Subsidiaries of CSI | 12 Months Ended
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APPENDIX 1 - Major Subsidiaries of CSI | Appendix 1 Major Subsidiaries of CSI The following table sets forth information concerning CSI's major subsidiaries:
Subsidiary |  | Place and date of Incorporation |  | Attributable Equity Interest Held |  | Principal Activity
CSI Solartronics (Changshu) Co., Ltd. |  |  | PRC November 23, 2001 |  |  | 100% |  | Developing solar power Project
CSI Solar Technologies Inc. |  |  | PRC August 8, 2003 |  |  | 100% |  | Research and developing solar Modules
CSI Solar Manufacture Inc. |  |  | PRC January 7, 2005 |  |  | 100% |  | Production of solar modules
Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Luoyang) Inc. |  |  | PRC February 24, 2006 |  |  | 100% |  | Manufacture of solar modules, ingots and wafers
Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Changshu) Inc. |  |  | PRC August 1, 2006 |  |  | 100% |  | Production of solar modules
CSI Cells Co., Ltd. |  |  | PRC August 23, 2006 |  |  | 100% |  | Manufacture of solar cells
Canadian Solar (USA) Inc. |  |  | USA June 8, 2007 |  |  | 100% |  | Sales and marketing of Modules
CSI Project Consulting GmbH |  |  | Germany May 26, 2009 |  |  | 70% |  | Developing solar power project
Canadian Solar Japan K.K. |  |  | Japan June 21, 2009 |  |  | 90.67% |  | Sales and marketing of Modules
Canadian Solar Solutions Inc. |  |  | Canada June 22, 2009 |  |  | 100% |  | Developing solar power project
CSI Solar Power (China) Inc. |  |  | PRC July 7, 2009 |  |  | 100% |  | Investment holding
Canadian Solar EMEA GmbH |  |  | Germany August 21, 2009 |  |  | 100% |  | Sales and marketing of Modules
Canadian Solar (Australia) Pty., Ltd. |  |  | Australia February 3, 2011 |  |  | 100% |  | Sales and marketing of Modules
Canadian Solar International Ltd. |  |  | Hong Kong March 25, 2011 |  |  | 100% |  | Sales and marketing of modules
Canadian Solar O&M (Ontario) Inc. |  |  | Canada May 10, 2011 |  |  | 100% |  | Developing solar power project
Suzhou Sanysolar Materials Technology Co., Ltd. |  |  | PRC August 17, 2011 |  |  | 80% |  | Production of solar module materials
Canadian Solar South East Asia Pte., Ltd. |  |  | Singapore September 19, 2011 |  |  | 100% |  | Sales and marketing of modules
Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Suzhou) Inc. |  |  | PRC February 13, 2012 |  |  | 61% |  | Manufacture of solar modules, cells
Canadian Solar South Africa Pty., Ltd. |  |  | South Africa June 22, 2012 |  |  | 100% |  | Sales and marketing modules
Canadian Solar Brasil Servicos De Consultoria EM Energia Solar Ltda. |  |  | Brazil November 14, 2012 |  |  | 100% |  | Consulting services in energy solutions, certification and importation of photovoltaic modules
Canadian Solar Middle East Limited |  |  | United Arab Emirates December 10, 2012 |  |  | 100% |  | Energy generation and distribution
Canadian Solartronics (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. |  |  | PRC |  |  | 100% |  | Developing solar power project
|  |  | March 14, 2013 |  |  |  |  |
Canadian Solar (Thailand) Ltd. |  |  | Thailand March 29, 2013 |  |  | 100% |  | Developing solar power project
Canadian Solar Construction (USA) LLC |  |  | USA May 20, 2014 |  |  | 100% |  | EPC maintenance service
CSI-GCL (Yancheng) Solar Manufacturing Co., Ltd. |  |  | PRC May 29, 2014 |  |  | 80% |  | Research and developing solar modules, and solar power projects development
Changshu Tegu New Materials Technology Co., Ltd. |  |  | PRC September 2, 2014 |  |  | 75% |  | EVA solar packaging film research and development, production, and sales
Changshu Tlink Co., Ltd. |  |  | PRC December 26, 2014 |  |  | 100% |  | Junction box research, development, production and sales

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