[China Power Union: electricity consumption of the whole society increased by 7.4% in May compared with the same period last year] the China Federation of Electric Power Enterprises released the electricity consumption from January to May. From January to May, the electricity consumption of the whole society was 3.5325 trillion kilowatt-hours, an increase of 5.2 percent over the same period last year. Among them, the electricity consumption of the whole society in May was 722.2 billion kilowatt-hours, an increase of 7.4 percent over the same period last year.