A worker conducts annual maintenance on top of a power line of the Yangzhou-Zhenjiang ±200 kilovolt direct-current transmission project, China's first alternating-current to direct-current power conversion project, in Zhenjiang, East China's Jiangsu Province on September 10, 2025. China's total electricity consumption in July made history by surpassing the 1 trillion kilowatt-hour threshold, according to official data. Photo: cnsphoto