China's power generation up 2.3% in May

BEIJING - Power generation of China's major electricity production enterprises went up 2.3 percent year-on-year in May, official data showed Monday.

Total power output of these firms reached 717.9 billion kilowatt-hours last month, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

A breakdown of the data revealed that the output of solar power soared 29.1 percent year-on-year, while that for hydropower rose 38.6 percent.

The output of thermal power and nuclear power shrank 4.3 percent and 2.4 percent, respectively, year-on-year, according to the NBS.