In May, the output of major energy products of industrial enterprises above designated size maintained year-on-year growth. Compared with April, the production of raw coal and electricity slowed down slightly, while the production of crude oil and natural gas accelerated.
I. Production of raw coal, crude oil and natural gas and related information
In May, the output of raw coal was 390 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 4.2%, 0.3 percentage points slower than in April, and the average daily output was 12.43 million tons. The import of coal was 39.58 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 92.6%, 19.9 percentage points faster than in April.
From January to May, the production of raw coal was 1.91 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 4.8%, and the import of coal was 180 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 89.6%.
In May, crude oil production accelerated and imports turned from decline to increase. In May, crude oil production was 18.07 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 2.7%, 1.3 percentage points faster than in April, and the average daily output was 583,000 tons. Imported crude oil was 51.44 million tons, an increase of 12.3%, while it fell by 1.4% in April.
From January to May, crude oil production was 87.71 million tons, up 2.1% year-on-year, and crude oil imports were 230.21 million tons, up 6.2% year-on-year.
In May, 62 million tons of crude oil were processed, a year-on-year increase of 15.4%, a 3.5 percentage point drop from April, and an average daily processing of 20,000 tons of crude oil. From January to May, 302.63 million tons of crude oil were processed, a year-on-year increase of 9.8%.
Natural gas production grew steadily, and imports accelerated. In May, natural gas production was 19 billion cubic meters, up 7.2% year-on-year, 0.2 percentage points faster than in April, with an average daily output of 610 million cubic meters. Natural gas imports were 10.64 million tons, up 17.3% year-on-year, 5.9 percentage points faster than in April.
From January to May, 97.3 billion cubic meters of natural gas were produced, a year-on-year increase of 5.3%, and 46.29 million tons of natural gas were imported, a year-on-year increase of 3.3%.
2. Electricity Production
The growth rate of electricity production fell slightly. In May, the power generation was 68.86 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 5.6%, and the growth rate fell by 0.5 percentage points from April. The average daily power generation was 22.21 billion kWh. From January to May, the power generation was 3421.6 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 3.9%.
In terms of types, in May, the growth rate of thermal power and nuclear power accelerated, the decline of hydropower expanded, the growth rate of wind power declined, and the solar power generation turned from decline to increase. Among them, thermal power increased by 15.9% year-on-year, 4.4 percentage points faster than in April; nuclear power increased by 6.3%, 0.6 percentage points faster than in April; hydropower decreased by 32.9%, 7.0 percentage points wider than in April; wind power increased by 15.3%, 5.6 percentage points slower than in April; solar power generation increased by 0.1%, 3.3% lower than in April.
Note
1. Indicator explanation
Average daily product output: It is calculated by dividing the total output of industrial enterprises above designated size announced in that month by the number of calendar days in that month.
2. Statistical scope
The production data in this report belongs to the statistical caliber of large-scale industries, and its statistical scope is industrial enterprises with annual main business income of RMB 20 million and above.
Since the scope of industrial enterprises above a certain size changes every year, in order to ensure the comparability of this year's data with that of the previous year, the same period numbers used to calculate indicators such as the year-on-year growth rate of product output are consistent with the statistical scope of this period's enterprises, and differ from the data caliber published in the previous year.
3. Data Sources
Import data from the General Administration of Customs, of which the data for May 2023 are flash report data.
4. Natural gas unit conversion relationship: 1 ton equals 1380 cubic meters.
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