Analysis And Evaluation Of Chinese Wind Turbine Manufacturing Industry Development

Compared to the coventional fossil fuel energy, wind power provides clean energy which can mitigate the impacts of greenhouse gas emission and optimize the electirc power source structure. With support from the Chinese government, the Chinese wind power generation industry is experiencing rapid development. The quick growth of the wind power generation industry has promoted the development of the Chinese wind turbine manufacturing industry. Similarly, the quantitiy and the productivity of the local Chinese Wind Turbine Manufacturers(WTMs) have also undergone a quick and siginificant expansion. This is resulting in an increase in competition amongst the WTMs in China. Being relatively new, this creates a fertile environment for local Chinese WTMs that is ripe for study and analysis. This paper analyzes the characteristics of the wind turbine manufacturing industry in China. By comparing the differnent performances of each indicator, the competitive advantages and disadvantages of foreign and local WTMs in the Chinese market are identified. Based on the niche theory of industrial ecosystem and enterprise, this paper investigets the Chinese wind turbine manufacturing industry, and proposes a wind turbine manufacturing industry ecosystem model and a WTMs’ecological niche evaluation index system(WENEIS). Use is made of a catastrophe theory model evaluation method to evaluate the ecological niche status of the6main local Chinese WTMs selected. The propsed WENEIS aids WTMs in finding the competitive advantage and disadvantage factors for their development, as well as providing a valuable reference for the WTMs to improve their business environment and to formulate their competitive strategy in the future.