On May 20, the National Energy Administration released data on total electricity consumption of the whole society in April.
In April, total electricity consumption of the whole society reached 772.1 billion kilowatt-hours, a year-on-year increase of 4.7%. By sector:
- Electricity consumption in primary industry was 11.0 billion kilowatt-hours, up 13.8% year-on-year;
- Electricity consumption in secondary industry was 528.5 billion kilowatt-hours, up 3.0% year-on-year;
- Electricity consumption in tertiary industry was 139.0 billion kilowatt-hours, up 9.0% year-on-year;
- Electricity consumption for urban and rural residential use was 93.6 billion kilowatt-hours, up 7.0% year-on-year.
From January to April, cumulative total electricity consumption of the whole society was 3,156.6 billion kilowatt-hours, a year-on-year increase of 3.1%, among which the power generation of industrial enterprises above designated size was 2,984.0 billion kilowatt-hours. By sector:
- Electricity consumption in primary industry was 42.4 billion kilowatt-hours, up 10.0% year-on-year;
- Electricity consumption in secondary industry was 2,049.7 billion kilowatt-hours, up 2.3% year-on-year;
- Electricity consumption in tertiary industry was 585.6 billion kilowatt-hours, up 6.0% year-on-year;
- Electricity consumption for urban and rural residential use was 478.9 billion kilowatt-hours, up 2.5% year-on-year.