National Energy Board released on the 14th March, electricity consumption increased by 2%, the cumulative increase of 4.3% in January-March. Despite the disappearance of the Spring Festival factors, electricity consumption growth rate in March from negative to positive, but still a record 46 times since June 2009, January-March cumulative year-on-year growth continued to slow compared to January-February . Experts believe that the weakness in the manufacturing industry at present to pick up momentum, can not rule out the possibility of deceleration announced on the 15th March of above-scale industrial added value increased electricity consumption growth continued to slow down.
The data show that in March the whole society electricity consumption of 424.1 billion kwh, an increase of 2.0%. Sub-industry perspective, in addition to the year-on-year growth of 2.89% of the second industrial power, other industrial electricity volume of negative growth. , Compared with February, March light, heavy consumption "reverse". Heavy industry year-on-year growth rate of electricity consumption "from negative to positive, at 6.4%. Light Industry negative growth, down to -13.11% in March from 2.22% in February.
It is noteworthy that the growth rate of -12.5% ​​in February compared to March electricity situation has improved, but the growth rate of electricity consumption in the first quarter year-on-year is still higher than January-February continued to slow down 1.2 percentage points.
Temperature in March this year than in the past, the average twice, coupled with the reduction of public consumption and other factors, so that urban and rural household consumption of electricity compared to less light industrial electricity consumption is because industrial production is not up , but from late May to mid-March and early April, the electricity situation or one by one to ten days better. "Ouyang Changyu, Deputy Secretary-General of the China Electricity Council said in an interview with the" Economic Information Daily "reporters.
Released on the 14th of electricity consumption data confirms the current weak to pick up momentum in the manufacturing sector. Treasure Island Shang Bao, an analyst at Hop "Economic Information Daily" reporters, said that electricity consumption growth continued to slow down, as well as previously announced industrial producer prices accelerated decline reflects the current momentum of economic recovery is not strong, particularly in the manufacturing weak industry to pick up momentum, announced on the 15th March of above-scale industrial added value data can not rule out the possibility of encounter "late spring" (year-on-year deceleration).
The Ministry of Industry Senior Fellow of the Center for Economic Research paper pink clouds on the "Economic Information Daily" reporters, said the manufacturing sector in the next period of time is immune significantly improved, mainly because of the growth momentum of the profits of industrial enterprises. She gives three reasons: First, the urbanization brought stimulate investment growth in the short term can not appear, policies become more strict control of the investment growth. Industrial enterprises against inflation, commodity price index changes too frequently may affect the production conditions, the impact of imported inflation, the ex-factory price and the purchase price of the asymmetric transmission mechanism will squeeze corporate profits. The third is an urgent need to optimize the structure of profit growth, from January to February data, raw materials processing industry is still the main source of support profit growth, the manufacturing market is in the doldrums, the market is also expected to decline.