China's Power Consumption up 5% in October, an Industrial Info Market Brief

In October, China's overall social power consumption reached 579 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh), an increase of 5% year over year. From January through October, China's accumulative social power consumption reached 5,923.2 billion kWh, an increase of 4.4% year over year, according to the Instant Statistic Report of the National Energy Administration. China's power consumption in the primary industries (agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining, and oil & gas production) reached 6.6 billion kWh, an increase of 9.1% year over year; that of the secondary industries (manufacturing) reached 400.8 billion kWh, up 3.4%; that of the third industries (services) reached 94.7 billion kWh, a jump of 14.5%; that in the household of urban and township residents reached 76.9 billion kWh, an increase of 2.7%.