CCTV News: On April 18, the National Energy Administration released data on electricity consumption in the whole society in March.

In March, the total electricity consumption of the whole society was 828.2 billion kilowatt-hours, an increase of 4.8% year-on-year. From the perspective of electricity consumption by industry, the electricity consumption of the primary industry was 10.6 billion kWh, an increase of 9.9% year-on-year; the electricity consumption of the secondary industry was 557.8 billion kWh, an increase of 3.8% year-on-year; the electricity consumption of the tertiary industry was 148.4 billion kWh, an increase of 8.4% year-on-year; the electricity consumption of urban and rural residents was 111.4 billion kWh, an increase of 5.0% year-on-year.

From January to March, the total electricity consumption of the whole society was 238.46 billion kWh, an increase of 2.5% year-on-year, of which the power generation of industrial enterprises above designated size was 226.99 billion kWh. From the perspective of electricity consumption by industry, the electricity consumption of the primary industry was 31.4 billion kWh, an increase of 8.7% year-on-year; the electricity consumption of the secondary industry was 152.14 billion kWh, an increase of 1.9% year-on-year; the electricity consumption of the tertiary industry was 446.5 billion kWh, an increase of 5.2% year-on-year; the electricity consumption of urban and rural residents was 385.3 billion kWh, an increase of 1.5% year-on-year.