China's energy production maintains steady growth in Oct

China's energy production maintained stable growth in October, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed last Friday.

Output of raw coal rose 4.6 percent year-on-year to 410 million tons, while crude oil output increased 2.5 percent from a year ago to 17.77 million tons.

China imported 46.25 million tons of raw coal last month, surging 28.5 percent year-on-year, while imports of crude oil dipped 8.7 percent to 44.7 million tons.

Natural gas production experienced rapid growth last month, with output increasing by 8.4 percent to 20.8 billion cubic meters. The growth rate saw an acceleration of 1.6 percentage points compared to September.

In October, the country's power generation reached 731 billion kilowatt hours, marking a year-on-year increase of 2.1 percent, data showed.