Pressure on China's wind power policy, the United States wants to occupy the commanding heights of new energy

A spokesman for the U.S. Trade Representative Office recently said that China has agreed to stop providing subsidies to wind power companies that use domestically produced, not imported, components. According to expert analysis, the U.S. move is intended to seize the commanding heights of global new energy and may further pressure China to reduce wind power subsidies. "USA Today" quoted US Trade Representative Kirk on his website as saying that China has agreed to stop providing subsidies of 6 to 22 million U.S. dollars. Kirk also said that this helps provide a fair environment for U.S. clean technology companies and workers.

Shen Hongwen, researcher of China Investment Advisor New Energy Industry Research Institute, pointed out that the United States currently urges China to cancel its wind power procurement subsidy in order to increase the competitiveness and sales of wind power companies in the United States and stimulate the development of its wind power industry. “The United States is about to enter the 2012 election cycle, and the Obama administration is facing the pressure of change. Therefore, the success in foreign trade negotiations can play a role in its re-election.” Miao Yingchun said that if Obama’s economic policy cannot put the United States The economy brings a shadow, and economic problems will become a huge stumbling block to its campaign.

The U.S. government hopes to find an engine that guides the economy out of the bottom, and new energy is seen by the Obama administration as a new growth point for the U.S. economy. It is extremely important for it to seize the commanding heights of the global new energy. In the past two years, with the continuous development of the wind power industry in China, the US market has more and more restrictions on China. Statistics show that by the end of 2010, China’s total installed wind power capacity has surpassed that of the United States, ranking first in the world. But Shi Pengfei, deputy director of the Wind Energy Professional Committee of the China Renewable Energy Society, said that whether it is the per capita wind power or the share of wind power in the national economy, compared with developed countries, China's ranking in the world is very backward.

Song Liang, an analyst at the China Circulation Productivity Promotion Center, believes that American wind power companies may wish to establish wind power installations in China in the form of joint ventures, and even become the mainstream of China's wind power installed market. "However, the self-digesting capacity of China's wind power installed companies is relatively strong. In the long run, the cancellation of procurement subsidies will not have a big impact on the industry," Song Liang said.

It is widely believed in the industry that China’s suspension of subsidies for wind power companies is unequal for both China and the United States. Song Liang pointed out that if China cuts subsidies, the United States has not cancelled the barriers to the development of China's new energy industry, which is unfair to Chinese companies. Therefore, the subsequent development of this news remains to be seen.