AI Data Insight
The year-on-year growth rate of power consumption by urban and rural residents in China reached 6.0% in the second quarter of 2026, further climbing from 5.2% in the first quarter. Benefiting from official policies to expand domestic demand and the "trade-in" program for home appliances, coupled with the popularization of digital and electrified lifestyles, residential power consumption demonstrated resilient momentum. It is expected to face a new wave of demand tests during the peak summer power consumption period.