Energy Production in the First Half Year of 2023

In the first half of the year, the production of main energy of industries above designated size kept a year-on-year growth and the import of raw coal, crude oil and natural gas kept a rapid increase.

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

The growth rate of raw coal production increased steadily, and the import increased at a high rate. In the first half of the year, 2.3 billion tons of raw coal were produced, a year-on-year increase of 4.4 percent. The import of coal was 220 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 93.0 percent. In June, 390 million tons of raw coal were produced, a year-on-year increase of 2.5 percent.

Crude oil production increased steadily, the import increased rapidly, and crude oil processing achieved a fairly rapid growth. In the first half of the year, 105.05 million tons of crude oil were produced, a year-on-year increase of 2.1 percent. The import of crude oil was 282.08 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 11.7 percent. 363.58 million tons of crude oil were processed, a year-on-year increase of 9.9 percent. In June, 17.52 million tons of crude oil were produced, a year-on-year increase of 1.9 percent. 60.95 million tons of crude oil were processed, a year-on-year increase of 10.2 percent.

The growth rate of natural gas production increased steadily, and the import achieved a fairly rapid growth rate. In the first half of the year, 115.5 billion cubic meters of natural gas were produced, a year-on-year increase of 5.4 percent. The imported natural gas was 56.63 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 5.8 percent. In June, 18.3 billion cubic meters of natural gas were produced, a year-on-year increase of 5.5 percent.

II. Electric Power Production

The power production maintained growth. In the first half of the year, the power generation was 4.168 trillion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 3.8 percent. In terms of forms, the power generation of thermal power increased by 7.5 percent year-on-year, of hydropower decreased by 22.9 percent, of nuclear power increased by 6.5 percent, of wind power increased by 16.0 percent, and of solar power increased by 7.4 percent. In June, the power generation was 739.9 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 2.8 percent.

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 People’s Republic of China, of which June data are express data.

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