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China's power use rises 5.6 pct in March

Xinhua, April 13, 2016 Adjust font size:

China's electricity consumption rose 5.6 percent year on year in March, reaching 476.2 billion kilowatt hours (kwh), data from the country's top economic planner showed on Wednesday.

Power consumption stood at 1.35 trillion kwh for the first quarter, up 3.2 percent from one year earlier, the National Development and Reform Commission said. Endi