China's hydropower generation logs 1.6 pct growth in first ten months

China

China's hydropower generation logs 1.6 pct growth in first ten months

2025-12-22 12:36 Last Updated At：21:57

China's hydropower generation reached 1.13 trillion kilowatt-hours in the first ten months of this year, up by 1.6 percent year on year, according to the latest industry data.

According to the statistics from the China Electricity Council, by the end of October, the country's installed hydropower capacity had reached 444 million kilowatts, remaining the world's largest for 22 consecutive years.

During the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), China has continued to optimize the allocation of hydropower resources, and the development of this sector entered a critical stage of high-quality transformation, making significant progress toward the green and low-carbon transformation of the country's energy landscape.

Shenzhou-23 astronauts board spaceship ahead of launch

The three astronauts of the Shenzhou-23 crewed spaceflight mission have boarded the spacecraft for a flight to China’s Tiangong space station.

The Shenzhou-23 crewed spaceship is scheduled to blast off at 23:08 Beijing Time (15:08 GMT) from northwest China's Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

The three Chinese astronauts, commander Zhu Yangzhu, spacecraft pilot Zhang Zhiyuan and payload specialist Lai Ka-ying, climbed aboard the spaceship with the help of technicians.

Following the launch, the astronauts will complete an in-orbit rotation with the outgoing Shenzhou-21 crew, and one of them will conduct a one-year in-orbit stay, double the usual duration of previous Shenzhou missions.

Notably, astronaut Lai Ka-ying is also the first astronaut from China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

Shenzhou-23 marks the 40th flight of China's manned spaceflight program, and the seventh manned flight mission since the Tiangong space station entered its application and development phase in late 2022.