In addition to eventually producing more than 200 megawatts of solar projects across the country, Apple said it would work with manufacturers to become more energy efficient.
The two initiatives mean that over 20 million tons of greenhouse gas pollution in the country could be avoided between now and 2020, the company said in a statement on its official Chinese website.
Apple's main supplier, Taiwan's Foxconn Technology Group, was cited in the statement as saying that the company will produce 400 megawatts of solar energy, starting in central China's Henan province, by 2018.
"I hope that this renewable energy project will serve as a catalyst for continued efforts to promote a greener ecosystem in our industry and beyond," Terry Gou, founder and chief executive of Foxconn, said in the statement.
Apple's chief executive, Tim Cook, has this week been touring Apple stores in China, where pollution and urban smog have come to be recognized as a serious health problem.
"We believe passionately in leaving the world better than we found it and hope that many other suppliers, partners and other companies join us in this important effort," Cook said in a statement.
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