Factbox: China's power companies

The State Electricity Regulatory Commission issued a statement on Friday demonstrating the structure of China's power-generating industry. Here are some related facts and figures:

- China has 20,991 power companies, about 76 percent of which are private companies.

- The companies' gross installed power-generating capacity currently stands at over 931 million kilowatts (kw), with state-owned enterprises accounting for 88 percent of the total capacity.

- China has 11,783 utility equipment contractors, 74 percent of which are private contractors.