Aerial photo shows staff members inspecting a photovoltaic (PV) power station in Gonghe County of Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China's Qinghai Province, Feb. 8, 2022. Parts of Qinghai are faced with temperature drop and snowfall recently. Staff members of a power company enhanced the inspection of the PV power station to maintain the power supply during bad weather. (Xinhua)

The PV company executive taken away by German police was assisting an investigation, the China Photovoltaic Industry Association (CPIA) said on Tue, stating that only one person was involved in the investigation.

The CPIA on Tuesday issued an urgent clarification addressing the incident, saying that person in concern was only assisting in the investigation and has now returned to their hotel. 

The CPIA said only one person assisted with the investigation, which did not involve a number of Chinese photovoltaic companies, and there was no case of multiple people being involved despite speculations by online reporting. 

Liu Yiyang, deputy secretary-general of CPIA said the current matter is an old case and does not impact the entire photovoltaic industry, let alone the normal Sino-European photovoltaic trade, Economic View reported on Tuesday.

Pu Yonghua, the person concerned in the Munich photovoltaic exhibition incident told Seashell Finance on 5:30 pm Tuesday local time that he has been released by the police and has arrived at a local hotel ready to check in. 

Pu told the finance new portal that he was summoned for investigation by the police and has been released. Pu said that the investigation was not connected to major events. 

The German Federal Police based at Munich Airport told the Global Times that the federal police arrested one Chinese national on Monday morning upon the arrival of flight LH727 from Shanghai.

"The public prosecutor's office in Augsburg had issued a pre-trial detention order against this person. The person was brought before the magistrate at Augsburg District Court Monday at 2 pm. The arrest was suspended subject to conditions," according to a statement sent by German Federal Police from Munich Airport to the Global Times.

The flight was carrying a number of Chinese photovoltaic industry leaders who planned to participate in Intersolar Europe, the world’s largest solar technology exhibition, which will take place in Munich from Wednesday to Friday, Securities Times reported. 

According to public information, Pu used to work for Jiangsu Runda PV Co and owns a 30 percent of share of Jiangsu Green Power New Energy Co.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Tuesday the Chinese embassy and consulate general in Germany have contacted the German authorities at the first time and asked the German side to protect the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies and individuals in accordance with the law.