-- A strong economic bounce-back from the pandemic and the coming of summer have spiked power use in China, propelling governments to come up with various measures to ensure the power supply for the vast nation of 1.4 billion people.

-- The peak and off-peak power use arrangement, smarter power grid, ever expanding generation capacity, and clean energy campaign have contributed to the uninterrupted power supply to every corner of the country.

by Xinhua Writers Hong Zehua, Wu Tao, Cao Bin

GUANGZHOU, May 25  -- During the daytime every Monday and Thursday, workers at a hardware products plant in south China's Guangdong Province can take a rest, and prepare for night shift.

The plant is allowed to rumble in the evening on Mondays and Thursdays, following the local government requirement to cut peak power consumption in favor of off-peak use.

Manager Li Hongzheng said orders have been increasing. "The peak shaving and valley filling has caused certain inconveniences, but so far it is manageable," he said.

A strong economic bounce-back from the pandemic and the coming of summer have spiked power use in China, propelling governments to come up with various measures to ensure the power supply for the vast nation of 1.4 billion people.