Air, road and rail traffic was getting back to something like normal on the mainland yesterday after snowstorms that cut power supplies and stranded tens of millions of holiday travellers.
Efforts to restore power in time for the Lunar New Year holiday appear to have paid off, with major regional electricity supply networks lit up once more thanks to extensive repair work and replenished coal reserves.
Guangzhou railway station saw 76,000 passengers on Thursday, the first day of the new lunar year, double the number from last year.
In Chenzhou - one of the worst-hit areas - people greeted the Year of the Rat by beating drums and setting off firecrackers, Xinhua said. The city has been a disaster zone, with 4 million people left without power or gas for cooking. But with electricity supplies finally restored, Chenzhou was able to join the rest of the nation in celebrating the Lunar New Year.