10 heart-warming pictures during days of heavy snowfall in China

Heavy snowfall has recently hit the central, northern, and eastern regions of China. Here are the ten most heart-warming pictures during these days, according to the official WeChat account of China News on Jan. 4.

Sanitation workers started work at 3 a.m. to clear snow from the streets in Zhengzhou, capital of central China’s Henan Province, Jan. 4.

Xiong Chen, an auxiliary policeman, held up fallen communication cables for over ten minutes to relieve a traffic jam in Hefei, capital of east China’s Anhui Province.

Traffic policemen patrolled the streets to ensure traffic safety from the evening of Jan. 3 to the wee hours on Jan. 4 in Yichang, central China’s Hubei Province.

Employees with the Xi’an Railway Bureau removed snow on the tracks to ensure safe operations.

Employees delivered emergency supplies including drinking water, instant noodles, and bread on foot to people stranded on a highway in central China’s Hubei Province, Jan. 4.

Electric service employees in Baoji, northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, worked overnight to ensure railway traffic safety, Jan. 3.

Water suddenly leaked from a water meter well in Zhengzhou, central China’s Henan Province, on a snowy day. Zhang Wei, an employee with the city water supply company, didn’t hesitate to take off his coat and push his arm into the freezing water to fix it.

Two policemen helped to push a tricycle up a snow-covered slope covered in Baishui County, Weinan, northwest China’s Shaanxi Province.

Policemen made every effort to help rescue people from a vegetable market which collapsed due to heavy snow in Anlu, Hubei Province.

Workers braved the snow to replace old electric wires with new ones for residents to ensure the safe use of electricity in Xiping County, Henan Province.