Energy Production in May 2023

In May, the production of main energy of industries above designated size kept a year-on-year growth. Compared with April, the growth rate of raw coal and electricity was slowed down, crude oil and natural gas production accelerated.

I. Raw Coal, Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production and Relevant Information

The growth rate of raw coal production maintained stable, and the import kept increasing at a high rate. In May, 390 million tons of raw coal were produced, a year-on-year increase of 4.2 percent, 0.3 percentage point lower than that of the previous month, 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 percent, and 19.9 percentage points faster than the previous month.

From January to May, 1.91 billion tons of raw coal were produced, a year-on-year increase of 4.8 percent. The import of coal was 180 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 89.6 percent.

The growth rate of crude oil production increased slightly, and the import changed from decreasing to increasing. In May, it produced 18.07 million tons of crude oil, a year-on-year increase of 2.7 percent, 1.3 percentage points faster than that of April, and the average daily output was 583,000 tons. The import of crude oil was 51.44 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 12.3 percent, a decrease of 1.4 percent in the previous month.

From January to May, 87.71 million tons of crude oil were produced, a year-on-year increase of 2.1 percent. The import of crude oil was 230.21 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 6.2 percent.

The crude oil processing maintained rapid growth, and the growth rate declined. In May, 62 million tons of crude oil were processed, a year-on-year increase of 15.4 percent, 3.5 percentage points slower than April, and the average daily processing volume was 2.0 million tons. From January to May, 302.63 million tons of crude oil were processed, a year-on-year increase of 9.8 percent.

The growth rate of natural gas production increased steadily, and the growth rate of import accelerated. In May, 19 billion cubic meters of natural gas were produced, a year-on-year increase of 7.2 percent, 0.2 percentage point faster than last month, and the average daily output was 610 million cubic meters. The import of natural gas was 10.64 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 17.3 percent, and 5.9 percentage points faster than the previous month.

From January to May, 97.3 billion cubic meters of natural gas were produced, a year-on-year increase of 5.3 percent. The imported natural gas was 46.29 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 3.3 percent.

II. Electric Power Production

The growth rate of power production declined. In May, the power generation was 688.6 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 5.6 percent, 0.5 percentage point slower than last month, and the average daily power generation was 22.21 billion kWh. From January to May, the power generation was 3.4216 trillion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 3.9 percent.

From the perspective of varieties, in May, the growth of thermal power, nuclear power accelerated, and the decline of hydropower expanded, the growth rate of wind power fell and the growth of solar power changed from decreasing to increasing. Among them, thermal power increased by 15.9 percent year-on-year, 4.4 percentage points faster than last month; nuclear power increased by 6.3 percent, 0.6 percentage point faster than last month; hydropower decreased by 32.9 percent, 7.0 percentage points higher than last month; wind power increased by 15.3 percent, 5.6 percentage points slower than last month; and solar power increased 0.1 percent, decreased by 3.3 percent in the previous month.

Annotations:

1. Explanatory Notes

Average daily product output: It is calculated by dividing the total output of Industrial Enterprises above the designated size announced in that month by the calendar days of that month.

2. Statistical Coverage

The statistical caliber of the output data in the report is above the designated size of industry, and the statistical scope is industrial enterprises with annual main business income of more than 20 million yuan.

Because the scope of Industrial Enterprises above the designated size changes every year, in order to ensure that this year's data is comparable with the previous year's, the same period used to calculate the growth rate of various indicators such as product output is consistent with the statistical scope of enterprises in this period, and there is a different data access standard between the data released this year and last year.

3. Data Source

Import data comes from the General Administration of Customs of the Peolple's Republic of China, of which May data are express data.

4. Conversion relationship of natural gas units: 1 ton is equal to 1,380 cubic meters.