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Thursday, April 03, 2008

Yingli Green Energy Enters Korean Market

Yingli Green Energy Enters Korean Market

BAODING, China--April 3, 2008 -Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE - News) (“Yingli Green Energy” or the “Company”), one of the world’s leading vertically integrated photovoltaic (“PV”) product manufacturers, today announced that it has signed sales contracts with two Korean companies: Korea Electric Power Industrial Development Corporation (“KEPID”) , a renewable energy company, and Kaycom Corporation (“Kaycom”), a distributor of electronic components and PV devices. Under the terms of the contracts, Yingli Green Energy will deliver 1.3 MW of PV modules to KEPID by the end of April 2008 and 2.0 MW of PV modules to Kaycom by the end of May 2008. The PV modules to be provided by the Company under these contracts will be installed in KEPID’s planned 1.8MW project in Naju, Jeon la nam-Do, Korea and Kaycom’s Daelim Hae - Nam Project in Haenam-Gun, Jeon la nam-Do, Korea.

“Following successful achievements in Spain and Germany, I am pleased to announce these contracts with KEPID and Kaycom, which mark our first step in Korea’s growing solar market,” commented Mr. Liansheng Miao, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Yingli Green Energy. “Korea is expected to play an increasingly important role in the development of the alternative energy industry, especially due to its favorable feed-in-tariff policy. We believe that cooperating with KEPID and Kaycom will help us strengthen our global strategic development by establishing a presence in the Korean market.”

About Yingli Green Energy

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited is one of the world’s leading vertically integrated PV product manufacturers. Through the Company’s principal operating subsidiary in China, Baoding Tianwei Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd., Yingli Green Energy designs, manufactures and sells PV modules and designs, assembles, sells and installs PV systems that are connected to an electricity transmission grid or those that operate on a stand-alone basis. With 200 MW of total annual production capacity in each of polysilicon ingots and wafers, PV cells and PV modules, Yingli Green Energy is currently one of the largest manufacturers of PV products in the world as measured by annual production capacity. Additionally, Yingli Green Energy is one of the limited numbers of large-scale PV companies in the world to have adopted vertical integration as its business model. Yingli Green Energy currently plans to gradually expand annual production capacity of polysilicon ingots and wafers, PV cells and PV modules to 400 MW by the end of 2008 and to 600 MW by the end of 2009. Yingli Green Energy sells PV modules under its own brand name, Yingli Solar, to PV system integrators and distributors located in various markets around the world, including Germany, Spain, Italy, China and the United States. For more information, please visit www.yinglisolar.com.

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release contains forward-looking statements. These statements constitute “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as “will,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “future,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates” and similar statements. The forward-looking statements in this press release include, among other things, the Company’s expectation of the contribution of its relationship with KEPID and Kaycom to its global strategic development. Such statements are based upon management’s current expectations and current market and operating conditions, and relate to events that involve known or unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond Yingli Green Energy’s control, which may cause Yingli Green Energy’s actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Further information regarding these and other risks, uncertainties or factors is included in Yingli Green Energy’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including its registration statement on Form F-1. Yingli Green Energy does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required under applicable law.



Contact:Yingli Green Energy Holding Company LimitedQing Miao, +86-312-3100-502Director, Investor Relationsir@yinglisolar.comorChristensenLinda Bergkamp, +1-480-614-3004lbergkamp@ChristensenIR.comorJung Chang, +852-2232-3973jchang@ChristensenIR.comSource: Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited

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