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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 | 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% |  | Sales and marketing of solar products
CSI New Energy Holding Co., Ltd. |  |  | PRC January 7, 2005 |  |  | 100% |  | Investment holding
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
Canadian Solar Japan K.K. |  |  | Japan June 21, 2009 |  |  | 100% |  | Sales and marketing of modules
Canadian Solar Solutions Inc. |  |  | Canada June 22, 2009 |  |  | 100% |  | Developing solar power project and manufacture of solar modules
CSI Solar Power Group Co., Ltd. (formerly named/known as "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 Limited |  |  | Australia February 3, 2011 |  |  | 100% |  | Developing solar power project, sales and marketing of modules
Canadian Solar International Limited |  |  | Hong Kong March 25, 2011 |  |  | 100% |  | Sales and marketing of modules
Canadian Solar O and M (Ontario) Inc. |  |  | Canada May 10, 2011 |  |  | 100% |  | Solar farm operating and maintenance service
Suzhou Sanysolar Materials Technology Co., Ltd. |  |  | PRC August 17, 2011 |  |  | 75.324% |  | Production of solar module materials
Canadian Solar South East Asia Pte. Ltd. |  |  | Singapore September 19, 2011 |  |  | 100% |  | Sales and marketing of modules
Canadian Solar South Africa Pty., Ltd. |  |  | South Africa June 22, 2012 |  |  | 100% |  | Sales and marketing of modules
Canadian Solar Brazil Commerce, Import and Export of Solar Panels Ltd. |  |  | Brazil November 14, 2012 |  |  | 100% |  | Sales and marketing of solar modules, and provide solar energy solution to customer
Canadian Solar Middle East Limited |  |  | United Arab Emirates December 10, 2012 |  |  | 100% |  | Sales and marketing of modules
Canadian Solar Construction (USA) LLC |  |  | USA May 20, 2014 |  |  | 100% |  | Solar farm operating and maintenance service
Canadian Solar Project K.K. |  |  | Japan May 20, 2014 |  |  | 100% |  | Developing solar power project
CSI-GCL Solar Manufacturing (Yancheng) Co., Ltd. |  |  | PRC May 29, 2014 |  |  | 80% |  | Research and developing, manufacture and sales of solar cells, and solar power projects development
Canadian Solar UK Ltd. |  |  | United Kingdom May 29, 2014 |  |  | 100% |  | Sales and marketing of modules
Canadian Solar UK Projects Ltd. |  |  | United Kingdom August 29, 2014 |  |  | 100% |  | Developing solar power project
Changshu Tegu New Material Technology Co., Ltd. |  |  | PRC September 2, 2014 |  |  | 75% |  | EVA solar packaging film research and development, production, and sales
Changshu Tlian Co., Ltd. |  |  | PRC December 26, 2014 |  |  | 100% |  | Junction box and connector research, development, production and sales
Canadian Solar Trading (Changshu) Inc. |  |  | PRC January 22, 2015 |  |  | 100% |  | Sales of solar wafers, cells and other photovoltaic products
Recurrent Energy, LLC |  |  | USA March 31, 2015 |  |  | 100% |  | Developing solar power project
PT. Canadian Solar Indonesia |  |  | Indonesia February 26, 2015 |  |  | 67% |  | Production of solar modules
Canadian Solar Manufacturing Vietnam Co., Ltd. |  |  | Vietnam June 25, 2015 |  |  | 100% |  | Production of solar modules
Canadian Solar Energy Private Limited |  |  | India May 06, 2015 |  |  | 100% |  | Sales and marketing of modules
Canadian Solar Australia 1 Pty Ltd. |  |  | Australia August 03, 2015 |  |  | 100% |  | Sales and marketing of modules
Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. |  |  | Thailand November 20, 2015 |  |  | 99.99992% |  | Cells and module production
Canadian Solar Sunenergy (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. |  |  | PRC May 12, 2016 |  |  | 100% |  | Production of solar modules
Canadian Solar Energy Holding Singapore 1 Pte. Ltd. |  |  | Singapore June 7, 2016 |  |  | 100% |  | Development & Ownership of Solar PV Projects
Canadian Solar Sunenergy (Baotou) Co., Ltd. |  |  | PRC August 18, 2016 |  |  | 100% |  | Production of solar modules, ingots and wafers

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