China's power consumption in April this year rose by 11.2 percent year on year to 376.8 billion kilowatt hours, China's National Energy Administration (NEA) announced on May 14.
In the January-April period of the current year, China's electricity consumption reached 1.47 trillion kilowatt hours, up 12.4 percent year on year, according to the NEA.
China added 18.9 gigawatts of new power generating capacity during the first four months of the year, including 2.12 gigawatts of hydropower and 13.4 gigawatts of thermal power.
China's power consumption growth in April slowed from year-on-year increases of 13.4 percent in March and 15.8 percent in February.
However, power consumption in China surged significantly in Q1 2011 compared with the last four months of 2010, and power shortages have been witnessed recently in parts of China, which will likely have a negative impact on economic growth.
China's electricity consumption in 2011 is expected to rise by nine percent year on year to 4.5 trillion kilowatt hours, the NEA had previously stated.