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一 |     　　据悉，广发基金此前已针对官方直销渠道推出费率优惠，投资者通过广发基金 App、微信服务号、官网等直销平台，使用钱袋子办理基金认申购及定投业务，可享受“认申购费0折起”优惠，帮助持有人降低基金投资交易成本。    A South Korean company has begun production at a huge new solar panel factory in Georgia even as industry leaders say surging Asian imports could dampen efforts to make more solar components in the United States.Qcells, a unit of South Korea’s Hanwha Group, said Wednesday that it can now turn out enough solar panels to generate 5.1 gigawatts of power yearly at a two-factory complex in the northwest Georgia city of Dalton. That's almost 40% of U.S. solar panel capacity, according to figures from the Solar Energy Industries Association. Qcells' opened its first factory in 2019 and an even larger plant in phases since, what the company describes as the largest solar investment in American history. “It’s another milestone as we as a company really strive to become a global leader and a U.S. leader in solar manufacturing," said Scott Moskowitz, Qcells head of market strategy and public affairs, speaking with The Associated Press after a plant tour Monday.The company says its new plant is the first solar module factory in the U.S. to begin production since passage of President Joe Biden’s signature climate legislation. Qcells' $208 million investment again shows how federal incentives are spurring a nationwide boom in renewable energy and electric vehicles.Industry jitters about a flood of cheap solar panels from overseas show how dependent on federal policy the solar industry remains. That's a threat in part because former President Donald Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican nomination, is hostile to renewable energy.Qcells leaders say the new plant showcases more efficient equipment and processes, part of a much larger investment intended to bring key steps in solar manufacturing to the U.S. A solar panel, or module, is assembled from solar cells most commonly made from wafers cut from ingots of polysilicon. Today, the company's solar cells are imported from Asia. But 30 miles (50 kilometers) south of Dalton in Cartersville, Qcells is building a $2.3 billion complex to take polysilicon refined in Washington state and make ingots, wafers and solar cells — in addition to 3.3 gigawatts of solar modules. That plant is scheduled to open in phases starting next year.Currently, no silicon ingots or wafers are made in the U.S. But Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, besides offering a extra tax credit on American-made solar equipment, lets manufacturers earn incentives for every unit of polysilicon they refine and every wafer, cell and module they make. For example, Qcells earns a tax credit of 7 cents per watt for every panel it makes in Dalton, or $34.30 for every 490-watt residential panel made.Even with that boost, solar industry leaders warn, factories will struggle to compete with a new spike in cheap Asian imports. They're again urging federal officials to investigate whether solar panels are being dumped at unfairly low prices. Previous investigations have led to anti-dumping tariffs on panels made in China and Taiwan.U.S. officials shouldn't regard the spike as a normal market fluctuation, said Mike Carr, executive director of the Solar Energy Manufacturers for America Coalition, a group that includes Qcells. He argues Chinese component makers are pushing out cheap modules from southeast Asian factories, tanking panel prices to ensure Chinese dominance and smother U.S. manufacturing.“This is likely to be the No. 1 new energy source in the 21st century," Carr said. "It’s already cheaper than pretty much anything else to install. It is the path to meeting our climate goals. So I think it becomes a real national security kind of concern. The way OPEC is in oil markets, we don’t want to allow China to become that same controller of supply in solar.”Qcells sees current low prices as a “near-term challenge" in achieving economies of scale and serving a long-term market, Moskowitz said. Beyond trade policy, he said, requiring federal agencies to buy American-made products and promoting panels produced with fewer carbon emissions could bolster Qcells.Politics envelops the solar industry. Vice President Kamala Harris visited the plant earlier this year. At the state level, Republican Gov. Brian Kemp has wrestled with Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff over political credit for electric vehicle and renewable energy investments flowing to Georgia. “Out of all the places Qcells could have gone, they chose to operate and expand here in Georgia because of our unrivaled assets and the competitive package we put together,” Kemp said in a statement.Ossoff and fellow Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock note they authored the component incentives that benefit Qcells, emphasizing federal policy. “Our state is emerging as the advanced energy capital of the nation, thanks to federal infrastructure and manufacturing policies that are benefiting Georgia more than any other state,” Ossoff said in a statement.Qcells, for its part, praises both state and federal assistance.“To build these markets up and to have them work, you need a whole government approach," Moskowitz said.。　　据了解，不少投资者在挑选基金时重点关注基金业绩、基金经理等要素，容易忽视交易手续费等投资成本要素。手续费看似单笔金额不高，但多次交易累积之下，会在一定程度上影响长期复利效果。以10万元申购主动偏股型基金为例，按认申购费率为0.8%测算，单次申购费用为800元。而通过基金公司直销0折优惠费率进行投资，该部分认申购费用可获得减免。该优惠同样覆盖定投扣款业务，长期分批投资可持续节省交易成本。　　除费率让利之外，广发基金直销平台已具备多项配套服务能力。平台在交易日晚上19点起更新基金净值，支持查询在其他渠道购入的广发旗下基金产品，方便投资者统一查看持仓盈亏；平台还上线对话式AI理财助理 AiFa，为投资者提供智能理财辅助服务；此外，广发基金直销平台还布局了“天工”系列专户产品，服务高净值群体多元化资产配置需求。

二 | 　　业内人士表示，直销0费率不是短期营销活动，而是让利持有人的行业趋势。未来公募基金行业的竞争将转向资产配置、投教陪伴、客户服务能力等综合实力的比拼。对普通投资者而言，短期的市场涨跌难以预判，但交易成本可以自主掌控，选择官方直销渠道，是低成本长期理财的优选方式。　　风险提示：本材料中的信息或表述意见仅供参考，不构成承诺、要约、要约邀请，也不构成对任何人的投资建议。基金过往业绩并不预示其未来表现，基金经理管理的其他产品业绩并不构成对本基金业绩的保证，基金有风险，投资需谨慎。

三 | 基金管理人承诺以诚实信用、勤勉尽职的原则管理和运用基金资产但不保证基金一定盈利，也不保证最低收益。投资人购买基金时应详细阅读基金的基金合同和招募说明书等法律文件。基金管理人管理的其他基金业绩和其投资人员取得的过往业绩不预示其未来表现。投资需谨慎责任编辑：孙同怀。

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