China’s National Energy Administration said on the 20th that nationwide electricity consumption in March 2026 rose 3.5% from a year earlier to 859.5 billion kilowatt-hours. Demand for power used in charging and battery-swap services for electric vehicles and other “new energy vehicles” increased sharply.
By sector, primary industry consumption rose 6.7% to 11.3 billion kWh, while secondary industry use increased 2.0% to 570.8 billion kWh. Tertiary industry consumption climbed 7.7% to 160.1 billion kWh. Within secondary industry, power use by high-tech and equipment manufacturing rose 5.6%.
In the service sector, electricity used for charging and battery-swap services surged 51.3% to 13.0 billion kWh. Power consumption for internet data services also jumped 40.1% to 8.0 billion kWh. Household electricity use rose 5.2% to 117.2 billion kWh.
For January through March, electricity consumption increased 5.2% from the same period a year earlier to 2.5141 trillion kWh. Primary industry use rose 7.1% to 33.6 billion kWh, secondary industry use increased 4.7% to 1.5987 trillion kWh, and tertiary industry use climbed 8.1% to 483.3 billion kWh. Household consumption rose 3.4% to 398.5 billion kWh.
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