The volume jumped 42.9 percent compared with the 2019 level, putting the average Jan-Aug growth for 2020 and 2021 at 19.5 percent.

No matter how acute the emissions reduction pressure is, coal and coal-fired electricity are still necessary.

China will take key measures to ensure stable energy supplies this winter and next spring, the country's top economic regulator said on Wednesday.

Work teams have been dispatched to Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, eastern Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang and Hunan, the National Energy Administration (NEA) said.

Electrical consumption reached more than 525.27 billion kilowatt-hours in the first eight months this year, up 17.33 percent year-on-year.

The August output represented a 0.7 percent increase compared with the same period in 2019, the NBS said.

Iron ore price up despite Chinese power curbs

Iron ore price up despite Chinese power curbs