Through the end of 1996, production grew at a 68 percent annual rate.
Production grew from 1993 to 2004 by an estimated 35%.
The report also said production grew last month, but the rate of growth was the smallest since December 1986.
Private production, which had virtually ceased, grew to become one third of the nation's total.
In the years up to 1989, production had been growing by 10 percent to 20 percent a year.
China produces around 20% of the world's total solar cells, and production is growing at over 50% each year.
Industrial production also grew annually by 10% for several years, mostly in the 1960s.
However, production has not grown in relation to the world's economies.
Production grew to 20,000 cases by the end of the decade and to 50,000 by the mid-1980's.
Haciendas and agricultural production also grew, especially in the north of the state.