Jan power output falls

China's power generation in January fell 13 percent year-on-year due to weak demand during the Lunar New Year, according to an industry association.

The country's major power producers produced only 250.3 million megawatt hours of power in the month, said an official with China Electricity Council (CEC) yesterday, who declined to be named.

This is the fourth consecutive month that the country has seen a negative growth in power generation. CEC statistics showed that thermal power generation in October, November and December last year fell 5.3 percent, 16.6 percent and 12.4 percent respectively.