
Farmers pick vegetables at a greenhouse in Longyao County, north China's Hebei Province, Dec. 17, 2023. Countermeasures have been taken to prevent or alleviate impacts inflicted by extensive snowfall and other freezing conditions. [Xinhua/Mu Yu]

Farmers carry vegetables at a greenhouse in Longyao County, north China's Hebei Province, Dec. 17, 2023. [Xinhua/Mu Yu]

Staff workers of power supply company operate a drone to patrol power lines in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 17, 2023. [Xinhua/Li Xin]

An employee of power supply company clears snow in Benxi, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Dec. 15, 2023. [Xinhua]

Staff workers of power supply company carry out infrared temperature measurement of the main transformer in east China's Shanghai, Dec. 17, 2023. [Xinhua/Wang Xiang]

Staff workers pump water into a train at Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station in east China's Shanghai, Dec. 17, 2023. [Xinhua]

Workers transport vegetables at a wholesale market in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Dec. 17, 2023. [Xinhua/Wang Peng]

Workers transport vegetables at a wholesale market in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Dec. 17, 2023. [Xinhua/Wang Peng]

Sanitation workers clear snow in the street in Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, Dec. 17, 2023. [Photo by Chen Qibao/Xinhua]

Volunteers make dumplings for solitary and troubled elders at the Dushan Community in Linyi, east China's Shandong Province, Dec. 17, 2023. [Photo by Wang Yanbing/Xinhua]

A driver checks his bus at a parking lot in Shangqiu, central China's Henan Province, Dec. 17, 2023. [Photo by Li Heng/Xinhua]

Snowplows clear snow in the street in Yantai, east China's Shandong Province, Dec. 16, 2023. [Photo by Tang Ke/Xinhua]

Farmers package blanched garlic leaves in Liuxicun Township in Zunhua, north China's Hebei Province, Dec. 17, 2023. [Photo by Liu Mancang/Xinhua]

A snowplow clears snow in the expressway in Wuwei City, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 16, 2023. [Photo by Jiang Aiping/Xinhua]

Staff members clear snow in the expressway in Wuwei City, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 16, 2023. [Photo by Jiang Aiping/Xinhua]

Customers visit a supermarket in Zunhua, north China's Hebei Province, Dec. 17, 2023. [Photo by Liu Mancang/Xinhua]

Staff members of Hulun Buir Power Supply Company of State Grid East Inner Mongolia Electric Power Co., Ltd check power supply devices at a residential compound in Hulun Buir, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Dec. 16, 2023. [Xinhua/Bei He]

Technicians inspect the transmission lines with a drone in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Dec. 17, 2023. [Xinhua/Du Yu]

A technician installs an on-line monitering device in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Dec. 17, 2023. [Photo by Zheng Xianlie/Xinhua]

A police officer directs the traffic in Gulang, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 17, 2023. [Xinhua/Lang Bingbing]

Staff members operate at a centralized heating company in Wuwei City, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 17, 2023. [Xinhua/Lang Bingbing]

This aerial photo shows an LNG ship unloading at the Tianjin LNG Terminal (Sinopec) in north China's Tianjin, Dec. 16, 2023. [Photo by Wang Jun/Xinhua]

A staff member of Harbin Zhongqing Gas inspects pipelines in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 17, 2023. [Xinhua/Zhang Tao]

A staff member of Harbin Zhongqing Gas inspects pipelines in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 17, 2023. [Xinhua/Zhang Tao]

This aerial photo shows staff members of Harbin Zhongqing Gas inspecting pipelines in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 17, 2023. [Xinhua/Zhang Tao]

Staff members inspect pipelines at Tianjin LNG Terminal (Sinopec) in north China's Tianjin, Dec. 16, 2023. [Photo by Wang Jun/Xinhua]