In October 2025, the total electricity consumption of the whole society increased by 10.4% compared to the same period last year.

On November 21st, the National Energy Administration released data on national electricity consumption for October. In October, the total electricity consumption was 857.2 billion kilowatt-hours, a year-on-year increase of 10.4%. By sector, electricity consumption in the primary sector was 12 billion kilowatt-hours, a year-on-year increase of 13.2%; electricity consumption in the secondary sector was 568.8 billion kilowatt-hours, a year-on-year increase of 6.2%, with industrial electricity consumption increasing by 6.4%; electricity consumption in the tertiary sector was 160.9 billion kilowatt-hours, a year-on-year increase of 17.1%, with rapid growth in the electricity consumption of charging and swapping services, as well as information transmission, software, and information technology services; residential electricity consumption in urban and rural areas was 115.5 billion kilowatt-hours, a year-on-year increase of 23.9%. From January to October, the total electricity consumption was 862.46 billion kilowatt-hours, a year-on-year increase of 5.1%, with industrial electricity generation from enterprises above a designated scale reaching 806.25 billion kilowatt-hours. By sector, electricity consumption in the primary sector was 126.2 billion kilowatt-hours, a year-on-year increase of 10.5%; electricity consumption in the secondary sector was 54.781 billion kilowatt-hours, a year-on-year increase of 3.7%, with industrial electricity consumption increasing by 3.9%; electricity consumption in the tertiary sector was 16.671 billion kilowatt-hours, a year-on-year increase of 8.4%, with rapid growth in the electricity consumption of charging and swapping services, as well as information transmission, software, and information technology services; residential electricity consumption was 13.532 billion kilowatt-hours, a year-on-year increase of 6.9%.