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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) — China's electricity consumption, a barometer of economic activity in the country, exceeded 1 trillion kWh in July this year, data released by the National Energy Administration showed Thursday.
The country's energy consumption in July reached 1.02 trillion kWh, up 8.6 percent from the same period last year. The increase was driven by hot weather and robust industrial activity.
Last month, electricity consumption in the primary sector of the economy increased by 20.2 percent year-on-year to 17 billion kWh, in the secondary sector by 4.7 percent to 593.6 billion kWh, and in the tertiary sector by 10.7 percent to 208.1 billion kWh.
Electricity consumption by the population over the past month reached 203.9 billion kWh, an increase of 18 percent.
China consumed a total of 5.86 trillion kWh of electricity from January to July this year, up 4.5 percent year-on-year. -0-
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