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Domestic wind turbine manufacturers now account for more than half of the Chinese wind turbine market.

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The scale of technology transfer here specifically refers to the installed capacity in the Chinese wind power market for specific wind turbine models (such as 600kW, 1.5MW, etc.) transferred from abroad to China. For different wind turbine technology transfer modes, the market shares of wholly foreign-owned enterprises, Sino-foreign joint ventures, and Chinese-funded enterprises in the Chinese wind turbine market can, to some extent, reflect the scale of technology transfer corresponding to each mode.


Nearly 90% of the cumulative installed capacity of wind turbines in China was provided by foreign wind turbine manufacturers. At that time, there were only a few domestic wind turbine manufacturers in China, with small scales and backward technologies, making them no match for foreign manufacturers in market competition. However, after 2005, the significant development of China's wind power industry also drove the growth of the wind turbine manufacturing sector. In addition to existing companies such as Goldwind and Windey increasing investment and expanding rapidly, large domestic manufacturers like Dongfang Steam Turbine, Huairui Wind Power (Dalian Heavy Industry Group), and Xiangtan Electric Manufacturing Group, as well as private enterprises like Mingyang Electric, entered the wind turbine manufacturing market through methods such as purchasing licenses and establishing joint ventures. With the development of domestic wind turbine enterprises in China, the proportion of foreign wind turbine enterprises in China's cumulative installed capacity has continuously declined, dropping from nearly 90% in 2002 to less than 40% in 2008. Of the remaining market share exceeding 60%, apart from joint ventures accounting for less than 5%, the rest is held by Chinese-funded wind turbine enterprises. Domestic wind turbine enterprises in China have grown from being negligible to now occupying more than half of the Chinese wind turbine market. The scale applied in China is greater than the technology transferred through the wholly foreign-owned enterprise model.