10. World's largest wind turbine market

China is overtaking the US as the world’s largest market for the installation of wind turbines in 2009, People’s Daily reported.

In the first half of this year, China had new wind turbine installations producing 4.5 million kilowatts of power, surpassing the US, which had new wind turbine installation of 4 million kilowatts of power in the same period.

The data of China’s total wind turbine installation of 2009 is yet to be announced, but it is predicted to overtake the US as the world's largest market for wind turbines this year.

The government’s encouraging policies are seen as the main driving force to help create huge market demand for wind turbines. As a result, manufacturers propped up and investment flocked

10、全球最大的風輪機市場

據《人民日報》報道，2009年，中國取代美國成為世界最大的風輪機市場。

2009年上半年，中國新增風輪機共發電450萬千瓦，超過美國的400萬千瓦。

中國2009年的新安裝風輪機數量尚未公布，但預計有望取代美國，成為全球最大風輪機市場。

中國政府的經濟刺激政策被認為是風輪機巨大市場需求的主要推動力。這一巨大需求吸引了大量制造商和巨額投資。

（中國日報網英語點津 編輯：蔡姍姍）