AI Data Insight
The latest data for Q3 2026 shows that the year-over-year growth rate of electricity consumption in China's secondary industry dropped to 2.4%, a slight slowdown from the previous 3.0%, indicating that traditional industrial momentum is under pressure. However, electricity consumption in high-tech and equipment manufacturing surged by 7.2% YoY, reflecting the continued progression of the industrial structure optimization trend characterized by "the rise of the new and the decline of the old."