Optimists reckon the power situation should be rectified within a month or so, with the upcoming lunar new year holidays allowing power producers to re-stock and to be back firing on all cylinders when factories re-open.

• 乐观主义者估计，电力状况在一个月左右的时间内应该会有所好转，即将到来的春节假期可以让电力生产商重新储好煤炭，在工厂重新开工时全速运转起来。