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Preventive measures taken as cold front sweeps across northern China
By Xinhua Published: Dec 12, 2025 01:38 PM
A staff member of a heating company checks heating facilities in Wenxian County of Jiaozuo City, central China's Henan Province, Dec. 10, 2025. The National Meteorological Center on Wednesday issued a blue alert for a cold wave and a separate blue alert for strong winds, forecasting a widespread drop in temperatures and the first large-scale snowfall this winter across northern China over the next few days. (Photo by Huang Fuxing/Xinhua)

A staff member of a heating company checks heating facilities in Wenxian County of Jiaozuo City, central China's Henan Province, Dec. 10, 2025. The National Meteorological Center on Wednesday issued a blue alert for a cold wave and a separate blue alert for strong winds, forecasting a widespread drop in temperatures and the first large-scale snowfall this winter across northern China over the next few days. (Photo by Huang Fuxing/Xinhua)


 
Villagers cover straw mats onto a greenhouse in Sili Town of Jiyuan City, central China's Henan Province, Dec. 11, 2025. The National Meteorological Center on Wednesday issued a blue alert for a cold wave and a separate blue alert for strong winds, forecasting a widespread drop in temperatures and the first large-scale snowfall this winter across northern China over the next few days. (Photo by Miao Qiunao/Xinhua)

Villagers cover straw mats onto a greenhouse in Sili Town of Jiyuan City, central China's Henan Province, Dec. 11, 2025. The National Meteorological Center on Wednesday issued a blue alert for a cold wave and a separate blue alert for strong winds, forecasting a widespread drop in temperatures and the first large-scale snowfall this winter across northern China over the next few days. (Photo by Miao Qiunao/Xinhua)


 
Staff members of a power supply company check the facilities at night at a transformer substation in Suixian County of Shangqiu City, central China's Henan Province, Dec. 10, 2025. The National Meteorological Center on Wednesday issued a blue alert for a cold wave and a separate blue alert for strong winds, forecasting a widespread drop in temperatures and the first large-scale snowfall this winter across northern China over the next few days. (Photo by Xu Zeyuan/Xinhua)

Staff members of a power supply company check the facilities at night at a transformer substation in Suixian County of Shangqiu City, central China's Henan Province, Dec. 10, 2025. The National Meteorological Center on Wednesday issued a blue alert for a cold wave and a separate blue alert for strong winds, forecasting a widespread drop in temperatures and the first large-scale snowfall this winter across northern China over the next few days. (Photo by Xu Zeyuan/Xinhua)


 
A staff member of a heating company inspects the heating network in Fujin City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 11, 2025. The National Meteorological Center on Wednesday issued a blue alert for a cold wave and a separate blue alert for strong winds, forecasting a widespread drop in temperatures and the first large-scale snowfall this winter across northern China over the next few days. (Photo by Qu Yubao/Xinhua)

A staff member of a heating company inspects the heating network in Fujin City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 11, 2025. The National Meteorological Center on Wednesday issued a blue alert for a cold wave and a separate blue alert for strong winds, forecasting a widespread drop in temperatures and the first large-scale snowfall this winter across northern China over the next few days. (Photo by Qu Yubao/Xinhua)