China News Service, October 20, National Development and Reform Commission spokesperson Meng Wei introduced on the 20th that in September, the nationwide electricity consumption increased by 7.2% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 2.8 percentage points higher than the same period last year.
Among them, the electricity consumption of primary, secondary, tertiary and households increased by 11.6%, 8.6%, 5.1%, and 4% year-on-year respectively.
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The National Development and Reform Commission held a regular press conference in October on the 20th. At the meeting, Meng Wei informed the September economic operation, major project approvals and price operations.
Regarding economic performance, Meng Wei said that in terms of power generation, in September, the national industrial power generation above designated size increased by 5.3% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 0.6% higher than the same period last year.
Among them, thermal power, hydropower, nuclear power, wind power, and solar power increased by 0.2%, 22.8%, 7.4%, 11.3% and 4.0% respectively year-on-year.
From January to September, power generation increased by 0.9% year-on-year, and the growth rate continued to pick up.
In terms of electricity consumption, in September, the electricity consumption of the whole country increased by 7.2% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 2.8 percentage points higher than the same period last year.
Among them, the electricity consumption of primary, secondary, tertiary and households increased by 11.6%, 8.6%, 5.1%, and 4% year-on-year respectively.
In terms of different regions, electricity consumption in 28 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) across the country is growing, among which 7 provinces including Henan, Anhui, and Hainan are growing more than 10%.
From January to September, the electricity consumption of the whole society increased by 1.3% year-on-year.
In terms of freight volume, in September, my country's freight volume in the whole society increased by 5.6% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 0.8 percentage points higher than the previous month, with a positive growth for 5 consecutive months.
The national railway freight volume increased by 3.6% year-on-year, and the port cargo throughput increased by 8.9% year-on-year, continuing to maintain a rapid growth rate.
In terms of passenger transportation, the average daily passenger traffic in September reached 32.45 million, an increase of 2.4% over the previous month.
Regarding the approval of major projects, Meng Wei pointed out that in September, the National Development and Reform Commission approved a total of 8 fixed-asset investment projects with a total investment of 17.2 billion yuan, mainly in transportation and energy industries.
In terms of price operation, from January to September, consumer prices rose by 3.3% year-on-year, and the rate of increase was lower than in the previous period.
In September, the CPI rose 1.7% year-on-year and 0.2% month-on-month.
Among them, pork prices fell 1.6% month-on-month, which was the first month-on-month decline since June. This was mainly due to the steady recovery of live pig stocks and reproductive sow stocks, and the significant improvement in pork supply; as the impact of extreme weather such as heavy rainfall and floods disappeared, Vegetable production and transportation returned to normal, and the month-on-month increase in fresh vegetable prices fell by 4 percentage points from the previous month.
From January to September, producer prices fell by 2% year-on-year, of which September fell by 2.1% year-on-year and rose by 0.1% month-on-month, which is the fourth consecutive month of month-on-month increase.
The price of ferrous metal mining and dressing, ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry, and comprehensive utilization of waste resources have increased month-on-month, which has significantly contributed to the increase in PPI.
In addition, Meng Wei introduced the implementation of the nationally determined contribution to climate change.
Meng Wei said that in recent years, the National Development and Reform Commission and relevant departments have vigorously promoted energy conservation, energy efficiency, adjustment and optimization of energy structure, and adopted strong measures to actively respond to the challenges of global climate change and promote green and low-carbon development.
One is to strengthen energy conservation and improve energy efficiency, and reduce carbon emissions from the source.
Adhere to the energy development strategy of saving priority, strengthen the dual control of total energy consumption and intensity, and continuously improve the energy-saving laws and standards system. From 2016 to 2019, the national energy consumption per unit of GDP has been reduced by 13.2%, and the cumulative energy saving is about 650 million tons of standard coal. To reduce carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 1.4 billion tons.
The second is to vigorously adjust the energy structure and build a clean and low-carbon energy system.
Continuously increase the supply of renewable and clean energy, further promote the reduction of coal production capacity, and strive to create a clean and low-carbon energy system.
In 2019, the proportion of national non-fossil energy consumption rose to 15.3%, fulfilling the 2020 plan ahead of schedule.
The third is to improve policy mechanisms and promote green and low-carbon development.
Actively use the investment in the central budget to support the construction of energy conservation, coal consumption reduction and substitution, environmental infrastructure and climate change adaptation in the meteorological field.
Innovate and improve the price mechanism to promote green development, and formulate price policies for clean heating, "coal to electricity", "coal to gas", ultra-low emissions from coal-fired power plants, and renewable energy power generation.
Issue the green industry guidance catalog and improve financial measures such as green bond issuance.