POWERFUL COMBINATION: A power farm in Yumen, northwest China's Gansu Province combines both wind and solar power generation. Its 9-megawatt photovoltaic facility is expected to generate electricity in early December (NIE JIANJIANG)

379.7 billion kwh

China's electricity consumption totaled 379.7 billion kilowatt hours in October, growing 11.35 percent from a year ago, said the National Energy Administration.

$11.3 billion

China increased its holdings of U.S. Treasury securities by $11.3 billion in September, bringing its total portfolio to $1.1483 trillion, said the U.S. Treasury Department.