Liu Wenhua: In the first quarter, China's energy supply and demand showed a recovery growth trend

A few days ago, Liu Wenhua, director of the Energy Statistics Department of the National Bureau of Statistics, wrote that in the first quarter, China's energy supply and demand showed a recovery growth trend, energy production was stable and improving, imports grew rapidly, and supply security capacity continued to increase
.

In the first quarter, with the continuous and stable recovery of China's economy, energy supply and demand showed a recovery growth trend
.
Raw coal production has recovered rapidly, crude oil production has grown steadily, natural gas production has accelerated, oil and gas imports have increased, and electricity production has picked up
rapidly.

Raw coal production resumed
quickly.
Raw coal production enterprises conscientiously implement various measures to ensure energy supply, fully release high-quality production capacity, actively and effectively increase supply, and ensure stable supply
during peak winter and Spring Festival.
In the first quarter, raw coal production increased by 16.
0% year-on-year, compared with a decline of 0.
5% in the same period last year, and an average growth of 7.
4%
over the two years.

Crude oil production has grown
steadily.
In the first quarter, crude oil production increased by 1.
4% year-on-year, slowing down by 1.
0 percentage points from the same period last year, and an average growth of 1.
9%
in two years.
Crude oil processing recovered rapidly, with crude oil processing volume increasing by 16.
5%, down 4.
6% in the same period last year, and an average growth of 5.
4%
in the two years.

Growth in natural gas production accelerated
.
In order to ensure the demand for cleaner production and clean heating, upstream gas supply enterprises actively organize domestic gas fields to increase production and supply, and make every effort to maintain full production
.
In the first quarter, natural gas production increased by 13.
1% year-on-year, 4.
0 percentage points faster than the same period last year, and an average growth of 11.
1%
in two years.

Oil and gas imports increased
.
According to the express report data of the General Administration of Customs, the import of crude oil in the first quarter was 139.
23 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 9.
5%, the growth rate was 4.
5 percentage points faster than the same period of the previous year, and the average growth rate for two years was 7.
2%; Imported natural gas was 29.
39 million tons, an increase of 19.
6%, an acceleration of 17.
8 percentage points, and an average increase of 10.
3% in two years; Imported coal was 68.
46 million tons, down 28.
5% year-on-year, up 28.
4% in the same period last year, and down 4.
2%
on average for two years.

Electricity production picked up
fast.
With the continuous and stable recovery of economic operation, the demand for electricity for production and life has grown rapidly
.
In the first quarter, electricity generation increased by 19.
0% year-on-year, compared with a decline of 6.
8% in the same period last year, and an average growth of 5.
3%
over the two years.
Among them, thermal power increased by 21.
1% year-on-year, and the average growth rate for two years was 5.
4%; Affected by natural conditions such as dry water, hydropower increased by 0.
5%, with an average decrease of 4.
6% in two years; Nuclear power grew by 18.
8%, with a two-year average growth of 9.
6%; Wind power increased by 30.
9%, with a two-year average growth of 17.
6%; Solar power grew by 14.
1%, with a two-year average growth of 12.
5%.