[6] China is forecast to have 1200 GW of combined wind and solar capacity by 2030 as part of the government's pledge to increase the share of non-fossil fuels in primary energy consumption to around 25% by that year.

[7] In late 2020, the Chinese government set out a road map for total installed capacity of wind and solar to be 1,200 gigawatts by 2030.

[19]: 175–176 In 2005, the standing committee of the National People's Congress passed a law that requires Chinese power grid enterprises to purchase all the electricity produced by the renewable energy sector.

The Zhongke Hengyuan Energy Technology company invested CN¥400 million in building the base for the maglev wind turbine generators, in which construction began in November 2007.

[32] As of 2014, Goldwind remains the largest competitor in the Chinese wind energy market, with a 19% share of new installations.

[34]: 119 Offshore wind power is a major part of China's clean energy development strategy.

The country has a coastline measuring 18,000 kilometers long and is estimated to have up to 750 million kilowatts of offshore exploitable wind power resources.

[43] Installations increased substantially in 2016, with 592 MW of offshore wind power capacity deployed, ranking third in the world behind Germany and the Netherlands.

[45] Offshore wind development slower pace in China is mainly due to the lack of experience of domestic turbine manufacturers in the sector.

This forces local development to use foreign products, resulting in Siemens being the largest supplier of offshore wind turbines in China.

Another problem is the huge investment needed and associated risks of offshore development, which discourage private companies.

[47][48] Areas with great wind power potential such as Gansu are sometimes far away from established industrial and residential centers.

Shen et al. (2019) discover that Chinese city-dwellers may be somewhat resistant to building wind turbines in urban areas, with a surprisingly high proportion of people citing an unfounded fear of radiation as driving their concerns.

[57] In addition, the study finds that like their counterparts in OECD countries, urban Chinese respondents are sensitive to direct costs and to wildlife externalities.