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1. Aerial shots of wind turbines along coastline

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2. Aerial shot of transmission towers

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3. Aerial shots of transmission towers, mountains

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4. Various of power station, China Huaneng power facility components

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5. Computing servers

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6. Various of servers, cables
7. Various of assembly line in operation
8. Various of robotic arms operating; workers in factory

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9. Various of people in shopping mall

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10. Customers shopping for home appliance

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11. Charging piles
12. Electric vehicles being charged

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13. Various of electric vehicles at charging station

China's electricity consumption, a key barometer of economic activity, rose six percent year on year in April, official data showed Tuesday.

Power use totaled 820.5 billion kilowatt-hours last month, according to the National Energy Administration.

A breakdown of the data showed that power consumed by the primary industry rose 2 percent year on year to 11.2 billion kilowatt-hours, while power consumed by the secondary industry increased 5.3 percent to 558.4 billion kilowatt-hours.

Within the secondary industry, industrial power use rose 5.5 percent year on year to 553.8 billion kilowatt-hours, while electricity consumption by high-tech equipment manufacturing climbed 10.1 percent to 105 billion kilowatt-hours.

Power used by the tertiary industry reached 151.7 billion kilowatt-hours in April, up 8.9 percent year on year. The charging and battery swapping service sector and internet data services reported rapid growth in electricity consumption, rising 61.9 percent and 42.8 percent, respectively.

Electricity consumption by residents rose 6 percent from a year earlier to 99.2 billion kilowatt-hours.

In the first four months of the year, China's total power use exceeded 3.33 trillion kilowatt-hours, up 5.4 percent year on year, the data showed.