April electricity consumption down 3.63% reflects the slowdown in industrial growth

BCC Beijing May 29 News (economic voice reporter Hanzhifeng intern Wanglili) According to the latest data released by the China Electric Power Enterprise Federation, the total electricity consumption in China fell to 3.63% in April, and in March the figure was 2.01% and the decline was enlarged.　　Experts pointed out that the total consumption of more than 75% of the industrial production of electricity consumption is the main reason, the slowdown in industrial growth will continue to affect the future economic trends.　　As the weather getting hotter, people began to increase the use of electrical equipment such as air-conditioning, many people the most direct feeling is: their home electricity consumption will be increased. Li Joe, deputy director of the Financial Research Department of the Ministry of Economic Prediction of the National Information Center, pointed out that the consumption of electricity accounted for a small proportion of the whole society, mainly the proportion of the production power consumption of industrial enterprises.　　The amount of industrial electricity can fully reflect the overall trend of macroeconomic. Li Joe: "China is still in the process of industrialization, or industry-led." Industry to start production lines, beginning to produce must use electricity, so it can be said that industrial electricity consumption is the whole industrial production synchronization indicators. According to the 2007 data, primary and the tertiary industry accounted for the proportion of the total social power consumption is about 12.7%, or relatively low, mainly electricity or reflected in the industry, and industrial electricity consumption generally accounted for 75%. "In April, the total consumption of electricity in the society was lower than the same period last year. Guo Haitao, assistant director of China Energy Strategy Research Center, said that due to insufficient demand, many industrial enterprises are still in the liquidation of inventory, which is commonly known as the inventory stage.　　This is one of the important reasons for the reduction of electricity consumption in industrial enterprises. Guo Haitao: "The change in electricity consumption for residents, the change is not very big." The key is industry, like the April steel market is relatively depressed, in a process of inventory, so production is not too good. Guo Haitao that in the industry as a whole decline in electricity consumption, heavy chemical industry accounted for a large proportion, and they are often high energy consumption, high polluting enterprises.　　Li Joe that the April year-on-year decline in electricity consumption, but also with the adjustment of the structure of these enterprises are related. Li Joe: "The decline in the production scale of heavy industry with higher energy consumption has a relatively larger impact on electricity consumption." On the one hand, low energy industries such as food manufacturing, pharmaceuticals and equipment manufacturing still maintain relatively rapid growth while the growth of high-energy-consuming industries slows. These enterprises have much less demand and use of electricity than energy-consuming enterprises, but their relatively steady growth plays a supportive role in the growth of industrial production. "There is a view that after the inventory of these high-energy-consuming enterprises is over, the capacity will be gradually released after May and the growth of electricity consumption should be stimulated."　　Guo Haitao is not optimistic about this. Guo Haitao: "Originally March-April is a good time to start production, but from the power consumption, and did not appear particularly good improvement." After June, from the industrial point of view, after the heat of the day, according to the truth, industrial production into a year cycle of lowValley period, such as to stop a maintenance ah and so on, so by May or June, the feeling is not particularly good.　　"Li Joe also believes that, despite some positive changes in agricultural and tertiary industry consumption in the April, it still cannot change the leading role of industries, and the release of industrial capacity and the growth of electricity consumption depend mainly on the improvement of external demand." Li Joe: "Can domestic and foreign demand improve?" If the overall demand is still depressed, even if the inventory ends, industrial production will be at a relatively low level. ”