BEIJING, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- China’s power generation stood at 639.3 billion kilowatt-hours (KWh) in October, up 3 percent year on year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Monday.

The October power generation was 7.7 percent higher than the same period in 2019.

In the first 10 months, China’s power generation stood at 6.7176 trillion KWh, up 10 percent year on year and 11.5 percent higher than the same period in 2019.

In terms of categories, the growth rate of wind and nuclear power generation accelerated in October, while thermal and solar power generation slowed down last month.