Access to affordable and clean energy is a challenge highlighted in the UN's sustainable development goals. China has implemented a large-scale subsidy policy to promote photovoltaics (PV), making it the hugest PV market. However, its subsidy policies spawned problems in the distributed photovoltaic (DPV) industry, such as poor product quality and subsidy gaps, making it impossible for the country to withhold the cancellation of these subsidies. Based on the evolutionary game theory, this study reveals the strategic changes among enterprises an...