Among mainland power companies, the Shanghai Turbine Works is second in scale only to its counterpart in Harbin, originally boasting more than 9000 employees. In the past two years they began to emphasize "sweeping reforms," in a single stroke "letting go" (forcibly retiring) more than 1600 people. But there is still some culling to be done before achieving the number of personnel actually required--between 5000 and 6000.
大陸發電機廠中，規模僅次於哈爾濱的上海汽輪機廠，原來九千多名員工，這兩年強調「有力度改革」，一下子「下崗」（半強迫退休）了一千六百多人，但離適量的員工數﹘ ﹘五、六千人，還有一段距離。