Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd. announced preliminary earnings results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013. Based upon preliminary data, the company expects its PV module shipment in the first quarter of 2013 to decrease by 6% to 7% from the fourth quarter of 2012, better than its previous guidance of a low-to-mid teen percent decrease from the fourth quarter of 2012. The company expects its overall gross margin in the first quarter of 2013 to be in the range of 4.0% to 4.2%, which is in line with its previous guidance of low-to-mid single digit percent.

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited announced that the company has entered into a non-binding strategic cooperation framework agreement with GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Limited. Under the terms of the Agreement, Yingli Green Energy and GCL-Poly wish to leverage their advantages in the PV sector, including research and development and product manufacturing, and seek to fully cooperate with each other along the PV supply chain.

Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd. Presents at 2013 dbAccess Clean Tech, Utilities & Power One-on-One Conference, May-13-2013 . Venue: The Waldorf Astoria Hotel, 301 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10022-6897, United States.