In 2017, wind power generation accounts for 4.8% of all electricity generated.

According to the national energy administration, according to the industry statistics, in 2017, the total installed capacity of the new grid-connected wind power capacity is 15.03 million kw, and the total installed capacity reaches 164 million kw, accounting for 9.2% of the total installed capacity. When wind power generated 305.7 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity, it accounted for 4.8% of all electricity generation, up 0.7 percentage points from 2016. In 2017, China's wind power utilization averaged 1,948 hours, an increase of 203 hours. In the whole year, the wind power consumption of 41.9 billion KWH was reduced by 7.8 billion kilowatt-hours.