China News Service, Beijing, September 14. The National Energy Administration of China released data on the electricity consumption of the whole society in August on the 14th: In August, China's economy continued to recover steadily, and the electricity consumption of the whole society continued to grow, reaching 760.7 billion kWh, year-on-year An increase of 3.6%, an average increase of 6.0% in two years.
Changes in electricity demand are the "barometer" of social and economic operations. As China's economy continues to recover steadily, production demand continues to rise, and electricity consumption also increases rapidly.
In August, by industry, the power consumption of the primary industry was 10.7 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 13.7%; the power consumption of the secondary industry was 485.1 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 0.6%; the power consumption of the tertiary industry was 140 billion kWh , An increase of 6.2% year-on-year; the electricity consumption of urban and rural residents was 124.9 billion kWh, an increase of 12.5% year-on-year.
In addition, from January to August, the total electricity consumption of the whole society was 5,470.4 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 13.8%.
In terms of industries, the electricity consumption of the primary industry was 66 billion kWh, an increase of 19.3%; the electricity consumption of the secondary industry was 3652.9 billion kWh, an increase of 13.1%; the electricity consumption of the tertiary industry was 953.3 billion kWh, an increase of year-on-year 21.9%; the electricity consumption of urban and rural residents was 798.2 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 7.5%.
The industry predicts that due to the continued stability and improvement of the economy, China's power supply and demand situation will be generally balanced in the second half of the year.
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