The wind power industry in China: Status and Issues

With the incentive and supporting policy of the government, wind power industry has experienced swift development and gradually moved towards maturity in China. In this paper, we review the status of the wind power industry in China from a supply chain perspective, there is mismatching between upstream and downstream. In the upstream the production capacity takes the lead but the R&D capability is weak in the world. In the downstream the speed of wind farm development is fastest in the world but the capacity of wind power integration and absorption is restricting the utilization and development of wind farm. We analyze the issues with the supply chain from a macroscopic view and the policy recommendations for optimizing the development of wind power in China are proposed.