China News Service, August 17th. The National Development and Reform Commission held a press conference on the 17th. Spokesperson Meng Wei revealed at the meeting that from the perspective of power generation, from January to July this year, the national industrial power generation above designated size increased by 13.2% year-on-year, compared with 2019 The year-on-year growth rate was 12.2%, and the two-year average growth rate was 5.9%.
In July, national power generation increased by 9.6% year-on-year.
Among them, thermal power, nuclear power, wind power, and solar power respectively increased by 12.7%, 14.4%, 25.4%, and 12.1% year-on-year; hydropower decreased by 4.3% year-on-year.
In terms of electricity consumption, electricity consumption across the country from January to July this year increased by 15.6% year-on-year.
Among them, the electricity consumption of primary, secondary, tertiary and households increased by 20.5%, 15.3%, 25.1% and 6.6% respectively year-on-year.
In terms of regions, the growth rate of electricity consumption in 16 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) across the country exceeded 15.6% (that is, the growth rate of electricity consumption across the country). Among them, the growth rate of Tibet, Hubei, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, and Shaanxi exceeded 20%.
In July, the electricity consumption of the whole society increased by 12.8% year-on-year.
In terms of investment project approval, in July, the National Development and Reform Commission approved a total of 8 fixed asset investment projects with a total investment of 58.2 billion yuan, mainly in the fields of transportation and energy.