China"s farthest offshore wind power project, the Three Gorges Jiangsu Dafeng Offshore Wind Power Project, achieves full-capacity generation and grid connection on December 15, 2025. Photo: Screenshot from China Media Group

　　China"s cumulative installed capacity of wind and photovoltaic (PV) power has for the first time exceeded 1.8 billion kilowatts, according to the latest data released by the National Energy Administration (NEA), underscoring the rapid growth of the country"s related green industries.

　　According to the NEA posted on its website on Thursday, as of the end of 2025, China"s total installed power generation capacity reached 3.89 billion kilowatts, up 16.1 percent year-on-year. The cumulative installed capacity of wind and PV power has for the first time exceeded 1.8 billion kilowatts, reaching 1.84 billion kilowatts and accounting for 47.3 percent of the total.

　　In 2025, the cumulative installed capacity of wind and PV power surpassed that of thermal power for the first time in history, exceeding it by about 300 million kilowatts. Over the past four years, newly added wind and PV capacity has consecutively surpassed the thresholds of 100 million, 200 million, 300 million, and 400 million kilowatts, the People"s Daily reported.

　　By advancing both centralized and distributed development, China is accelerating large-scale wind and PV power bases in desert, Gobi, and other arid regions, while promoting orderly offshore wind development, expanding urban and rural rooftop photovoltaics, and encouraging decentralized rural wind power, the report said.

　　As a result, China has built the world"s largest and fastest-growing renewable energy system, with wind and PV capacity accounting for nearly half of the global total, the People"s Daily report said.