CCTV News:In the past two days, many departments have released a number of data, showing that China’s economy continues to improve.

　　In November, electricity consumption of the whole society increased by 11.6% year-on-year.

　　The National Energy Administration released electricity consumption data. In November, the electricity consumption of the whole society was 763 billion kWh, up 11.6% year-on-year. Among them, the electricity consumption of primary industry increased by 12.2%, the electricity consumption of secondary industry increased by 9.8%, the electricity consumption of tertiary industry increased by 20.9%, and the electricity consumption of urban and rural residents increased by 10.0%.

　　In the first 11 months, the postal delivery business exceeded 140 billion pieces.

　　Data released by the State Post Bureau, 1— In November, the postal delivery business in China totaled 146.31 billion pieces, up 15.8% year-on-year. Express delivery companies continue to exert their efforts in overseas markets. In the first 11 months, China’s international and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan express delivery business totaled 2.75 billion pieces, up 54.1% year-on-year.

　　The total demand for cold chain in China is expected to reach 350 million tons this year.

　　With the demand for cold chain logistics gradually stabilizing and rebounding, the reporter learned from China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing on December 16th that in 2023, the total demand for cold chain in China is expected to reach 350 million tons, the infrastructure related to cold chain logistics is growing rapidly, and the number of refrigerated trucks is expected to exceed 430,000.

　　China’s foreign exchange market operated steadily in November.

　　According to the data released by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on December 15th, China’s foreign exchange market is operating steadily and the cross-border capital flows are basically balanced. In November, the bank settled 173.5 billion US dollars and sold 198.1 billion US dollars. 1— In November, banks accumulated 2004.2 billion US dollars in foreign exchange settlement and 2073.1 billion US dollars in foreign exchange sales.

　　China’s photovoltaic manufacturing industry maintains a high level of operation

　　According to the latest data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, since 2023, China’s photovoltaic manufacturing industry has maintained a high level of operation, and the growth rate of all links in the industrial chain has been above 70%.

　　September 2023 & mdash; In October, the output of polysilicon in the upstream of photovoltaic industry reached 236,600 tons, up 90% year-on-year.

　　A few days ago, in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, the world’s largest 120,000-ton granular silicon production base was officially put into production, and it was quickly ordered by eight domestic silicon wafer manufacturers. At present, the order has exceeded 1 million tons.

　　In the downstream of the industrial chain, the world’s first commercial megawatt perovskite ground photovoltaic project invested and constructed by Three Gorges Group was successfully connected to the grid not long ago, providing data support for promoting more efficient and stable commercial application of photovoltaic technology.

　　In the first 10 months of 2023, China’s newly installed photovoltaic capacity reached 142 million kilowatts, a year-on-year increase of 144.8%.

　　This year, China’s total cold chain demand is expected to increase by over 6% year-on-year.

　　The reporter learned from the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing on December 16 that according to the statistics of the China Federation of Logistics and Cold Chain Logistics, the total demand for cold chain in China is expected to reach 350 million tons in 2023, a year-on-year increase of 6.1%; The total revenue of cold chain logistics is expected to reach 517 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.2%.

　　Driven by the gradual stabilization and recovery of cold chain demand, cold chain-related logistics infrastructure is also accelerating. In 2023, the number of refrigerated trucks is expected to reach 431,000, a year-on-year increase of 12.8%; The total amount of cold storage is expected to reach 228 million cubic meters, up 8.3% year-on-year.