LDK Solar Breaks Ground on Polysilicon Production Plant at Its Manufacturing Facilities in Xinyu City

LDK Solar Breaks Ground on Polysilicon Production Plant at Its Manufacturing Facilities in Xinyu City

August 20, 2007

    XINYU CITY, China and SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 20
/Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- LDK Solar Co., Ltd. (NYSE: LDK), a
leading manufacturer of multicrystalline solar wafers,
announced that the company hosted a groundbreaking ceremony
on August 18, 2007 to celebrate the commencement of
construction on its polysilicon production plant.  This
event was hosted by Mr. Xiaofeng Peng, Founder, Chairman
and CEO.  Attending the ceremony as the key honorable guest
was Mr. Xinxiong Wu, Governor of Jiangxi Province with many
other honorable guests from Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong,
Taiwan, Japan, Korea, the U.S., Europe, India and other
parts of the world to celebrate this event.   

    The polysilicon production plant will be located
adjacent to LDK's current solar wafer manufacturing
facilities in Xinyu City, China. This groundbreaking is in
line with the company's publicly announced plans to
complete construction and reach a production capacity of up
to 6,000 metric tons of polysilicon by the end of 2008 and
15,000 metric tons by the end of 2009.  The Company has
also indicated that it plans to commence volume production
by the end of 2008.

    "Today's groundbreaking represents a notable
milestone for LDK as we move forward with our plans to
establish in-house polysilicon production and build upon
our technical and operational expertise," said Mr.
Peng.  "We are very proud of the speed of the
preparations leading to the groundbreaking and see this
achievement as a demonstration of our commitment to
becoming the largest and lowest cost wafer producer in the
solar industry."  

    About LDK Solar

    LDK Solar Co., Ltd. is a leading manufacturer of
multicrystalline solar wafers, which are the principal raw
material used to produce solar cells. LDK sells
multicrystalline wafers globally to manufacturers of
photovoltaic products, including solar cells and solar
modules. In addition, the company provides wafer processing
services to monocrystalline and multicrystalline solar cell
and module manufacturers. LDK's headquarters and
manufacturing facilities are located in Hi-Tech Industrial
Park, Xinyu City, Jiangxi province in the People's Republic
of China. The company's office in the United States is
located in Sunnyvale, California.

    Safe Harbor Statement 

    This press release includes statements that may
constitute forward-looking statements made pursuant to the
safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Although LDK believes that
the expectations reflected in such forward-looking
statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such
statements are subject to risk and uncertainties that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those
projected.


    For more information, please contact:

     Lisa Laukkanen
     The Blueshirt Group
     LDK Solar 
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     Jack Lai, Executive VP and CFO
     LDK Solar Co., Ltd.
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     Web:   http://www.ldksolar.com