Energy Production from January to February 2026

From January to February 2026, the raw coal production by industrial enterprises above the designated size remained stable, the crude oil production shifted from decline to growth, the production of natural gas grew steadily, and the growth of electricity production accelerated.

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

Decline in raw coal production narrowed. From January to February, the raw coal production by industrial enterprises above the designated size was 760 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 0.3%, and the decline narrowed by 0.7 percentage points from that in December 2025. The average daily output was 12.93 million tons.

The crude oil production turned from decline to growth. From January to February, the crude oil production by industrial enterprises above the designated size was 35.73 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 1.9%, compared with a decrease of 0.6% in December 2025. The average daily output was 606 thousand tons.

The processing volume of crude oil maintained growth. From January to February, the processing volume of crude oil by industrial enterprises above the designated size was 122.63 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 2.9%; the average daily processing volume was 2.079 million tons.

Natural gas production grew steadily. From January to February, the production of natural gas by industrial enterprises above the designated size was 44.6 billion cubic meters, a year-on-year increase of 2.9%; the average daily output was 760 million cubic meters.

II. Electricity Generation

Growth of the electricity generation by industrial enterprises above the designated size accelerated. From January to February, electricity generation by industrial enterprises above the designated size was 1,571.8 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 4.1%, with the growth rate 4.0 percentage points higher than that in December 2025; the average daily electricity generation was 26.64 billion kWh.

By category, from January to February, the thermal power generation by industrial enterprises above the designated size turned from decline to growth, the growth of hydropower production accelerated, and the growth of nuclear power, wind power and solar power production slowed down. Among them, thermal power generation by industrial enterprises above the designated size increased by 3.3% year on year, compared with a decrease of 3.2% in December 2025; hydropower increased by 6.8%, with the growth rate 2.7 percentage points higher than that in December 2025; nuclear power increased by 0.8%, with the growth rate 2.3 percentage points lower than that in December 2025; wind power increased by 5.3%, with the growth rate 3.6 percentage points lower than that in December 2025; solar power increased by 9.9%, with the growth rate 8.3 percentage points lower than that in December 2025.

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 is different from the coverage of data published last year.