The Beijing-based company recorded a 699m yuan ($115m) net loss from January to September, from a 269m yuan deficit during the first nine months of 2012, against a background of falling sales.

The company's nine-month operating income was 2.01bn yuan, down from 3.6bn yuan. That represents a drop of 44.6%.

It partly attributed its poor performance to the short-term challenges such as grid integration and subsidy payment delays, which have slowed China’s wind expansion.

But