BEIJING, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- China's major power plants generated 641.9 billion kWh of power in November, up 6.8 percent year on year, official data showed.

The Minpu bridge and the Wujing Coal-Electricity Power Station in Shanghai are pictured on February 21, 2017 (Photo: AFP)

The growth rate was 2.2 percentage points higher than that of October, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

Thermal power production rose by 6.6 percent year on year in November, while solar power and wind power grew by 5.3 percent and 5.9 percent, respectively, the NBS said.

During the first 11 months of the year, China's major power plants generated about 6.68 trillion kWh of power, up 2 percent over the same period last year.