Chinese energy companies showcase wind farms after Trump denies their existence

Surprised by U.S. President Donald Trump's comments claiming China does not use wind power, top Chinese energy companies seized the opportunity to showcase China's wind energy accomplishments.

"China makes almost all of the windmills, and yet, I haven't been able to find any wind farms in China. Did you ever think of that?" Trump said to global leaders at the recent World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026 in Davos, Switzerland.

The remarks prompted an immediate wave of responses from China's leading energy enterprises, which have shared numerous images highlighting their wind farms across the country and technological advancements on China's Quora-like knowledge-sharing platform Zhihu.

China Energy Engineering Corporation (CEEC), also known as Energy China, emphasized its end-to-end capabilities covering installation, planning, design, maintenance and operation, while posting a series of photos of its wind farms across China.

Photo shows an 850,000-kW offshore wind farm in Dafeng district, Yancheng, east China's Jiangsu Province. (Photo/China Energy Engineering Corporation)

From deserts to seas, and from mountains to plains, vast arrays of wind turbines have become a distinctive green feature of China's landscape, the company said, thanking Trump for the opportunity to showcase its achievements.

According to CEEC, wind and solar power generation accounts for a growing share of China's electricity consumption, rising from 9.7 percent in 2020 to 18.6 percent in 2024, and nearing 25 percent in the first half of 2025.

Photo shows a 500,000-kW wind farm in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Photo/China Energy Engineering Corporation)

Photo shows a high-altitude wind energy kite system covering 5,000 square meters. (Photo/China Energy Engineering Corporation)

China now holds over 40 percent of the world's new energy patents, while multiple technical metrics, including the largest single-unit capacity for offshore wind turbines and the longest wind turbine blades, continue to set new global records, the company noted.

"Trump's criticism has ironically handed us an unexpected moment in the spotlight," joked State Grid Corporation of China (State Grid), which responded by introducing its wind power capacity and technological achievements.

Photo shows a wind farm with an installed capacity of more than 10 million kilowatts in Jiuquan, northwest China's Gansu Province. (Photo/State Grid Corporation of China)

In 2025 alone, more than 300 gigawatts of wind and solar capacity were newly installed within State Grid's operating areas, according to the company.

"In fact, in addition to onshore turbines, we have also expanded our research and deployment into deep offshore waters," said State Grid. "In Fuqing, southeast China's Fujian Province, there is a national offshore wind power test facility covering an area of 200 mu (about 13.33 hectares). We developed it in collaboration with our partner China Huadian Corporation Ltd."

Photo shows wind turbines at a national wind and solar energy storage and transmission demonstration project in Zhangbei county, north China's Hebei Province. (Photo/State Grid Corporation of China)

Photo shows the simulation center of State Grid Corporation of China. (Photo/State Grid Corporation of China)

The company also extended an invitation for Trump to see the projects firsthand in China.

Dongfang Electric Corporation (DEC) highlighted its wind turbines in Fujian Province, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, and northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region through a series of photos.

Endowed with abundant marine wind resources, Fujian is a key frontier in China's offshore wind development, hosting the country's first full-industry-chain offshore wind power industrial park, according to DEC.

Photo shows a 26-megawatt offshore wind turbine nacelle developed by Dongfang Electric Corporation. (Photo/Dongfang Electric Corporation)

DEC's Fujian site serves as a major manufacturing hub, having developed Asia's first 13-megawatt (MW) offshore turbine as well as record-setting 18-MW and 26-MW models, the company said.

In Xizang, DEC's ultra-high-altitude wind technology, designed for elevations between 3,500 meters and 5,500 meters, has been deployed in nearly 600 turbines in the region, according to the company.

Photo shows a 100-megawatt wind farm in Seni district, Nagqu, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. (Photo/Dongfang Electric Corporation)

Photo shows a facility of Dongfang Electric Corporation in Qamdo, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. (Photo/Dongfang Electric Corporation)

Photo shows a 1,000-megawatt wind farm operated by Dongfang Electric Corporation in Burqin county, Altay prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Photo/Dongfang Electric Corporation)

The company is scaling up manufacturing in Xinjiang while supporting local economic transformation, DEC said. Its plants for wind turbine nacelle and blade production became operational in two counties in 2025, and new facilities for wind power projects and related R&D are nearing completion in the region.

Other major energy suppliers, including China Datang Corporation Ltd., China National Offshore Oil Corporation, and China National Nuclear Corporation, also posted photos of their record-breaking onshore and offshore wind farms, showcasing their wind power capacity across diverse environments.