China's electricity use hit a historic milestone in 2025, surpassing 10 trillion kilowatt hours for the first time, the National Energy Administration (NEA) said Saturday.

Total power use in China hit 10.4 trillion kilowatt-hours last year, representing a year-on-year increase of five percent, according to NEA data.

Power consumption in the primary, secondary, and tertiary industries grew by 9.9 percent, 3.7 percent, and 8.2 percent, respectively from the previous year.

Meanwhile, power consumption of urban and rural residents increased by 6.3 percent year-on-year.

The tertiary sector and residential power consumption served as the primary drivers of growth in total consumption, contributing 50 percent to the overall increase.

This volume also makes China the first country to surpass the 10-trillion-kWh mark in annual power use, said the NEA.

"China's power consumption surpassed 10 trillion kilowatt-hours in 2025, driven by the combined effects of the nation's stable and improving economy and multiple rounds of extreme heat. This figure more than doubled that of the United States and exceeded the combined power consumption of the EU, Russia, India and Japan," said Yang Kun, executive vice chairman of the China Electricity Council.