China's installed wind power capacity tops world for 15 years

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China's installed wind power capacity has ranked first globally for 15 consecutive years, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Thursday in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's claims at Davos that China avoids using wind power domestically.

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China has seen a large boom in wind power with annual two-digit growth rate since 2020. By the end of November 2025, China's installed capacity of wind power exceeded 600 million kilowatts, with a year-on-year increase of 22.4 percent, according to data from China's National Energy Administration.

It currently accounts for 40 percent of global wind generation. The country's wind and solar generation hit a new record share of 18 percent in 2024, remaining above the global average of 15 percent and overtaking the US for the first time. China accounted for over half of the global wind increase in 2024, and its wind generation increase was more than three times larger than that of the U.S.

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