(PENG ZHAOZHI)

Workers patrol to check the normal operation of Maliantai Power Station at Ningdong Energy and Chemical Industrial Base, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.

Since 2013, direct power trading between consumers and power generators has been promoted. By now, a total of 10 generators and 57 users have engaged in direct trading of electricity, accounting for roughly 10 percent of Ningxia's total power consumption.