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It is also a core issue for the EU-China Business Council to protect the intellectual
rights of European companies in China.
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10.4.3 Concerns of European Governments and Enterprises in Clean
Energy Trade with China, the Wind Power as an Example
The EU believes that the discrimination policy by China excluded the most
competitive wind power producers from the major wind power projects in China.
No international wind-turbine producer has won the bid on national major wind
power projects since 2005,
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taking their market share down from 84.6 % in 2003 to
15.4 % in 2008 .
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The EU also holds that the product localization restriction on
foreign companies in major wind power and other energy projects is a discrimina-
tive policy.
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Businesses from EU member countries and other foreign firms do not
have the bidding opportunity in the seaborne wind power project, which is
restricted to China-owned companies even though China has abolished the require-
ment of 70 % localization of the wind power equipment in January, 2010.
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In the
face of this situation, the EU-China Business Council asked the Chinese govern-
ment in the 2010-2011
EU Business Proposal to China
for the following:
1. To provide a fair competition environment for foreign and local participants in
the national wind power base projects and seaborne wind power concession
rights:
Let the market be the determining factor, so that developers are allowed to
choose equipment based on the technology and economic analysis.
- Formulate and implement an objective bidding standard, including the
international test, certification, grid-connected system, overall quality and
reliability standard.
- Focus on the energy production cost and life cycle cost rather than the
lowest price of the wind turbine.
- Don't
restrict
the rated capacity or any other similar quantitative
requirement.
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China IPR SME Helpdesk, Technology transfer to China: Guidance for businesses, a project
funded by European Union, European Communities, 2008;Sino-EU Business Council, 2010-2011
EU Business' Proposal to China, the work abstract
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Sino-EU Business Council, 2010-2011 EU Business' Proposal to China
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Shi Pengfei, Statistics on China Wind Power Components, 2003-2008,
http://www.nwtc.cn/
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Joanna Lewis, A Review of the Potential International Trade Implications of Key Wind Power
Industry Policies in China, Paper Prepared for the Energy Foundation China Sustainable Energy
Program, October 2007.
http://www.resource-solutions.org/pub_pdfs/China.wind.policy.and.intl.
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Renming website, National Energy Bureau's Regulation on Canceling Nationalization Rate of
Wind Power Equipment, 2010.1.13,
http://energy.people.com.cn/GB/10758767.html
