BEIJING, April 17 (Xinhua) -- China's electricity consumption, a key barometer of economic activity, recorded robust expansion in March 2024, official data showed Wednesday. Power use climbed 7.4 percent year on year to 794.2 billion kilowatt-hours last month, according to the National Energy Administration. Specifically, power consumed by primary and secondary industries expanded by 7 percent and 4.9 percent year on year, respectively. Power used by the tertiary sector went up 11.6 percent. China's residential power use in March registered a 15.8 percent increase from the same period last year, the data revealed. In the first quarter of 2024, the country's power use increased by 9.8 percent to nearly 2.34 trillion kilowatt-hours. (Editor:Fu Bo) |
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