After continuing being h by heavy snowstorms in South and Central China, people there finally greeted the New Year with fine weather, w was a very exciting news to those who had s a hard life without electric p, water and food, and also good news to those who wanted to go home for the Spring Festival.

    Beginning in mid-January, 2008, a series of strong snowstorms in South and Central China did great d to people's lives as well as to industry production, transport and farming. H, all the people, t with PLA men, worked day and night and finally s in fighting the natural d. This has once again proved that we Chinese people will never g in to any difficulty.