FILE: Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, south China - Dec 27, 2017 (CCTV-No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of power transmission facilities

FILE: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, south China - Date Unknown (CCTV-No access Chinese mainland)
2. Various of wind turbines in operation

FILE: Haiyan County, Zhejiang Province, east China - Date Unknown (CCTV-No access Chinese mainland)
3. Various of solar panels on rooftop

FILE: Xiluodu Hydropower Station, provincial border between Sichuan and Yunnan, southwest China - Date Unknown (CCTV-No access Chinese mainland)
4. Aerial shots of Xiluodu Hydropower Station
5. Hydropower generator in operation

FILE: Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, south China - Date Unknown (CCTV-No access Chinese mainland)
6. Various of aerials of Ling'ao Nuclear Power Plant
7. Nuclear power plant
8. Various of facilities

Changsha City, Hunan Province, central China - Recent (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
9. Various of Sany plant, workers, production line

FILE: Chongqing Municipality, southwest China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
10. Various of robotic systems in operation

Guizhou Province, southwest China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
11. Various of robotic arms working on assembly line in Guizhou Aviation Elevator Company

Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province, north China - July 31, 2018 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
12. Aerial shot of track laying of Zhangjiakou-Hohhot high-speed railway
13. Various of track laying in progress

FILE: China - Exact location and Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
14. Aerial shot of railway

China's power generation and electricity consumption grew rapidly in the first seven months this year, according to the official data released by the China's National Development and Reform Commission on Thursday.

From the perspective of power generation, from January to July, the country's power generation increased by 7.8 percent year-on-year. New energy power generation also achieved rapid growth. Nuclear power, wind power and solar power generation was up by 14.2 percent, 24.7 percent and 10.9 percent, respectively.

From the perspective of electricity consumption, from January to July, China's total electricity consumption was 3.88 trillion kWh, a year-on-year increase of nine percent, 2.1 percentage points higher than in the same period last year.

In terms of industries, the secondary industry contributed 55 percent to the country's total electricity consumption, which raised the overall electricity consumption by 4.9 percentage points. Among the 31 categories of the manufacturing industry, electricity consumption in 28 of them has increased to varying degrees.

The National Development and Reform Commission approved a total of 17 fixed-asset investment projects in July, with a total investment volume of 77.69 billion yuan which was mainly used in the fields of high-tech, water conservancy, energy and transportation, and the investment structure is continuously optimized.