The meaningful number is "per capita electricity generagion" not the raw electricity geberation. https://image.nostr.build/17720d4dd0774c2c35ba9181e9db7de610a3fce35b1f2bb55e6175bb4e030ccd.jpg
All the nations above China are notably down from their peaks around 2000 implying decline in industrial output. China's had a steady rise in that time