"By the end of 2013, China's total installed capacity of offshore wind power was 38.87 ten thousand kilowatts." At the "China-Europe Offshore Wind Power Engineering and Equipment Manufacturing Technology Seminar" hosted by the Beijing Jianheng Certification Center, Xie Hongwen, Director of the New Energy Department of the General Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Planning and Design, stated: "It is difficult to complete the 'Twelfth Five-Year Plan'."

Data from the wind power professional organization BTM shows that global offshore wind power installations will increase by 26117MW in 2014-2018; by the end of 2018, the cumulative global offshore wind power installed capacity is expected to reach 32948MW, accounting for 6% of the global wind power installed capacity.

In addition to electricity prices and sea use coordination factors, China's offshore wind power industry chain and standard specifications still need to be improved.