China's Power Consumption Accelerates in 2013.


(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency ) China's electricity consumption, a key indicator of economic activity, rose 7.5% year on year in 2013, the National Energy Administration (NEA) said.



Electricity used in 2013 stood at 5.32 trillion kilowatt hours, according to a statement on the NEA websit



The growth rate is 2 percentage points higher than that in 2012, according to China's (Xinhua) News Agenc



The service sector consumed 10.3% more electricity than a year earlier, and the industrial sector consumed 7% more, while power used by the agricultural sector was 0.7% more than a year earlier, the statement sai



Data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed China's economy expanded by 7.7% in the first nine months of 2013, higher than the government's full-year target of 7.5


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