Joy Hughes founded the Solar Gardens Institute in 2010 to support education, policy, and project development for community shared renewable energy everywhere, including advising university student research in China. The Institute is a member of the U.S. National Community Solar Partnership, a project of the White House and Department of Energy. Ms. Hughes has spoken on the topic throughout the U.S. and internationally. She holds a BS degree in Engineering and Applied Sciences from the California Institute of Technology and an MS in Computer Science from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She has worked in Apple Computer's Advanced Technology Group and several Silicon Valley startups. Joy Hughes presents a shared renewable project or "solar garden" allowing multiple owners of an offsite facility to receive a utility bill credit for energy produced. Shared solar is becoming popular in many countries and could enable China to meet its distributed solar energy targets. Joy Hughes discusses the potential for community solar to expand in China and the challenges it is still facing.