CHINA overtook America as the world leader in wind power in 2010, according to a new annual report by the Global Wind Energy Council. The chart below shows the five countries that make the greatest use of wind energy. Over the past decade, China`s installed wind capacity has grown exponentially, from just 0.3GW in 2000 to 42.3GW last year, and now accounts for 22% of the world's total wind power capacity. In 2010 it installed more turbines than America. The picture for the industry as a whole is less good, though. 2010 was the first year in which less capacity was installed than in the previous year.

　　根据一项国际风能理事会的最新年度报告，2010年中国已经超越了美国，成为全球风能领军国。下面这一图表包括了全球风力五强国家（中国、美国、德国、西班牙、印度）的发展趋势。在过去十年中，中国大规模安装风力发电机，发电量从2000年的0.3GW激增到去年的42.3GW，已经占到了全球风能总量的22%。2010年中国比美国安装了更多的涡轮机。虽然如此，全球风能业整体的发展却并非一片大好。2010年是全球风力发电机的安装量首次低于往年的一年。