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INVESTMENTS IN AFFILIATES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

INVESTMENTS IN AFFILIATES

Schedule of investments in affiliates

At December 31,

2013

2014

Carrying Value

Ownership Percentage

Carrying Value

Ownership Percentage

$

(%)

$

(%)

Suzhou Gaochuangte New Energy Co., Ltd.

7,123,976

40

7,112,103

40

CSI SkyPower

3,813,133

50

3,532,851

50

GCL-CSI (Suzhou) Photovoltaic Technology Co., Ltd.

2,584,143

10

3,310,861

10

Foto Light LP ("Foto Light")

—

2,389,722

5

Discovery Light LP ("Discovery Light")

—

2,125,176

5

Others

20,549,236

21-50

20,352,071

21-50

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Total

34,070,488

38,822,784

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- Definition

Tabular disclosure of equity method investments including, but not limited to, name of each investee or group of investments, percentage ownership, difference between recorded amount of an investment and the value of the underlying equity in the net assets, and summarized financial information.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 323

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 3

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6382943&loc=d3e33918-111571

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