Abstract: Based on an analysis of China’s power demand and supply from January to May in 2013, a forecast was made to the country’s power demand and the balance of power demand & supply in the whole year of 2013 and some measures were proposed to guarantee the c power supply. It is predicted that China’s total electricity demand will reach 5 231~5 332 TW·h, growing by 5.5%~7.5%; the net installed generation capacity will increase by about 90 million kilowatts with the country’s total installed capacity of 1.24 billion kilowatts by the end of 2013; the country’s power demand and supply will be in balance in the whole, but varied in regions with, the power demand being a little bit higher than the supply in the North China, being in balance with the supply in the East, Central and South China, being lower than the supply in the Northeast and Northwest. China.

Key words: the year of 2013, power demand, power supply, analysis and prediction