『Abstract
　The rapid rise of China as the largest wind energy market worldwide with several global leaders in turbine manufacturing received much attention from both scholarly and policy-analytical work. However, little attention has been given to the innovation activities of the Chinese wind industry. In our paper, we aim to address this gap, based on second-hand sources and over 50 personal interviews with wind energy-related experts. We argue that China's wind industry has made great progress in terms of manufacturing and installing, but is confronted with various challenges and problems regarding the development of its indigenous innovation capabilities. Using innovation systems approaches as an analytical tool and focusing on institutions, actors, technology and their interaction in supporting innovation activities, we decompose the elements of China's wind energy innovation system and their role in developing the domestic wind industry. Against this backdrop we identify and discuss challenges and obstacles in the development of an innovation-driven wind industry in China. The paper strongly argues that more attention should be paid to improve the coordination and cooperation among the various actors of the wind energy innovation system, to the build-up of a market-oriented education and training system as well as to intellectual property protection.

Keywords: Wind energy; Innovation system; China』

1. Introduction
2. The conceptualization of the wind energy innovation system
　2.1. Innovation systems approaches
　2.2. Innovation, major actors and important institutions in the wind energy innovation system
3. The Chinese wind energy innovation system
　3.1. Supportive institutions for wind energy and the domestic wind industry
　　3.1.1. Administrative-organizational restructuring
　　3.1.2. Legislative changes
　　3.1.3. Industrial policies
　3.2. Increasing number and specialization of actors
　　3.2.1. Wind turbine manufacturers and suppliers
　　3.2.2. Developers and operators
　　3.2.3. Associations and academia
　3.3. Technological progress, but still having technological problems
　3.4. Wind-related R&D in China: The large role of the state
4. Identifying obstacles for strengthening innovativeness
　4.1. Lack of a comprehensive wind energy innovation strategy
　4.2. Relatively low investment volume and unfavorable structure of R&D
　　4.2.1. Weak collaboration between academia and industry
　4.3. Lack of skilled labor
　4.4. Obstacles to technology transfer to China
5. Summary and conclusion
Acknowledgements
Appendix A
References