China's wind power began in the late 20th century, 50 in Jilin, Liaoning, Xinjiang and other provinces to establish a single capacity of 10kW small wind farm the following, but its subsequent stagnation. The 20th century, mid 70s later, the world's energy crisis, and especially in the rural and pastoral areas, islands and other places on the power pressing demand, driven by some of our regions and sectors of the wind power research, pilot and promote the use of has given attention and support, but at this stage, is independent of its wind power equipment operation. Until 1986, in Shandong Rongcheng built China's first wind farm in the grid to run after the grid from wind farm construction operation into the exploration and demonstration phase, but its features are small size and unit capacity. 1990 have been built four wind farms for grid-based, with a total installed capacity of 4.215MW, its largest unit capacity of 200kW. On this basis, wind power since 1991 and gradually began to enter the extension phase, to 1995, the country became a five and build a network-based wind farms, the total installed capacity of 36.1MW, the largest unit capacity of 500kW. After 1996, wind power has entered the stage to expand the scale of construction, which is characterized by the size and capacity of wind farms are large, the largest unit capacity of 1500kW. According to latest statistics from China Wind Energy Association, in 2007 China except Taiwan Foreign 3,144 new wind turbine platform. Compared with 2006, 2007, a growth rate of newly added installed capacity of 145.8 percent, 126.6 percent cumulative growth rate of installed capacity. Apart from Taiwan, China, 2007 Foreign cumulative wind turbine 6,458 units, installed capacity of 5,890 MW.

China is one of the few coal as its main source of energy, one of the consumption structure of this enormous pressure on the environment is self-evident. Gradually optimize its energy structure, improving energy efficiency, developing renewable energy strategies for sustainable development has become an indispensable important part. Renewable energy including hydropower, biomass, wind generator , solar, geothermal and ocean energy, resources and potential, low environmental pollution, can be sustainable use, is conducive to the harmonious development of man and nature, the importance of energy. From the current status of renewable energy resources and technological development shows that the future development of renewable energy faster than water, the main biomass, wind and solar. Wind power technology has basically matured economy is close to conventional energy, quite a long time in the future will be to maintain rapid economic development.