Sinovel Wind Group said that the company's chairman had resigned. Sinovel said that following the company's chairman and acting president Wei Wenyuan announcing his intentions to step down on May 13, 2013. Sinovel's board of directors voted in Wang Yuan as its new chairman during an interim meeting, and Liu Zhengqi as the company's new president.

Wei replaced the company's former chairman Han Junliang in March.