The development of power industry is very sensitive to macro-economy. This is particularly true in China where three quarters of the electricity consumption comes from industrial demand. Chinese government has carried out positive fiscal policies to increase investments in recent years. The domestic economic development is doing well. According to the National Electricity Industry Statistics Report, electricity generation in 2004 reached 2187 TWh, increasing by 14.8 percent Year-on-Year (YoY). However, the growth rate decreased by 0.4 percent compared with the previous year. Nuclear power generation increased steadily and reached 50.1 TWh, increasing by 14.1 percent YoY. In 2004, the overall electricity consumption of China was 2173.5 TWhs, increasing by 14.9 percent YoY, which was the second highest growth (2003 being the highest) since China's adoption of reform and opening-up policy.

Power deficiency was the major issue in electricity market in 2004, which was much more serious than 2003. In 2003, 21 provinces were reported to have power shortage problem, while in 2004 the number increased to 24. The whole country was in a power shortage of about 10 million kilowatts in 2003, while it was of over 30 million in 2004.

In 2005 the power shortage problem continues. This report integrates a great deal of industrial data, facts and information concerning national policies, truthfully and objectively exhibits the current situation of China¡¯s electricity industry, and tries to forecast the industry trends.

This report analyzes the operation of China¡¯s power industry from 2001 to 2004, including general demand and supply analysis, regional market demand and supply analysis, analysis on power generation and development of grids. This report also addresses the economic situations of China power industry from 2001 to 2004, including economic indicators such as industrial scale, profits and efficiency. Related industries and circumstances are also included. 

Sources

1. Electricity industry macro running database (1998-2004), Chinese National Bureau of Statistics  
2. Electricity industry enterprises monitoring database (2002-2004), Chinese National Bureau of Statistics
3. State Grid Corporation of China
4. CNKI, CNnewspaper.com, Wanfang Data, etc.

2.Development environment research of China electricity industry
2.1 National energy restructuring
2.2 Power system reform
2.3 Analysis of electric power supervision environment 
2.4 Western development and China power

Part II Demand and supply analysis of electric power market

3.Analysis of China electric power generation
3.1 Development and status of electric power generation
3.2 Structural features of electric power generation
3.3 Status and development of electric power construction

4.Analysis of China electricity consumption
4.1 Analysis of electricity usage
4.2 Electricity consumption features in China
4.3 Electricity generation/consumption elastic coefficient analysis

5.Electric power import & export market

6.Analysis of China electric source structure
6.1 Thermal Power
6.2 Hydroelectric Power
6.3 Nuclear Power
6.4 Other power sources

Part III Economic analysis of power industry

7.Economic indicators of power generation factories
7.1 General operation analysis of large-scale power generation plants, 1999-2004
7.2 Analysis of power generation plants by economic type, 1999-2004
7.3 Operation analysis of power generation plants by major economic type

8.Economic indicator analysis of power supply plants
8.1 General operation analysis of large-scale power supply plants, 1999-2004
8.2 Operation analysis of state-owned power supply plants, 2000-2004

9.Development of major power grids
9.1 China power grids overview
9.2 North China Grid
9.3 East China Grid
9.4 Central China Grid
9.5 North-east China Grid
9.6 North-west China Grid
9.7 China Southern Power Grid
9.8 Provincial independent power grids

10.Analysis of power industry competition
10.1 Competition characteristics of power industry
10.2 Current pattern of China electric power generation market
10.3 Current pattern of China electric power supply market

11.Analysis of key enterprises
11.1 Power grid groups
11.2 Power generation groups
11.3 Supplementary groups

Part IV Analysis of upstream industries

12.Electric equipment industry
12.1 Overview of electric equipment industry 
12.2 Technological achievements of China electric equipment industry
12.3 Power generating equipment sector
12.4 Electric power primary equipment sector
12.5 Electric power secondary equipment sector

13.Coal industry
13.1 Demand and supply status of China coal industry
13.2 Analysis of coal market
13.3 Demand and supply relationships of coal market in 2005 
13.4 Impact of coal and power linkage on power industry

Part V Development and investment analysis

14.Investment analysis of power industry
14.1 Fixed asset investment analysis of power industry
14.2 Investment benefit analysis of power industry

15.Trend analysis of power industry
15.1 Information from NPC and CPPCC
15.2 Trends of the industrial economy
15.3 Trends of internationalization
15.4 Trends of informationalization

16.Development strategies for power enterprises
16.1 Development thoughts for power enterprises after power system reform
16.2 Development thoughts for power supply enterprises