An aerial drone photo shows a villager reinforcing the vegetable greenhouses at a vegetable planting base in Xinye County of Nanyang 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 Gao Song/Xinhua)