Energy Production in December 2025

In December, the raw coal and crude oil production by industrial enterprises above the designated size remained stable, the production of natural gas grew steadily, and electricity production maintained its growth.

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

The raw coal production remained stable with a slight decrease. In December, the raw coal production by industrial enterprises above the designated size was 440 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 1.0%. The average daily output was 14.10 million tons.

From January to December, the raw coal production by industrial enterprises above the designated size was 4.83 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 1.2%.

The crude oil production remained stable. In December, the crude oil production by industrial enterprises above the designated size was 17.80 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 0.6%. The average daily output was 574 thousand tons.

From January to December, the crude oil production by industrial enterprises above the designated size was 216.05 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 1.5%.

The growth of crude oil processing accelerated. In December, the crude processing volume of industrial enterprises above the designated size was 62.46 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 5.0%, 1.1 percentage points higher than that in November; the average daily processing volume was 2.015 million tons.

From January to December, the crude oil processing volume of industrial enterprises above the designated size was 737.59 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 4.1%.

The growth of natural gas production remained stable. In December, the production of natural gas by industrial enterprises above the designated size was 23.0 billion cubic meters, a year-on-year increase of 5.1%; the average daily output was 740 million cubic meters.

From January to December, the production of natural gas by industrial enterprises above the designated size was 261.9 billion cubic meters, a year-on-year increase of 6.2%.

II. Electricity Generation

The electricity generation by industrial enterprises above the designated size maintained its growth. In December, electricity generation by industrial enterprises above the designated size was 858.6 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 0.1%; the average daily electricity generation was 27.70 billion kWh. From January to December, the electricity generation by industrial enterprises above the designated size was 9,715.9 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 2.2%.

By category, in December, the decline in the thermal power generation by industrial enterprises above the designated size narrowed, and the growth of hydropower, nuclear power, wind power and solar power production slowed down. Among them, thermal power generation by industrial enterprises above the designated size decreased by 3.2% year on year, with the decline narrowed by 1.0 percentage point from November; hydropower increased by 4.1%, with the growth rate 13.0 percentage points lower than that in November; nuclear power increased by 3.1%, with the growth rate 1.6 percentage points lower than that in November; wind power increased by 8.9%, with the growth rate 13.1 percentage points lower than that in November; solar power increased by 18.2%, with the growth rate 5.2 percentage points lower than that in November.

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

The output data in this report covers the industrial enterprises above the designated size, which refers to 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 that 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.