Energy Production in October 2025

In October, the raw coal production by industrial enterprises above the designated size maintained at a relatively high level. The production of crude oil and natural gas grew steadily, and the growth of electricity generation accelerated remarkably.

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

The raw coal production maintained at a relatively high level. In October, the raw coal production by industrial enterprises above the designated size was 410 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 2.3%. The average daily output was 13.12 million tons.

From January to October, the raw coal production by industrial enterprises above the designated size was 3.97 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 1.5%.

Crude oil production kept growing. In October, the crude oil production by industrial enterprises above the designated size was 18.00 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 1.3%, 2.8 percentage points lower than that in September; the average daily output was 581 thousand tons.

From January to October, the crude oil production by industrial enterprises above the designated size was 180.64 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 1.7%.

Processing of crude oil maintained a stable growth. In October, the output of crude oil processed by industrial enterprises above the designated size was 63.43 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 6.4%; the average daily processing volume was 2.046 million tons.

From January to October, the crude oil processing volume of industrial enterprises above the designated size was 614.24 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 4.0%.

The growth of natural gas production moderated. In October, the production of natural gas by industrial enterprises above the designated size was 22.1 billion cubic meters, a year-on-year increase of 5.9%, 3.5 percentage points lower than that in September; the average daily output was 710 million cubic meters.

From January to October, the production of natural gas by industrial enterprises above the designated size was 217.0 billion cubic meters, a year-on-year increase of 6.3%.

II. Electricity Generation

The growth of electricity generation by industrial enterprises above the designated size accelerated. In October, electricity generation by industrial enterprises above the designated size was 800.2 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 7.9%, 6.4 percentage points higher than that in September; the average daily electricity generation was 25.81 billion kWh. From January to October, the electricity generation by industrial enterprises above the designated size was 8,062.5 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 2.3%.

By category, in October, thermal power generation by industrial enterprises above the designated size shifted from decline to growth, while the growth of hydropower and solar power slowed down. Nuclear power saw faster growth, and the decline in wind power widened. Among them, thermal power generation by industrial enterprises above the designated size increased by 7.3% year on year, after a 5.4% decrease in September; hydropower increased by 28.2%, with the growth rate 3.7 percentage points lower than that in September; nuclear power increased by 4.2%, with the growth rate 2.6 percentage points higher than that in September; wind power decreased by 11.9%, and the rate of decline widened by 4.3 percentage points from September; solar power increased by 5.9%, with the growth rate 15.2 percentage points lower than that in September.

Annotations:

1. Notes on Indicators

Average daily output is calculated by dividing the total output of industrial enterprises above the designated size announced in the current month by the number of calendar days in that month.

2. Statistical Coverage

Statistically, the output data in this report cover the industrial enterprises above the designated size, which refer to the industrial enterprises with an annual main business revenue of 20 million yuan or above.

As the scope of industrial enterprises above the designated size changes every year, to ensure comparability between the data of the current year and those of the previous year, the year-on-year growth rates of product output and other indicators are calculated based on the same statistical coverage of enterprises as in the current period, which may differ from the data published for the previous year.