China's electricity consumption, a key barometer of economic activity, saw an increase in the first quarter of this year.
Total power use in China rose 3.6% year on year in the first three months to 2.12 trillion kilowatt-hours, data from the National Energy Administration showed on Friday.
Electricity consumed in the primary, secondary and tertiary industries respectively rose 9.7%, 4.2% and 4.1% year on year to 26.6 billion, 1.38 trillion and 369.6 billion kilowatt-hours.
Residential power consumption logged an increase of 0.2% from the same period last year to total 342.4 billion kilowatt-hours.
In March alone, the country's power use increased 5.9% year on year to 736.9 billion kilowatt-hours.
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