China's power generation up 3.1% in April

BEIJING - Power generation of China's major electricity production enterprises went up 3.1 percent year-on-year in April, official data showed Friday.

Total power output of these firms reached 690.1 billion kilowatt-hours last month, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

A breakdown of the data revealed that the output of solar power soared 21.4 percent year-on-year, while that for hydropower rose 21 percent.

The output of thermal power and nuclear power climbed 1.3 percent and 5.9 percent, respectively, year-on-year, according to the NBS.