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China’s electricity and water supply industry’s profit continue to grow rapidly in April, with the total profit generated by the electricity companies, heating companies, gas suppliers and water suppliers surging 36.5% in April from a year earlier, accelerating by 8.9 percentage points from the previous month, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.
Of that, electricity industry’s profit surged by 45.3% year over year in April driven by increasing power demand amid economic recovery, said the NBS.
The gas and water production and supply industries saw profit grow by 7.3% and 17.4%, respectively, in April from a year ago, according to the data.