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Power consumption by China's high energy-consuming industries set new records in the first quarter of this year, an official from the China Electricity Council (CEC) told Shanghai Securities News.
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Xue Jing, director of the CEC's statistics and information department, told the paper that power use by these high energy-consuming industries in the first quarter accounted for more than 30 percent of the total power consumption, setting a new record.
China's four major energy-consuming industries – steel, chemical, non-ferrous metals, and building materials – all held new records in electricity use in the first quarter, Xue added.
Power consumption by the country's heavy industries soared 30.5 percent year-on-year in the first quarter to hit 592.4 billion kilowatt hours, according to the NEC.