The present application discloses a secondary battery, an apparatus including the secondary battery, artificial graphite and a method for the preparation thereof. The secondary battery includes a negative electrode plate including a negative active material, wherein the negative active material includes an artificial graphite having a numerical particle size Dn10 of at least 1 μm; the artificial graphite has a graphitization degree of 90% to 95%; the negative electrode plate has a compaction density of 1.55 g/cm3 to 1.75 g/cm3, and the negative electrode plate has an OI value of at most 15, wherein the OI value of the negative electrode plate represents a ratio C004/C110, in which C004 is the peak area of the diffraction peak of 004 crystal plane of the artificial graphite in the negative electrode plate and C110 is the peak area of the diffraction peak of 110 crystal plane of the artificial graphite in the negative electrode plate.