06:10 AM EST, 02/04/2026 (MT Newswires) -- JinkoSolar ( JKS ) shares were up more than 11% in Wednesday's premarket trading following reports that personnel with ties to Elon Musk had visited its manufacturing sites in China.

The news outlet 21st Century Business Herald reported that Musk's team came to "test the waters" for investment in China's solar energy sector. The Tesla (TSLA) Chief Executive has been voicing optimism about solar energy for weeks.

"Incredible progress by China in solar power," he wrote in December on his platform, X. "America needs to do the same."

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